Chicago Landmark Reports A Research Repository Curated by Preservation Chicago

Every Designated Chicago Landmark, with its Landmark Designation Report

497 landmarks and districts. 481 fully searchable reports in the collection to date. Searchable by category including name, address, architect, neighborhood, type, or year — and by any word inside the documents themselves, across 13,297 pages.

Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Public Library/Cultural Center.The room where the Chicago Public Library’s volumes were delivered to patrons when the building opened on October 11, 1897, named for Dr. Reverend Preston Bradley (1888–1983). Its Tiffany dome — 38 feet across, some 30,000 pieces of glass in 243 sections — is the largest Tiffany glass dome in the world, restored to Louis Comfort Tiffany’s original design in 2008.  · City of Chicago, Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events · Photograph © Chris Cullen

Highlights from the Landmark Collection

Recently Designated Chicago Landmarks

  1. The Shop Building at Altgeld Gardens 13100 S. Ellis Avenue · built 1945 · designated September 23, 2026 Clubs and social halls
  2. Bryn Mawr Avenue District Predominantly Bryn Mawr Avenue between Sheridan Road and Broadway · built various · designated September 23, 2026 Residential districts
  3. Chicago Daily News Building 2 N. Riverside Plaza / 400 W. Madison Street · built 1928-29 · Holabird & Root · designated July 15, 2026 Offices and commercial buildings
  4. St. Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church 4644 S. Dearborn Street · built 1917-1925 · Ecklund, Fugard & Knapp · designated May 20, 2026 Places of worshipGrand Boulevard
  5. Roger Brown Home and Studio 1926 N. Halsted Street · built 1888 · Frederick Siebold · designated May 20, 2026 Studios and workshopsLincoln Park
  6. John R. Cortelyou Commons 2324 N. Chalmers Street · built 1930 · Dwight G. Wallace · designated May 20, 2026 Schools and educationLincoln Park
  7. Byrne Hall 2219 N. Kenmore Avenue · built 1907 · J.E.O. Pridmore · designated May 20, 2026 Schools and educationLincoln Park
  8. 30 North LaSalle 30 N. LaSalle Street · built 1972-1974 · Thomas E. Stanley II · designated May 20, 2026 Offices and commercial buildingsLoop

Help us complete the collection. 16 designation reports are yet to be located. Missing records are clearly marked. If you know where a copy survives — an archive, an office, a shelf — Preservation Chicago would appreciate you reaching out to us. See the full list of the ones we are looking for

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ChicagoLandmarkReports.org is an initiative of Preservation Chicago, which researched, assembled and digitized this collection and hosts it free of charge.

Founded in 2001, Preservation Chicago leverages the power of historic preservation to transform long-neglected historic assets into the dynamic neighborhood anchors essential for cultivating healthy, vibrant, diverse and sustainable communities. Our results have been surprising, significant and substantial. From impossible to inevitable, we catalyze change.

How the collection is built, and how every record is verified

With sincere thanks to our partners

The City of Chicago, whose open data underpins the index, and the Commission on Chicago Landmarks staff, who research and write the designation reports that are the substance of this collection.

Mapping Chicago Preservation, our partner at the University of Chicago, whose independent copies contributed to 160 records.

The Chicago Architecture Center, whose Buildings of Chicago is an authoritative account of the city’s architecture and a valued reference alongside this collection.

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