Prairie Avenue Historic District
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The Prairie Avenue Historic District is a landmark neighborhood on Chicago’s Near South Side known for its concentration of late 19th-century mansions and notable residents from the city’s Gilded Age elite.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prairie Avenue Historic District canonical | 4 |
| Prairie Avenue District | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chicago Landmark
ⓘ
historic district ⓘ residential neighborhood ⓘ |
| category |
Gilded Age architecture in Illinois
ⓘ
Historic districts in Chicago ⓘ |
| city |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| development | originally an upper-class residential enclave ⓘ |
| era | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| governingBody | City of Chicago ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Italianate
ⓘ
Queen Anne ⓘ Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form:
Romanesque Revival
Second Empire ⓘ |
| hasMuseum |
Glessner House, Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Glessner House Museum
|
| hasPart |
Clarke House
ⓘ
Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
surface form:
Glessner House
Kimball House ⓘ Marshall Field Jr. Mansion (site/remnant) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Chicago Landmark ⓘ |
| historicFunction | residences of Chicago industrial and commercial magnates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gilded Age elite residents
ⓘ
concentration of late 19th-century mansions ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ |
| landUse | primarily residential with cultural institutions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
Illinois ⓘ Near South Side, Chicago ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableResident |
George Pullman
ⓘ
John J. Glessner ⓘ Marshall Field ⓘ Philip Armour ⓘ
surface form:
Philip D. Armour
Potter Palmer ⓘ
surface form:
Potter Palmer (associated elite circle)
|
| partOf |
Near South Side
ⓘ
surface form:
Near South Side community area
|
| preservationStatus | protected historic area ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of late Victorian residential architecture in Chicago
ⓘ
represents Chicago’s late 19th-century elite society ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| street | Prairie Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | c. 1870s–1900s (peak prominence) ⓘ |
| tourism | heritage tourism destination ⓘ |
| transportationNearby |
CTA buses
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago Transit Authority bus routes
Metra Electric District line ⓘ
surface form:
Metra Electric District (nearby stations)
|
| urbanContext | Near McCormick Place convention center ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Glessner House
this entity surface form:
Prairie Avenue District