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Illinois, Chicago Landmarks Commission Historical Markers

Scores of markers sponsored by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, whose members are appointed by the Mayor and City Council. Established in 1968 by City Ordinance, the Commission is responsible for recommending individual buildings, sites, objects, or entire districts be designated as Chicago Landmarks, thereby providing legal protection.
 
By Sean Flynn, August 16, 2023
Marie Schock House (5749 W. Race Ave.)
1 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — F.R. Schock Houses — Chicago Landmark District —
2 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Hitchcock House — Architect unknown; 1871 — Chicago Landmark — Reported missing
3 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Joseph Jacob Walser House — Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect; 1903 — Chicago Landmark —
4 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Marie Schock House — Frederick R. Schock, architect; 1888 — Chicago Landmark —
5 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Third Unitarian Church — Erected 1937 — Architects: Schweikher & Elting; addition 1956 by William B. Fyfe —
6 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Avondale — Florsheim Shoe Company Building — Alfred S. Alschuler, architect • 1924-26 — Chicago Landmark —
7 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Union Stock Yard Gate — Burnham and Root, architects; Yard open: 1865-1971 — Chicago Landmark —
8 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Beverly — Walden Station — 1890 — Chicago Landmark —
9 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Beverly — William and Jessie Adams House — Frank Lloyd Wright, architect; 1901 — Chicago Landmark —
10 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ Building — 1922, original building; 1927, second floor added — Chicago Landmark —
11 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bucktown — (Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House at 1944 N. Oakley Ave. — Kley & Lang, architects; 1898 — Chicago Landmark —
12 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Buena Park — Immaculata High School and Convent Buildings — Barry Byrne, architect; 1922; 1955 and 1956 — Chicago Landmark —
13 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Chicago Lawn — (Former) Marquette Park State Bank — Karl M. Vitzthum, architect; 1924 — Chicago Landmark —
14 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Black Metropolis-Bronzeville —
15 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Calumet-Giles-Prairie — Chicago Landmark District —
16 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Chicago Bee Building — Chicago Landmark —
17 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Chicago Defender Building — Chicago Landmark —
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18 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Crown Hall — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect; 1950–56 — Chicago Landmark —
19 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Giles-Calumet — Chicago Landmark District —
20 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Giles-Calumet — Chicago Landmark District —
21 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Giles-Calumet — Chicago Landmark District —
22 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Giles-Calumet — Chicago Landmark District —
23 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Giles-Calumet — Chicago Landmark District —
24 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Overton Hygienic Building — Chicago Landmark —
25 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Pilgrim Baptist Church — Chicago Landmark —
26 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Robert W. Roloson Houses — Frank Lloyd Wright, architect; 1894 — Chicago Landmark —
27 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Sidney A. Kent House — Burnham and Root, architects; 1883 — Chicago Landmark —
28 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Sunset Cafe — Chicago Landmark —
29 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Supreme Life Building — Built 1921; remodeled 1950 — Chicago Landmark —
30 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Unity Hall — Chicago Landmark —
31 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Wendell Phillips High School — William Bryce Mundie, architect; 1904 — Chicago Landmark —
32 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Stephen A. Douglas Memorial — Leonard W. Volk, designer and sculptor 1881 — Chicago Landmark —
33 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Garfield Park — Waller Apartments — Frank Lloyd Wright, architect; 1895 — Chicago Landmark —
34 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — Calumet Park Fieldhouse — South Park Commission, architects; 1922-24 — Chicago Landmark —
35 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Edgewater — Adolf Schmidt House — George W. Maher, architect; 1916-17 — Chicago Landmark —
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36 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Englewood — (Former) Chicago City Bank & Trust Company — Abraham Epstein, architect; 1929-30 — Chicago Landmark —
37 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Englewood — Canaan Baptist Church of Christ Building — Solon S. Beman, architect; 1904-05 — Chicago Landmark —
38 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Englewood — Truevine Missionary Baptist Church Building — Holabird and Roche, architects; 1892 — Chicago Landmark —
39 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Englewood — Yale Apartments — John T. Long, architect; 1892-1893 — Chicago Landmark —
40 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Hazelton-Mikota House — Architect unknown; 1881 — Chicago Landmark —
41 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Old Edgebrook — Chicago Landmark District —
42 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Galewood — The Miracle House — Belli & Belli Architects and Engineers, Inc.; 1954 — Chicago Landmark —
43 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park Fieldhouse — Michaelsen & Rognstad, architects; 1928 — Chicago Landmark —
44 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Albert F. Madlener House — Richard E. Schmidt, architect; Hugh Garden, designer; 1902 — Chicago Landmark —
45 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Bryan Lathrop House — Chicago Landmark —
46 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Fisher Studio Houses — Andrew Rebori, architect; 1936 — Chicago Landmark —
47 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — The Three Arts Club — Holabird and Roche, architects; 1914 — Chicago Landmark —
48 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church — Chicago Landmark —
49 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Melissia Ann Elam Home — Chicago Landmark —
50 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Richard Wright House — Chicago Landmark —
51 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Greenwood Row Houses — Chicago Landmark District —
52 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Museum of Science and Industry — Charles B. Atwood, architect; 1891-93 — Chicago Landmark — Reported missing
53 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Irving Park — Villa District — Chicago Landmark —
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54 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Kenwood — Landmark District —
55 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Kenwood United Church of Christ — Chicago Landmark —
56 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — (Former) Marshfield Trust and Savings Bank — William Gibbons Uffendell, architect — 1924 —
57 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Brewster Apartments — Chicago Landmark —
58 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lakeview — 42nd Precinct/Town Hall Police Station — Unknown architect; 1907 — Chicago Landmark —
59 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lakeview — Alta Vista Terrace — 1900-1904 — Chicago Landmark —
60 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lakeview — Alta Vista Terrace —
61 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lakeview — Newport Avenue — Chicago Landmark District —
62 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lakeview — Newport Avenue — Chicago Landmark District —
63 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Abraham Lincoln Monument — Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor; Stanford White, architect — 1887 —
64 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool — Alfred Caldwell, landscape architect — 1936-38 —
65 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Arlington-Deming — Chicago Landmark District —
66 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Arlington-Deming — Chicago Landmark District —
67 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Arlington-Deming — Chicago Landmark District —
68 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Armitage-Halsted — Chicago Landmark District — Reported unreadable
69 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — August Dewes House — Adolph Cudell and Arthur Hercz, architects; 1894-96 — Chicago Landmark —
70 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Bissell Street — Chicago Landmark District —
71 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Bissell Street — Chicago Landmark District —
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72 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Elks Memorial Headquarters Building — Chicago Landmark —
73 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Francis J. Dewes House — Adolph Cudell & Arthur Hercz, architects; 1896 — Chicago Landmark —
74 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Fremont Row Houses — Chicago Landmark District —
75 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Fremont Row Houses — Chicago Landmark District —
76 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Kaufmann Store and Flats — Adler & Sullivan, architect; 1883-87 — Chicago Landmark —
77 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Lion House, Lincoln Park Zoo — Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton, architects; 1912 — Chicago Landmark —
78 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — McCormick Row House District — 1884-1889 — Chicago Landmark —
79 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Men’s and Ladies’ Comfort Station — Joseph Lyman Silsbee, architect; 1888 — Chicago Landmark —
80 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Mid-North — Chicago Landmark District —
81 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Mid-North — Chicago Landmark District —
82 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Mid-North — Chicago Landmark District —
83 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Mid-North District — Chicago Landmark —
84 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — North Chicago Hospital Building — Chicago Landmark —
85 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Reebie Storage Warehouse — George Kingsley, architect; 1921-22 — Chicago Landmark —
86 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Theurer/Wrigley House — Richard E. Schmidt, architect; 1896 — Chicago Landmark —
87 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Rosehill Cemetery Entrance — William W. Boyington, architect • 1864 — Chicago Landmark —
88 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Little Italy — Jane Addams' Hull-House and Dining Hall — Settlement active from 1889 to 1963 —
89 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Little Village — Little Village Arch — Adriαn Lozano, Architect; 1990 — Chicago Landmark —
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90 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — (Former) Kimbell Trust and Savings Bank — William Gibbons Uffendell, architect; 1924-1925 — Chicago Landmark —
91 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — John Rath House — George Maher, architect; 1907 — Chicago Landmark —
92 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — Logan Square Boulevards — Chicago Landmark District —
93 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — Logan Square Boulevards — Chicago Landmark District —
94 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — Logan Square Boulevards — Chicago Landmark District —
95 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — Logan Square Boulevards — Chicago Landmark District —
96 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — Logan Square Boulevards — Chicago Landmark District —
97 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — Logan Square Boulevards — Chicago Landmark District —
98 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — Logan Square Boulevards — Chicago Landmark District —
99 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — Logan Square Boulevards — Chicago Landmark District —
100 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — Logan Square Boulevards — Chicago Landmark District —

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