Three Chicago properties listed on National Register of Historic Places

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  • The Parkway Garden Homes in the 6300 to 6500 block of S. Martin Luther King Drive, built in the 1950s and one of the nation’s largest privately-financed residential developments designed for and by African Americans during the post World War II period.  Its 35 buildings containing 694 apartment homes were designed by Chicago architect and planner Henry K. Holsman.               
  • The Wholesale Florist Exchange at 1313 W. Randolph Street was built in 1927 and was one of the nation’s largest wholesale florist markets in the early 20th century.  The Fox Fox designed, Art Deco-style, concrete loft structure shifted the center of the floral trade from the Loop to the Near West Side.     
  • The building at 2440 N. Lakeview Avenue, a 1920s example of an upscale, cooperative elevator apartment building designed by Chicago architects Rissman Hirschfeld in the Tudor Revival style.  It retains much of its original historic integrity both inside and out.  

The Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council recommended all three properties for listing in the National Register, and their nominations were then forwarded to the National Park Service for their final determination.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the nation’s historic places worthy of preservation.  Thousands of Illinois historic and prehistoric places have been designated and each year more places are added by applicants who want the prestige, financial benefits, and protections that National Register designation provides. Nearly every one of the 102 Illinois counties has at least one property or historic district listed in the National Register.  High-style mansions, vernacular houses, burial mounds, military aircraft, canals, and historic downtowns together represent a cross section of the Prairie State’s history from its early settlement to the mid-20th century. In general, properties have to be more than 50 years old to be eligible.  Listing on the National Register places no obligations on private property owners but does make properties eligible for some financial incentives.  For more information on the National Register application process, visit http://www.illinoishistory.gov/PS/applynr.htm.