Section 106 Historic Properties Identification Report Federal Undertakings In and Adjacent to Jackson Park Cook County, Illinois Prepared For: Federal Highway Administration National Park Service March 15, 2018 Federal Undertakings In and Adjacent to Jackson Park Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... i 1.0 Introduction and Description of Undertaking ........................................................................ 1 1.1 Historic Architecture/Landscape Area of Potential Effects (APE) ......................................2 1.1.1 APE Sub-area I (East of Viaduct) ............................................................................................. 2 1.1.2 APE Sub-area II (West of Viaduct) .......................................................................................... 2 2.0 Historic Context Statements ................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Parks within the Area of Potential Effects .......................................................................3 2.1.1 Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance ................................................................................ 3 2.1.2 Contributing and Non-Contributing Resources within Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….53 2.1.3 Jackson Park Landscape Integrity Analysis .......................................................................... 57 2.1.4 Historic Context – South Shore Cultural Center ................................................................... 74 2.1.5 Historic Context – Promontory Point ................................................................................... 75 2.2 Community Areas ......................................................................................................... 78 2.2.1 Hyde Park .............................................................................................................................. 78 2.2.2 Woodlawn ............................................................................................................................. 87 2.2.3 South Shore ........................................................................................................................... 93 2.3 Architects’ Biographies ................................................................................................. 99 2.3.1 Thomas R. Bishop .................................................................................................................. 99 2.3.2 Dubin, Dubin, Black & Moutoussamy ................................................................................ 100 2.3.3 Jacques J. Kocher ................................................................................................................. 101 2.3.4 Anders G. Lund .................................................................................................................... 102 2.3.5 Paul F. Olsen ........................................................................................................................ 103 3.0 Historic Resource Survey Methodologies .......................................................................... 105 3.1 APE Sub-area I (East of Viaduct) .................................................................................. 105 3.1.1 Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance .................................................................................. 105 3.1.2 Neighborhood Buildings and Structures ............................................................................ 107 3.2 APE Sub-area II (West of Viaduct) ............................................................................... 110 4.0 NRHP Summary and Recommendations ............................................................................ 112 4.1 Parks - Summary of Listings and Status ....................................................................... 112 4.1.1 Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance ............................................................................ 112 4.1.2 South Shore Cultural Center ............................................................................................... 113 Federal Undertakings In and Adjacent to Jackson Park 4.1.3 Promontory Point................................................................................................................ 113 4.2 APE Sub-area I Summary of Properties Recommended as Eligible for NRHP Listing ....... 114 4.2.1 Historic Properties Identification - Hyde Park Community ............................................... 114 4.2.2 Historic Properties Identification - Woodlawn Historic Properties................................... 118 4.2.3 Historic Properties Identification - South Shore Community ............................................ 119 4.3 APE Sub-area II Summary of Properties Recommended as Eligible for NRHP Listing ...... 123 4.3.1 Historic Properties Identification – APE Sub-Area II-A (North of E. 60th Street) .............. 124 4.3.2 Historic Properties Identification – APE Sub-Area II-B (South of E. 60th Street) .............. 127 5.0 Survey and Research Personnel ......................................................................................... 130 6.0 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................ 132 Federal Undertakings In and Adjacent to Jackson Park List of Figures Figure 1: Original Plan for South Park, Olmsted, Vaux & Co. Landscape Architects, 1871 ......................... 46 Figure 2: Map of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance, Issued by the Dept. of Works, 1893 ..................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Figure 3: Revised General Plan for Jackson Park, Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot Landscape Architects, 1895 48 Figure 4: General Plan of Jackson Park, South Park Commissioners, 1905 ................................................ 49 Figure 5: General Plan of Jackson Park, South Park Commissioners, 1930 ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Figure 6: Jackson Park, [Chicago Park District], Revised, 1951 ...................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Figure 7: Recent Aerial Photograph (March 2012) ..................................................................................... 52 Figure 8: Jackson Park Historic Roadway Changes ..................................................................................... 60 Figure 9: Landscape Integrity Analysis, Western Perimeter Boundary ...................................................... 63 Figure 10: Western Perimeter - Original Plan for South Park, Olmsted, Vaux & Co. Landscape Architects, 1871 (note: figure oriented with north to left) ........................................................................................... 64 Figure 11: Western Perimeter - Map of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance, Issued by the Department of Works, 1893 (note: figure oriented with north to left) .............. 64 Figure 12: Western Perimeter - Revised General Plan for Jackson Park, Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot Landscape Architects, 1895 (note: figure oriented with north to left) ...................................................... 65 Figure 13: Western Perimeter - General Plan for Jackson Park, South Park Commissioners, 1905 (note: figure oriented with north to left) .............................................................................................................. 65 Figure 14: Western Perimeter - General Plan for Jackson Park, South Park Commissioners, 1930 (note: figure oriented with north to left) .............................................................................................................. 66 Figure 15: Western Perimeter - Jackson Park, [Chicago Park District], Revised, 1951 (note: figure oriented with north to left) ....................................................................................................................................... 66 Figure 16: Western Perimeter - Current Aerial Photograph (Google Earth, April 2017) ............................ 67 Figure 17: Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District ......................................................................................... 79 List of Tables Table 1: Contributing Resources within Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance ...................................... 54 Table 2: Non-Contributing Resources within Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance .............................. 56 Table 3: Jackson Park Roadway Changes .............................................................................................. 60 Table 4: Contributing Resources to Proposed East Hyde Park Historic District .................................. 117 Table 5: Contributing Resources to Possible South Shore Apartment Historic District ...................... 122 Federal Undertakings In and Adjacent to Jackson Park List of Photos Photo 1: Aerial view of Jackson Park looking northwest from E. 67th Street, 1932, Chicago Park District Records: Photographs, Special Collections, Chicago Public Library .............................................................. 4 Photo 2: Jackson Park Unfinished Lagoon, Looking East, July 1891, Chicago Public Library, Special Collections, WCE CDA 1.1. Photograph by C.D. Arnold ...............................................................................