Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Listed
February 25, 2004
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
04000075

About this property

The Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District is a residential historic district in the Dunning neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district includes 255 buildings, all but three of which are Chicago bungalows. In the early twentieth century, tens of thousands of Chicago bungalows were built in the city; as homeownership became more accessible to working-class Chicagoans, demand for housing increased, and bungalows were an affordable way of meeting this demand due to their relatively uniform design. The bungalows in the district were largely built either between 1917 and 1918 or between 1922 and 1926. Unlike Chicago's other bungalow-dominated neighborhoods, which often had several different developers, developer Albert J. Schorsch built every bungalow in the district, and architech Ernest N. Braucher designed all of them. To add diversity to a neighborhood made up of only one style of house, the two men varied the homes' roof shapes, colors, and dormers. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2004.

Location

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
41.95033, -87.77871

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

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When was Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District listed on the National Register?

Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2004.

What type of historic resource is Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District?

Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1917.

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