POTENTIAL WIN: Preservation Chicago Formally Suggests Four Significant Historic Places for Chicago Landmark Designation

South Park Terrace Apartments, 1905, Harry Hale Waterman, 6116-34 S Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Harry Hale Waterman is also the architect of the Eugene S. Pike House / Watchman’s House, 1894, Harry Hale Waterman, 1826 W. 91st Street in Beverly. Photo credit: Debbie Mercer
South Park Terrace Apartments, 1905, Harry Hale Waterman, 6116-34 S Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Harry Hale Waterman is also the architect of the Eugene S. Pike House / Watchman’s House, 1894, Harry Hale Waterman, 1826 W. 91st Street in Beverly. Photo credit: Debbie Mercer
Western Boulevard Industrial Buildings, 4200-4500 S. Western Boulevard, c.1910-1920. Photo credit: Serhii Chrucky

Preservation Chicago submitted formal suggestions for Chicago Landmark Designation for four significant historic places at the Program Committee of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks meeting on September 18, 2025. The suggestions included research and public testimony. Our suggestions included:

  1. The Amanda Apartments, 56-60 E. Chicago Avenue, 1898-1900, Robert Skilleter Smith
  2. South Park Terrace Apartments, 6116-6134 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, 1905, Harry Waterman
  3. St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church Complex, 1048 N. Campbell, including rectory, church and school
  4. Western Boulevard Industrial Buildings, 4200-4500 S. Western Boulevard, c.1910-1920

Other suggestions for Chicago Landmark Designation that Preservation Chicago support and which were presented by preservation partners includes:

  • Paradise Temple / Shomre Hadas, 11434 S. Forest, 1927, Harry L. Morse
  • Roger Brown Study Collection, 1926 North Halsted Street

Additionally, Preservation Chicago testified in support of the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places or the J.P. Smith Shoe Company Factory at 223 E. Erie Street.