National Historic Landmark · Chicago, Illinois

Uss Silversides (ss 236) National Historic Landmark

Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressS side of Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
CountyCook County
ListedOct 18, 1972
Reference number72001566
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
AddressS side of Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Coordinates41.89086, -87.60817 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitPullman National Historical Park · 14 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyWest Beach Picnic Shelters 28 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 32 mi · Dunbar Group Site 34 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.
Limited data for this unit

No photograph, no construction date or encyclopedia article for this listing yet. The Register record above is complete; the enrichment is not.

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

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 72001566. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.