National Register of Historic Places listings in South Side Chicago

There are 95 sites on the National Register of Historic Places listings in South Side Chicago — of more than 350 total listings within the City of Chicago, in Cook County, Illinois.

The South Side district is defined for this article as the area west of Lake Michigan, and south of 26th Street and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, to the southern Chicago city limits.

	NRHP-listed
^∞	NRHP-listed Historic district
*	National Historic Landmark and NRHP-listed
^∞	National Historic Landmark and NRHP-listed Historic district

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 5, 2021.[1]

South Side Chicago listings on the National Register

The listed properties are distributed across 19 of the 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago.

[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed[3]	Location	Neighborhood	Description
1	Robert S. Abbott House	Robert S. Abbott House	December 8, 1976 (#76000686)	4742 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 41°48′36″N 87°36′58″W	Grand Boulevard	Home of Robert S. Abbott, founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper
2	Armour Square	Armour Square	August 19, 2003 (#03000789)	Bounded by W. 33rd Street, W. 34th Place, S. Wells Street and S. Shields Avenue 41°50′01″N 87°38′02″W	Armour Square
3	Auburn Gresham Bungalow Historic District	Auburn Gresham Bungalow Historic District	October 9, 2012 (#12000841)	Roughly bounded by S. Paulina Street, W. 78th Street, W. 75th Street, & S. Winchester Avenue 41°45′17″N 87°40′08″W	Auburn Gresham	Part of the Chicago Bungalows Multiple Property Submission (MPS)
4	AVR 661		November 19, 1980 (#80001342)	Calumet Harbor 41°39′43″N 87°34′30″W	South Deering
5	Belmonte Flats	Belmonte Flats	February 5, 1998 (#98000063)	4257-4259 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and 400-412 E. 43rd Street 41°49′01″N 87°36′59″W	Grand Boulevard
6	Brainerd Bungalow Historic District	Brainerd Bungalow Historic District	December 27, 2016 (#16000895)	Roughly bounded by W. 89th Street, S. May Street, W. 95th Street & S. Loomis Street 41°43′37″N 87°39′20″W	Washington Heights
7	Calumet Park	Calumet Park	August 21, 2003 (#03000788)	9801 S. Avenue G 41°43′00″N 87°31′41″W	East Side
8	Central Manufacturing District-Original East Historic District	Central Manufacturing District-Original East Historic District	February 15, 2016 (#16000004)	3500-3700 blocks of S. Morgan Street, S. Racine Avenue & S. Iron Street, 3500-3900 blocks of S. Ashland Avenue, 1200-1600 W. 38th Street 41°49′45″N 87°39′24″W	Bridgeport and McKinley Park
9	Central Manufacturing District–Pershing Road Development Historic District	Central Manufacturing District–Pershing Road Development Historic District	August 18, 2015 (#15000522)	South side of W. Pershing Road from 1831 to 2245 & 1950 41°49′20″N 87°40′30″W	New City
10	Chicago Beach Hotel	Chicago Beach Hotel	May 14, 1986 (#86001193)	5100-5110 S. Cornell Avenue 41°48′08″N 87°35′13″W	Hyde Park
11	Chicago Bee Building	Chicago Bee Building	April 30, 1986 (#86001090)	3647-3655 S. State Street 41°49′41″N 87°37′34″W	Douglas
12	Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District	Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District	December 18, 2018 (#12000040)	Douglas, Gage, McKinley, Jackson, Sherman, Washington, Garfield & Humboldt Parks, E. Oakwood, S. Drexel Boulevards ^Coordinates missing
13	Chrysler Village	Chrysler Village	May 27, 2014 (#14000254)	Bounded by S. Long Avenue and S. Lavergne Avenue, W. 63rd Street and W. 65th Street 41°46′34″N 87°45′05″W	Clearing
14	Arthur H. Compton House	Arthur H. Compton House	May 11, 1976 (#76000687)	5637 S. Woodlawn Avenue 41°47′31″N 87°35′47″W	Hyde Park
15	Cornell Square	Cornell Square	August 11, 2005 (#05000875)	1809 W. 50th Street 41°48′08″N 87°40′16″W	New City
16	Davis Square	Davis Square	August 18, 2003 (#03000787)	Roughly bounded by W. 44th Street, W, 45th Street, S. Marshfield Avenue and S. Hemitage Avenue 41°48′47″N 87°40′03″W	New City
17	Oscar Stanton De Priest House	Oscar Stanton De Priest House	May 15, 1975 (#75000646)	4536-4538 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive 41°48′42″N 87°37′05″W	Grand Boulevard
18	Douglas Tomb State Memorial	Douglas Tomb State Memorial	May 28, 1976 (#76000689)	636 E. 35th Street 41°49′54″N 87°36′30″W	Douglas
19	East Park Towers	East Park Towers	May 14, 1986 (#86001197)	5236-5252 S. Hyde Park Boulevard 41°47′59″N 87°35′04″W	Hyde Park
20	Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church	Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church	October 24, 2016 (#16000734)	4501 S. Vincennes Ave. 41°48′46″N 87°36′50″W	Grand Boulevard
21	Eighth Regiment Armory	Eighth Regiment Armory	April 30, 1986 (#86001096)	3533 S. Giles Avenue 41°49′50″N 87°37′10″W	Douglas
22	Site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction	Site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction	October 15, 1966 (#66000314)	S. Ellis Avenue between E. 56th Street and 57th Street 41°47′33″N 87°36′04″W	Hyde Park
23	Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments	Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments	May 14, 1986 (#86001194)	5500-5520 S. Shore Drive 41°47′41″N 87°34′51″W	Hyde Park
24	The Forum	The Forum	April 16, 2019 (#100003646)	318-328 E. 43rd Street 41°49′00″N 87°37′07″W	Grand Boulevard
25	Four Nineteen Building	Four Nineteen Building	August 12, 1999 (#99000973)	419 E. 83rd Street 41°44′37″N 87°36′50″W	Chatham
26	Gage Park Bungalow Historic District		March 13, 2020 (#100004852)	Roughly bounded by W. 55th Street, S. Washtenaw Avenue, W. 59th Street & South Sacramento Avenue 41°47′24″N 87°41′42″W	Gage Park
27	Fuller Park	Fuller Park	November 20, 2002 (#02001347)	331 W. 45th Street 41°48′46″N 87°38′03″W	Fuller Park
28	Garden Homes Historic District	Garden Homes Historic District	February 28, 2005 (#05000108)	Roughly bounded by S. Wabash Avenue, E. 87th Street, S. Indiana Avenue and E. 89th Street 41°44′11″N 87°37′18″W	Chatham
29	Goldblatt Bros. Department Store	Goldblatt Bros. Department Store	November 15, 2006 (#06001016)	4700 S. Ashland Avenue 41°48′30″N 87°39′55″W	New City
30	Grand Crossing Park	Grand Crossing Park	August 8, 2006 (#06000678)	7655 S. Ingleside Avenue 41°45′25″N 87°36′01″W	Greater Grand Crossing
31	John W. Griffiths Mansion	John W. Griffiths Mansion	March 5, 1982 (#82002528)	3806 S. Michigan Avenue 41°49′32″N 87°37′26″W	Douglas	Also designated a Chicago Landmark under the name Griffiths-Burroughs House
32	Hamilton Park	Hamilton Park	April 20, 1995 (#95000487)	513 W. 72nd Street 41°45′42″N 87°38′14″W	Englewood
33	Anton E. Hanson House	Anton E. Hanson House	February 9, 2006 (#06000008)	7610 S. Ridgeland Avenue 41°45′24″N 87°34′57″W	South Shore	The Cook County Assessor shows the address as 7608 S. Cleveland
34	Isadore H. Heller House	Isadore H. Heller House	March 16, 1972 (#72000450)	5132 S. Woodlawn Avenue 41°48′05″N 87°35′35″W	Hyde Park
35	Charles Hitchcock Hall	Charles Hitchcock Hall	December 30, 1974 (#74000751)	1009 E. 57th Street 41°47′28″N 87°36′03″W	Hyde Park
36	Hotel Del Prado	Hotel Del Prado	May 14, 1986 (#86001195)	5307 S. Hyde Park Boulevard 41°47′58″N 87°35′02″W	Hyde Park
37	Hotel Windermere East	Hotel Windermere East	October 19, 1982 (#82000391)	1642 E. 56th Street 41°47′35″N 87°35′00″W	Hyde Park
38	Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District	Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District	February 14, 1979 (#79000824)	Roughly bounded by E. 47th Street and E. 59th Street, S. Cottage Grove Avenue and S. Lake Park Avenue; also 821-829 and 816-826 E. 49th Street; also 825-833 and 837-849 E. 52nd Street 41°47′53″N 87°35′51″W	Hyde Park and Kenwood	Second and third sets of boundaries represent boundary increases of August 16, 1984 and May 16, 1986 respectively
39	Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus	Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus	August 12, 2005 (#05000871)	Roughly bounded by 31st Street, State Street, 35th Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway 41°50′06″N 87°37′42″W	Douglas
40	Jackson Park Historic Landscape District and Midway Plaisance	Jackson Park Historic Landscape District and Midway Plaisance	December 15, 1972 (#72001565)	Jackson and Washington Parks and Midway Plaisance roadway 41°46′48″N 87°34′38″W	Hyde Park, Washington Park and Woodlawn
41	Jackson Shore Apartments	Jackson Shore Apartments	April 12, 2010 (#10000175)	5490 South Shore Drive 41°47′44″N 87°34′51″W	Hyde Park
42	Jeffery–Cyril Historic District	Jeffery–Cyril Historic District	May 5, 1986 (#86001007)	7146-7148, 7128-7138 S. Cyril Avenue, 7144-7148, 7147 and 7130 S. Jeffery Boulevard, and 1966-1974 E. 71st Place 41°45′53″N 87°34′36″W	South Shore
43	Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue	Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue	April 26, 1973 (#73000696)	3301 S. Indiana Avenue 41°50′04″N 87°37′17″W	Douglas
44	Sydney Kent House	Sydney Kent House	November 17, 1977 (#77000477)	2944 S. Michigan Avenue 41°50′26″N 87°37′27″W	Douglas
45	Kenwood Evangelical Church	Kenwood Evangelical Church	May 16, 1991 (#91000570)	4600-4608 S. Greenwood Avenue 41°48′41″N 87°36′00″W	Kenwood
46	Lake-Side Terrace Apartments	Lake-Side Terrace Apartments	November 13, 1984 (#84000289)	7425-7427 S. South Shore Drive 41°45′44″N 87°33′25″W	South Shore
47	Frank R. Lillie House	Frank R. Lillie House	May 11, 1976 (#76000696)	5801 S. Kenwood Avenue 41°47′22″N 87°35′34″W	Hyde Park
48	Mayfair Apartments	Mayfair Apartments	May 14, 1986 (#86001198)	1650-1666 E. 56th Street 41°47′43″N 87°35′03″W	Hyde Park
49	Allan Miller House	Allan Miller House	August 23, 1991 (#91001082)	7121 S. Paxton Avenue 41°45′57″N 87°34′16″W	South Shore
50	Robert A. Millikan House	Robert A. Millikan House	May 11, 1976 (#76000699)	5605 S. Woodlawn Avenue 41°47′34″N 87°35′47″W	Hyde Park
51	The Narragansett	The Narragansett	April 18, 2005 (#05000107)	1640 E. 50th Street 41°48′16″N 87°35′05″W	Kenwood
52	Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards	Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards	December 27, 1972 (#72000451)	W. Exchange Avenue & S. Peoria Street 41°49′07″N 87°38′54″W	New City
53	Overton Hygienic Building	Overton Hygienic Building	April 30, 1986 (#86001091)	3619-3627 S. State Street 41°49′41″N 87°37′34″W	Douglas
54	Anthony Overton Elementary School	Anthony Overton Elementary School	September 6, 2016 (#16000578)	221 E. 49th Street 41°48′20″N 87°37′14″W	Grand Boulevard
55	Palmer Park	Palmer Park	August 30, 2007 (#07000855)	201 E. 111th Street 41°41′33″N 87°37′06″W	Roseland
56	Parkway Garden Homes	Parkway Garden Homes	November 22, 2011 (#11000848)	6330-6546 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Drive 41°46′36″N 87°36′59″W	Greater Grand Crossing
57	Poinsettia Apartments	Poinsettia Apartments	May 14, 1986 (#86001199)	5528 S. Hyde Park Boulevard 41°47′39″N 87°35′03″W	Hyde Park
58	Promontory Apartments	Promontory Apartments	November 21, 1996 (#96001281)	5530-5532 S. Shore Drive 41°47′39″N 87°34′51″W	Hyde Park
59	Promontory Point	Promontory Point	January 18, 2018 (#100001970)	5491 S. Shore Dr. 41°47′46″N 87°34′34″W	Hyde Park
60	Pullman Historic District	Pullman Historic District	October 8, 1969 (#69000054)	Bounded by E. 103rd Street, C.S.S. and S.B. Railroad spur tracks, E. 115th Street and S. Cottage Grove Avenue 41°41′50″N 87°36′34″W	Pullman
61	Ridge Historic District	Ridge Historic District	May 28, 1976 (#76000703)	Roughly bounded by RR tracks, W. 87th Street, S. Prospect Avenue, S. Homewood Avenue, W. 115th Street, S. Lothair Avenue, S. Hamilton Avenue, and S. Western Avenue 41°42′36″N 87°40′13″W	Beverly and Morgan Park
62	Frederick C. Robie House	Frederick C. Robie House	October 15, 1966 (#66000316)	5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue 41°47′23″N 87°35′45″W	Hyde Park
63	Martin Roche-John Tait House	Martin Roche-John Tait House	November 8, 2000 (#00001338)	3614 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 41°49′46″N 87°37′04″W	Douglas
64	Robert Roloson Houses	Robert Roloson Houses	June 30, 1977 (#77000479)	3213-3219 S. Calumet Avenue 41°50′08″N 87°37′04″W	Douglas
65	Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory, The University of Chicago	Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory, The University of Chicago	May 28, 1967 (#67000005)	S. Ellis Avenue between E. 57th Street and 58th Street 41°47′25″N 87°36′04″W	Hyde Park	Site of the discovery of Plutonium
66	Rosenwald Apartment Building	Rosenwald Apartment Building	August 13, 1981 (#81000218)	4618 - 4646 S. Michigan Avenue 41°48′37″N 87°37′26″W	Grand Boulevard
67	S.R. Crown Hall	S.R. Crown Hall	August 7, 2001 (#01001049)	3360 S. State Street 41°50′01″N 87°37′36″W	Douglas
68	St. Thomas Church and Convent	St. Thomas Church and Convent	December 18, 1978 (#78001132)	5472 S. Kimbark Avenue 41°47′44″N 87°35′43″W	Hyde Park
69	Schulze Baking Company Plant	Schulze Baking Company Plant	November 12, 1982 (#82000393)	40 E. Garfield Boulevard 41°47′44″N 87°37′29″W	Washington Park
70	Sherman Park	Sherman Park	May 21, 1990 (#90000745)	Bounded by W. 52nd Street, S. Racine Avenue, W. Garfield Boulevard, and S. Loomis Street 41°47′48″N 87°39′18″W	New City
71	Shoreland Hotel	Shoreland Hotel	May 14, 1986 (#86001201)	5450-5484 S. Shore Drive 41°47′45″N 87°34′52″W	Hyde Park
72	Shoreline Apartments	Shoreline Apartments	September 5, 2017 (#100001563)	2231 E. 67th Street 41°46′24″N 87°34′13″W	South Shore
73	South Park Manor Historic District	South Park Manor Historic District	February 25, 2004 (#04000076)	Roughly bounded by S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive., S. State Street, E. 75th Street and E. 79th Street 41°45′25″N 87°37′09″W	Greater Grand Crossing
74	South Shore Beach Apartments	South Shore Beach Apartments	June 9, 1978 (#78001131)	7321 S. South Shore Drive 41°45′50″N 87°33′34″W	South Shore
75	South Shore Bungalow Historic District	South Shore Bungalow Historic District	December 10, 2008 (#08001168)	Bounded roughly by S. Crandon Avenue on the East, E. 78th Street on the South, S. Clyde Avenue on the West, E. 75th Street on the North 41°45′13″N 87°34′07″W	South Shore
76	South Shore Country Club	South Shore Country Club	March 4, 1975 (#75000652)	7059 S. South Shore Drive 41°46′11″N 87°33′46″W	South Shore
77	South Side Community Art Center	South Side Community Art Center	September 13, 2018 (#100002914)	3831 S Michigan Ave. 41°49′29″N 87°37′23″W	Grand Boulevard
78	Spiegel Office Building	Spiegel Office Building	February 18, 2009 (#09000025)	1038 W. 35th Street 41°49′50″N 87°39′09″W	Bridgeport
79	Stony Island Trust and Savings Bank Building	Stony Island Trust and Savings Bank Building	December 31, 2013 (#13001002)	6760 S. Stony Island Avenue 41°46′18″N 87°35′12″W	South Shore
80	Strand Hotel	Strand Hotel	January 29, 2013 (#12001237)	6315-6323 S. Cottage Grove Avenue 41°46′47″N 87°36′21″W	Woodlawn
81	Sutherland Hotel	Sutherland Hotel	May 4, 2011 (#11000243)	4659 S. Drexel Boulevard 41°48′35″N 87°36′12″W	Kenwood
82	Swift House	Swift House	June 9, 1978 (#78001133)	4500 S. Michigan Avenue 41°48′47″N 87°37′24″W	Grand Boulevard
83	Lorado Taft Midway Studios	Lorado Taft Midway Studios	October 15, 1966 (#66000317)	6016 S. Ingleside Avenue 41°47′08″N 87°36′13″W	Woodlawn
84	Trumbull Park	Trumbull Park	April 20, 1995 (#95000486)	2400 E. 105th Street 41°42′23″N 87°33′52″W	South Deering
85	U-505 (IX C U-Boat)	U-505 (IX C U-Boat)	June 29, 1989 (#89001231)	Jackson Park 41°47′31″N 87°34′55″W	Hyde Park
86	Unity Hall	Unity Hall	April 30, 1986 (#86001092)	3140 S. Indiana Avenue 41°50′16″N 87°37′21″W	Douglas
87	University Apartments	University Apartments	December 22, 2005 (#04001301)	1401 and 1451 E. 55th Street;1401 and 1450 E. 55th Place 41°47′50″N 87°35′27″W	Hyde Park
88	Victory Sculpture	Victory Sculpture	April 30, 1986 (#86001089)	E. 35th Street at S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 41°49′52″N 87°37′03″W	Douglas
89	Wabash Avenue YMCA	Wabash Avenue YMCA	April 30, 1986 (#86001095)	3763 S. Wabash Avenue 41°49′33″N 87°37′29″W	Douglas
90	Washington Park	Washington Park	August 20, 2004 (#04000871)	5531 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 41°47′45″N 87°36′40″W	Washington Park
91	Ida B. Wells-Barnett House	Ida B. Wells-Barnett House	May 30, 1974 (#74000757)	3624 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 41°49′47″N 87°37′03″W	Douglas
92	West Chatham Bungalow Historic District	West Chatham Bungalow Historic District	April 19, 2010 (#10000176)	Bounded roughly by S. Perry Ave on the East, S. 82nd Street on the South, S. Stewart Avenue on the West, and W. 79th Street on the North 41°44′53″N 87°37′50″W	Chatham
93	West Pullman Elementary School	West Pullman Elementary School	August 27, 2018 (#100002822)	11941 S. Parnell Ave. 41°40′37″N 87°38′09″W	West Pullman
94	Dr. Daniel Hale Williams House	Dr. Daniel Hale Williams House	May 15, 1975 (#75000655)	445 E. 42nd Street 41°49′07″N 87°36′55″W	Grand Boulevard
95	The Yale	The Yale	March 5, 1998 (#98000178)	6565 S. Yale Avenue 41°46′28″N 87°37′53″W	Englewood

Former listing

[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	Summary
1	Jordan Building		April 30, 1986 (#86001097)	September 5, 1986	3529-3549 S. State St.	Demolished

See also

• List of Chicago Landmarks
• National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Central Chicago
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side Chicago
• List of Registered Historic Places in Illinois
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on February 5, 2021.
2. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
3. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

External links

• Chicago Listing on the National Register of Historic Places, August 5, 2011, City of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor.
• NPS Focus database, National Park Service.