The Andersonville Commercial Historic District is a
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
. It runs from 4800 North
Clark Street to 5800 North Clark Street in the city's
Uptown and
Edgewater neighborhoods. The area is home to a heavily
Swedish American
Swedish Americans ( sv, svenskamerikaner) are Americans of Swedes, Swedish ancestry. They include the 1.2 million Swedish immigrants during 1865–1915, who formed tight-knit communities, as well as their descendants and more recent immigrants.
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community.
Many buildings in the district have remained intact since the early twentieth century.
[Daarel Burnette II. "IBM Building, Andersonville District deemed 'Historic'". ''Chicago Tribune''. 2010-03-29.] The district was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on March 9, 2010.
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References
Historic districts in Chicago
North Side, Chicago
Swedish-American culture in Chicago
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
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