Auburn Gresham Bungalow Historic District

United States historic place


Auburn Gresham Bungalow Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

7510 S. Wolcott
41°45′17″N 87°40′08″W / 41.75472°N 87.66889°W / 41.75472; -87.66889
Area	48 acres (19 ha)
Architectural style	Chicago Bungalow
MPS	Chicago Bungalows MPS
NRHP reference No.	12000841^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 9, 2012

The Auburn Gresham Bungalow Historic District is a residential historic district in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district includes 264 Chicago bungalows built from 1918 to 1932 along with a variety of other residential buildings. Homeownership became more attainable for working-class Chicagoans in the early twentieth century, and affordable bungalows played a key role in this pattern, with tens of thousands of the homes built in the city. Auburn Gresham, a South Side neighborhood with railroad access and little prior development, was one of the many parts of the city developed during the bungalow boom. While thirty-two different architects designed homes in the district, the bungalows are still relatively similar, as the uniform building design was a major factor in their affordability; however, elements such as color and brickwork distinguish the individual homes.^[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 2012.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ Bruni, Carla (March 24, 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Auburn Gresham Bungalow Historic District" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.