K-Town Historic District

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K-Town Historic District is a historically significant residential neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, known for its early 20th-century brick homes and its role in the city’s Jewish and later African American community history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
residential neighborhood ⓘ
associatedWith African American residents in mid-20th century ⓘ
Jewish residents in early 20th century ⓘ
builtFor working- and middle-class residents ⓘ
category Historic districts in Chicago ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places in Chicago ⓘ
Neighborhoods in Chicago ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developmentType planned residential subdivision ⓘ
eraOfMajorConstruction circa 1900–1930 ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Chicago bungalow ⓘ
linked to: Chicago bungalows

Classical Revival ⓘ
Prairie School influences ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterial brick ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage African American heritage ⓘ
Jewish heritage ⓘ
hasHousingType multi-family residential buildings ⓘ
single-family homes ⓘ
hasNeighborhoodCharacter dense brick rowhouses and flats ⓘ
two-flats and multi-family buildings ⓘ
hasSignificanceType architectural significance ⓘ
ethnic heritage significance ⓘ
social history significance ⓘ
hasUrbanForm rectilinear street grid ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
knownFor early 20th-century brick residential architecture ⓘ
grid of streets with names beginning with the letter K ⓘ
historically Jewish community ⓘ
later African American community ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
United States ⓘ
West Side of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: West Side, Chicago
partOf Chicago’s West Side historic neighborhoods ⓘ
North Lawndale community area ⓘ
periodOfSignificance early 20th century ⓘ
significantFor African American migration and settlement patterns ⓘ
Jewish migration and settlement patterns ⓘ
ethnic and social history of Chicago ⓘ
urban residential development on Chicago’s West Side ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
streetNamingPattern streets beginning with the letter K ⓘ

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North Lawndale → contains → K-Town Historic District ⓘ