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Uptown Square Historic District July 2018 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN: HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN UPTOWN SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN: HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN LAWRENCE TO BRYN MAWR MODERNIZATION Uptown Square Historic District July 2018 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN: HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN UPTOWN SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 DISTRICT DESCRIPTION 5 Origins & Early Development 5 Uptown’s Heyday: 1900-1930 5 Urban Decline: 1930-1950 6 Uptown Post World War II 7 Physical Description 8 Architectural Styles & Building Types 9 RECOMMENDATIONS 17 General Principles & Prioritized Preservation Goals 17 Permit Review Application Process for City of Chicago Landmark Properties 18 Guidelines for Historic Buildings 21 Guidelines for New Construction 26 Existing Incentives & Programs 28 APPENDIX 31 References 31 Building Inventory 33 July 2018 CTA Red and Purple Modernization Phase One 1 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN: HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN UPTOWN SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT INTRODUCTION This Historic Preservation Plan (HPP) for the Avenue. The period of significance for the Uptown Square Historic District was prepared district is 1900 to 1956 with 43 contributing1 by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to properties, 10 non-contributing properties2, support the continued preservation of the and two properties individually-listed on the district. The HPP is intended to serve as a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). guide for property owners, developers, and The two properties individually-listed on the others with an interest in preserving and NRHP, in 1986, are the Uptown Theater enhancing the district’s distinctive architectural (4814-16 N. Broadway) and the Uptown character. Broadway Building (4701 N. Broadway). The USHD (COC) closely follows the boundaries Within the HPP study area, referred to of the National Register district but it does not hereafter as “districts”, there are three include the property at 4833 North Broadway designated historic districts: the Uptown and does include four properties located within Square National Register District the SPD (NR). Those four properties are: (USHD(NR)), the Sheridan Park National 1151, 1200-1214, and 1201-1213 West Register District (SPD (NR)), and the City of Leland Avenue and 4706-4734 North Racine Chicago Uptown Square District (USHD Avenue. The period of significance for the (COC)). As shown in the map on page 4, the USHD (COC) is from 1901-1940. The USHD USHD (COC) overlaps the National Register (COC) has 41 contributing properties, 15 non- districts with the exception of one building. contributing properties, and one potentially 3 The USHD (NR), SPD (NR), and USHD contributing property . (COC) were designated in 2001, 1985, and The USHD (NR) and USHD (COC) are 2016, respectively. The USHD (NR) is significant for the area’s development as a bounded by Broadway, Lawrence Avenue, center for entertainment, recreation, North Sheridan Road, and West Leland 1 Contributing: A contributing resource adds to the only. It is solely provided as guidance for property owners historical associations or historic architectural qualities for and the public to anticipate how these properties might be which a district is significant. A contributing resource has treated under the Chicago Landmarks Ordinance. the following characteristics: It was present during the Individual property owners retain the right to petition the period of significance; it relates to the documented Commission on Chicago Landmarks and the City Council significance of the district; and it possesses historical on whether a building is contributing or non-contributing to integrity. the district on a case-by-case basis as part of the permit review process. The Commission and the City Council 2 Non-Contributing: A noncontributing resource does not reserve the right to make a final determination in add to the historical associations or historic architectural accordance with the procedures established by the qualities for which a district is significant because: it was Ordinance and the Commission’s adopted Rules and not present during the period of significance; it does not Regulations. The staff’s preliminary determination remains relate to the documented significance of the district; or preliminary—it is not binding on the Historic Preservation due to alterations, additions, or other changes, it no longer Division staff or the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, possesses historical integrity. nor does the Commission or the City Council adopt it as part of the designation. A potentially contributing resource 3 Potentially Contributing: Potentially contributing is one which was constructed during the period of resources are only located in City of Chicago designated significance and relates to the documented significance of landmark districts. The categorization of whether a the district, but has suffered a loss of integrity. If the property is contributing, non-contributing or potentially integrity is restored through restoration or rehabilitation, contributing to the USHD COC represents a preliminary then the property may be contributing to the district. determination by the Historic Preservation Division staff July 2018 CTA Red and Purple Modernization Phase One 2 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN: HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN UPTOWN SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT transportation, and commerce and later as Properties are also eligible for financial one of Chicago’s significant entertainment and incentives based on their designation status. retail corridors, from the turn of the twentieth Rehabilitation or restoration projects at NRHP- century until the 1950s. listed properties can take advantage of the Federal Historic Tax Credit or Preservation Within the USHD (COC) there are three Easement Donation. Projects at City of individual Chicago Landmarks: the Uptown Chicago landmarked properties may be Theater, the former Sheridan Trust and eligible for permit fee waivers, Class L Savings Bank Building, and the Mutual Property Tax Incentive, and the Citywide Insurance Building. These properties were Adopt-A-Landmark fund. General reference landmarked in 1991, 2008, and 2013, and web sources are provided in the “Existing respectively. The landmark designations Incentives & Programs” section. protect the exteriors of each of these buildings, as well as the significant interiors of Many of the districts’ historic buildings retain a the Uptown Theater and the former Sheridan high degree of integrity and retain their original Trust and Savings Bank Building. exterior materials. Some have been restored or well-maintained while others have The SPD (NR) is bounded by Lawrence, undergone numerous or extensive alterations. Racine, and Montrose Avenues and Clark Many have been adapted to contemporary Street. The period of significance for the uses. district is 1891 to 1929. The district contains 351 contributing properties and 17 non- This HPP commenced with an on-site survey contributing properties. The SPD (NR) is only of the districts to identify, describe, and included here in relation to those properties classify each building. Following the survey centered around Racine and Leland Avenues and evaluation, a historical overview of the that are also located within the boundaries of districts that identified its historical themes, the USHD (COC). key development periods, general preservation principles, prioritized Rehabilitation and new construction projects in preservation goals, and design guidelines was all districts discussed in this report is prepared. The HPP provides information on encouraged to follow the Secretary of the the architectural and historical significance of Interior’s Standards. For NRHP districts, the the districts, available financial incentives, and listing of a property on the NRHP places no offers preservation recommendations and restrictions on private property, unless the guidelines. The districts’ history, pattern of rehabilitation, new construction, or demolition development, and rich contemporary work receives Federal assistance, usually character provide a basis to help guide funding or licensing/permitting. compatible infill redevelopment in the districts Rehabilitation, new construction, and and in the surrounding area. demolition work in the USHD (COC) must A map of the districts is provided on the adhere to the Chicago Landmark Ordinance following page. It identifies the contributing, and the Commission on Chicago Landmarks non-contributing, and individually-listed “Guidelines for Alterations to Historic Buildings National Register properties and the City of and New Construction.” When a property is Chicago landmark properties. proposed for Chicago Landmark status, and after its designation, all building permit applications are evaluated to determine whether the work will affect the “significant historical and architectural features” of the landmark; work on these features must be approved by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. July 2018 CTA Red and Purple Modernization Phase One 3 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN: HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN UPTOWN SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP OF THE DISTRICTS July 2018 CTA Red and Purple Modernization Phase One 4 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN: HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN UPTOWN SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT Avenue, and a transit center at the intersection of Lawrence Avenue and DISTRICT DESCRIPTION Broadway was created. The expansion of the transit network, along with Uptown’s access to ORIGINS & EARLY DEVELOPMENT the Lakefront at Wilson Beach and Clarendon Beach, would be the catalyst for the Uptown The districts are located
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