Chicago Historic Resources Survey
Between 1983 and 1995 the City surveyed every Chicago building put up before 1940, color-coding each one for age, physical integrity and possible significance. Red and orange are the top two of seven ratings, and they still carry weight in preservation review. A building in the survey is not necessarily a landmark.
Survey by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. Chapter digitized by Preservation Chicago from the copies in our library; field maps from the Internet Archive.
- Abraham Groesbeck House 1304 W. Washington Boulevard · built 1869 · Otis L. Wheelock · designated January 12, 1993 Houses
- Chicago & North Western Railway Powerhouse 211 N. Clinton Street · built 1909-11 · Frost & Granger · designated January 11, 2006 Infrastructure and utilities
- Claremont Cottage District 1016 S. Claremont Avenue & 2342 W. Grenshaw Street · built 1884 · Cicero Hine · designated November 20, 2019 Residential districts
- Cook County Hospital Administration Building 1835 West Harrison Street · built 1912-14 · Paul Gerhardt, Sr. · designated January 23, 2019 Hospitals and health care
- Engine Company 5, Truck 2 324 S. Desplaines Avenue · built 1928 · Alfred S. Alschulter · designated October 1, 2003 Firehouses
- First Baptist Congregational Church 60 N. Ashland Avenue · built 1869-71 · Gurdon P. Randall · designated January 21, 1982 Places of worship
- Greater Union Baptist Church 1956 W. Warren Boulevard · built 1886 · William Le Baron Jenney · designated April 19, 2023 Places of worship
- Holden Block 1027 W. Madison Street · built 1872 · Stephen Vaughn Shipman · designated May 4, 2011 Offices and commercial buildings
- Jackson Boulevard District Various addresses · built various · designated July 30, 1977 Residential districts
- Jane Addams' Hull House and Dining Hall 800 S. Halsted Street · built 1856 · Unknown; Pond & Pond, 1905 Dining Hall · designated June 12, 1974 Houses Seeking missing report
- Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showroom and Warehouse Building Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse 2620 W. Washington Boulevard · built 1924 · Paul Gerhardt, Sr. · designated January 13, 2009 Factories and warehouses
- Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church 2151 W. Washington Boulevard · built 1901 · Hugh M.G. Garden · designated February 16, 1989 Places of worship
- Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank Buildings (Former) 2 S. Halsted Street · built 1911-12 · Horatio R. Wilson (Original Bldg) · designated April 24, 2012 Banks
- Old Chicago Main Post Office Building 433 West Van Buren Street · built 1921, 1934 · Graham, Anderson, Probst and White · designated February 28, 2018 Government and civic buildings
- Schlitz Brewery-Tied House, 1393-1399 W. Lake St. (Former) 1393-1399 W. Lake Street · built 1892 · designated September 14, 2021 Taverns and breweries
- Site of Haymarket Tragedy Desplaines St (650W), betw Randolph & Lake · built 1886 · designated March 25, 1992 Sites and commemorative markers
- Site of the Origin of the Chicago Fire of 1871 Dekoven (1050s) & Jefferson (600w) St · built 1871 · Commemorative sculpture "Pillar of Fire" by Egon Weiner, 1961 · designated September 15, 1971 Sites and commemorative markers
- St Charles Air Line Bridge S B Chgo River, N of 16th St & E of Lumber St · built 1917-1919; relocated in 1930 · Strauss Bascule & Concrete Bridge Co. · designated December 12, 2007 Bridges
- St Ignatius College Prep Building St. Ignatius College 1076 W. Roosevelt Road · built 1869 · Toussaint Menard west add:1874; John P. Huber · designated March 18, 1987 Schools and education
- The Warehouse 206 S. Jefferson Street · built 1910,-1977 · Vernon W. Behel · designated June 21, 2023 Stores and markets
- Union Park Hotel Viceroy Hotel 1519 West Warren Boulevard · built 1930 · Benjamin Albert Comm · designated June 9, 2010 Hotels
- Union Station 210 S. Canal Street · built 1913-25 · Graham, Anderson, Probst & White · designated May 1, 2002 Railroad and transit stations
- Vorwaerts Turner Hall Forwards Turner Hall, Turnverein Vorwaerts Building 2431 W. Roosevelt Road · built 1896-97 · George L. Pfeiffer · designated November 18, 2009 Clubs and social halls
- West Side YMCA/YWCA Complex Duncan YMCA/YWCA, Salvation Army Harbor Light Center 1513-1539 W. Monroe & 101-109 S. Ashland · built 1907-1931 · Robert C. Berlin; Perkins, Chatten & Hammond; Shattuck & Hussey · designated November 14, 2018 Clubs and social halls
- West Town State Bank Building 2400 W. Madison Street · built 1929-30 · Mundie & Jensen · designated October 1, 2003 Banks