Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District

Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of South Side, Chicago, Illinois.

For the book, see Black Metropolis.

Bronzeville location map
Chicago Bee Building.
Unity Hall, Chicago Eighth Regiment Armory.

The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and Pershing Road (39th street) to the south.

Description

The historic district includes nine structures that were accorded the Chicago Landmark designation on September 9, 1998.[1] These buildings are:

Six of the nine were already individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places−NRHP as a multiple property submission, on 30 April 30, 1986. These are the Overton Hygienic Building, Chicago Bee Building, Wabash Avenue YMCA, Unity Hall, Eighth Regiment Armory, and Victory Monument. However, the Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is not an NRHP-listed historic district.

The South Side Community Art Center is also now a designated Chicago Landmark in the district.

Victory Monument.

See also

Notes
  1. "Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Archived from the original on May 2, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2007.


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