There are 69 sites in 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 ...
listings in
West Side, Chicago, out of more than 350 listings in the City of
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. The West Side is defined for this article as the area north of the
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of the Main Stem and the South Branch of the Chicago R ...
, south of Fullerton Avenue, west of the
Chicago River
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop). Though not especially long, the river is notable because it is one of the reasons fo ...
and east of the western city limits. One site,
Logan Square Boulevards Historic District
The Logan Square Boulevards Historic District is a linear historic district in the Logan Square, Chicago, Logan Square community area of North Side, Chicago. It encompasses of the Chicago boulevard system.
The district includes sections of Loga ...
, spans a border and is included also in
listings on the North Side. The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Historic District extends through
Cook County west of Chicago,
DuPage County
DuPage County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat ...
and
Will County to
Lockport.
West Side Chicago listings on the National Register
The listed properties are distributed across 9 of the 77 well-defined
community areas of Chicago
The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes. Census data and other statistics are tied to the areas, which serve as the basis for a variety of urban planning initiatives on both the local and reg ...
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Former listing
Key
See also
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List of Chicago Landmarks
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List of Registered Historic Places in Illinois
This is a list of properties and districts in Illinois that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total. Of these, 85 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in all of the state's 102 counties.
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List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
There are 88 National Historic Landmarks in Illinois, including Eads Bridge, which spans into Missouri and which the National Park Service credits to Missouri's National Historic Landmark list. Also included are two sites that were once Nat ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Central Chicago
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References
External links
Chicago Listing on the National Register of Historic Places (2011)NPS−National Park Service: Focus database
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West
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Etymology
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