Ukrainian Village District Extension II

“The District Extension illustrates the final phase of development of the Ukrainian Village neighborhood which had began as a district of high-style single-family residences and concluded its development as an entry point for immigrants that offered housing that was more attractive and affordable than urban tenements. • The District Extension, particularly through the parish of St.”

“As Ukrainian Catholics continued to settle in the area, the parish soon outgrew the first church building. In 1911 the parish acquired 20 lots on Rice Street between Oakley Boulevard and Leavitt Street, and the architectural firm of Worthmann, Steinbach & Piontek was commissioned to prepare designs for a new church.”

“Development of what is now known as Ukrainian Village occurred in three distinct phases beginning in the 1880s and lasting into the 1920s. The first phase of development began in 1886 when real estate developer William Kerfoot began to build his distinctive workers cottages in the vicinity of Haddon Street and Damen Avenue.”

“St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic parish has been a center for Ukrainian culture and political activity in the neighborhood, a quality best explained by the unique history of Ukrainian Catholicism.”

“The two cathedrals in the District Extension are sited on prominent corners and their rooflines are prominent skyline features. With its thirteen copper domes, the highly decorative roofline of St.”

“The apartment building at the corner of Leavitt Street and Augusta Boulevard utilized the street level space for retail, while the upper stories were used as apartments. Workers cottages are single-family residential buildings that comprise the earliest dwellings built in the proposed District Extension.”

“Nicholas Cathedral, has been a cradle of Ukrainian culture and international political activity in Chicago. The political activities of the Ukrainian community clearly link the proposed extension to larger historic events of the twentieth century.”

“Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral built in 1913-1915. Unlike the older areas of Ukrainian Village which were initially settled by German residents, Federal Census records for 1920 indicate that the area of the proposed District Extension appears to have been occupied by immigrants from central and eastern Europe, particularly the Ukraine, from its beginning.”

“Today, the residences of the proposed Extension demonstrate how Chicago's neighborhoods were shaped by the stream of immigrants who made the city their home. ST. NICHOLAS UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL The proposed District Extension to the Ukrainian Village District contains St.”

“These tensions compelled many Ukrainian Catholics cling to their religious traditions and ethnic culture more firmly. A group of Ukrainian Catholics organized St. Nicholas parish in 1905, and in the following year purchased a church building at Bishop (now Damen Avenue) and Superior streets from a Danish congregation.”