National Register of Historic Places

Berwyn Municipal Building

Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois
Listed
August 7, 2001
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
01000865

About this property

The Berwyn Municipal Building, also known as Berwyn City Hall, is a historic public building located at 6700 26th Street in Berwyn, Illinois. The building was constructed in 1939 as a Public Works Administration project. The architecture firm of Burnham & Hammond designed the building in the PWA's characteristic PWA Moderne style; their design features square massing, a flat brick and limestone exterior, prism-shaped pilasters, and reeding above the entrance. While the pilasters are in keeping with Moderne design, their prism shape is unusual; they may have been influenced by Burnham's earlier work or by Czech Cubism, given Berwyn's substantial Czech-American population at the time. The building originally housed Berwyn's city offices, its library, and its police and fire departments. The police department left in the 1960s, and the library closed its branch in the building in the 1980s; the city government and fire department still used the building as of 2001. An addition was placed on the building in 1991 to give it an elevator in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 2001.

Location

6700 26th St.
Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois
41.84308, -87.79128

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ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Berwyn Municipal Building listed on the National Register?

Berwyn Municipal Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 7, 2001.

What type of historic resource is Berwyn Municipal Building?

Berwyn Municipal Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Berwyn Municipal Building?

The period of significance for Berwyn Municipal Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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