Century of Progress Architectural District

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The Century of Progress Architectural District is a collection of historic, modernist homes from the 1933–34 Chicago World's Fair, relocated to Beverly Shores, Indiana, and preserved for their innovative design and architectural significance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
architectural district ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Moderne ⓘ
linked to: Streamline Moderne

International Style ⓘ
Modernist architecture ⓘ
associatedFair Century of Progress International Exposition ⓘ
associatedWith Beverly Shores community ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Porter County ⓘ
hasConservationProgram restoration of World’s Fair houses ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasPart Armco-Ferro House ⓘ
Cypress Log Cabin ⓘ
Florida Tropical House ⓘ
House of Tomorrow ⓘ
Wieboldt-Rostone House ⓘ
hasView Indiana Dunes shoreline ⓘ
locatedIn Beverly Shores, Indiana ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Porter County, Indiana ⓘ
United States ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
nearestCity Beverly Shores, Indiana ⓘ
notableFor experimental use of steel and glass ⓘ
promotion of modern domestic architecture ⓘ
relocated World’s Fair model homes ⓘ
NRHPArea approximately 6 acres ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 2000-06-30 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 00000709 ⓘ
numberOfContributingBuildings 5 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
overlooks Lake Michigan ⓘ
partOf Indiana Dunes National Park ⓘ
period 20th century ⓘ
preservationStatus preserved ⓘ
relocatedFrom 1933–34 Chicago World’s Fair ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago
relocationPeriod 1935 ⓘ
significantEvent 1933–34 Century of Progress International Exposition ⓘ
state Indiana ⓘ
theme experimental residential architecture ⓘ
innovative building materials ⓘ
modern living concepts ⓘ
tourism heritage tourism destination ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beverly Shores, Indiana → hasAttraction → Century of Progress Architectural District ⓘ
Beverly Shores station (South Shore Line) → partOf → Beverly Shores–Century of Progress Architectural District ⓘ
linked to: Century of Progress Architectural District
House of Tomorrow → partOf → Century of Progress Architectural District ⓘ
Florida Tropical House → partOf → Beverly Shores Century of Progress Architectural District ⓘ
linked to: Century of Progress Architectural District
Wieboldt-Rostone House → partOf → Beverly Shores Century of Progress Architectural District ⓘ
linked to: Century of Progress Architectural District
Wieboldt-Rostone House → associatedWith → Century of Progress model homes ⓘ
linked to: Century of Progress Architectural District
General Electric Demonstration House → partOf → Century of Progress Homes ⓘ
linked to: Century of Progress Architectural District
General Electric Demonstration House → partOf → Beverly Shores Century of Progress Architectural District ⓘ
linked to: Century of Progress Architectural District