South Dearborn Street--Printing House Row Historic District
Historic district in Illinois, United States in Chicago, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Printing House Row District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing four architecturally important buildings on South Dearborn Street, between Jackson Boulevard and Ida B. Wells Drive, in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as South Dearborn Street – Printing House Row Historic District and listed as a National Historic Landmark as South Dearborn Street – Printing House Row North Historic District on January 7, 1976. The district includes the Monadnock Building, the Manhattan Building, the Fisher Building, and the Old Colony Building.
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The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | 343, 407, 431 S. Dearborn St. and 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | Jan 7, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76000705 |
| Type of place | historic district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Chicago Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 4 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 343, 407, 431 S. Dearborn St. and 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL |
| Coordinates | 41.87850, -87.62817 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 13 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 28 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 33 mi · Dunbar Group Site 35 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000705. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.