South Loop Printing House 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 the downtown

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area of

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. The district is roughly bounded by Congress, Polk, State, Taylor, and Wells Streets and includes 28

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s. The district includes many of the printing buildings used by Chicago's printing industry, the largest in the midwest from the 1880s through the 1930s. Due to its proximity to

Dearborn Station Dearborn Station (also referred to as Polk Street Depot) was, beginning in the late 1800s, one of six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois. It remained in operation until May 1, 1971. Built in 1883, it is located at ...

and its thin property blocks that allowed for tall and thin printing buildings, land in the district was attractive to large printing companies. The district includes a small number of large and detailed buildings and many more small, homogeneous buildings used by less prominent printing firms. It was listed on the

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in 1978. It is distinct from the

Printing House Row District The Printing House Row District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing four architecturally important buildings on the 300 through 500 blocks of South Dearborn, South Federal and South Plymouth streets in the Loop community area ...

(also known as South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row Historic District), another district which includes significant buildings from Chicago's printing industry. Properties included in the district that are separately listed on the National Register include the

Pontiac Building The Pontiac Building is a historic high-rise building located at 542 S. Dearborn St. in the Printer's Row neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. History Built in 1891, the building is the oldest surviving work in downtown Chicago designed by the a ...

and the Manhattan Building.

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{{Registered Historic Places Historic districts in Chicago Central Chicago Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois

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