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Chicago Genealogy Source: Is your Chicago Ancestor’s house a historically significant building today?

17 May 2021 10:38 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Is your Chicago Ancestor’s house a historically significant building today?

The Chicago Historic Resources Survey (CHRS), completed in 1995, was a decade-long research effort by the City of Chicago to analyze the historic and architectural importance of all buildings constructed in the city prior to 1940. During 12 years of field work and follow-up research that started in 1983, CHRS surveyors identified 17,371 properties which were considered to have some historic or architectural importance. The CHRS database identifies each property's date of construction, architect, building style and type, and Chicago Landmark status.

Search for a building - Website: https://webapps1.chicago.gov/landmarksweb/web/historicsurvey.htm

Search the database by Architect, Address, Year Construction, Community or Style.

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