Austin Town Hall Park is a park at 5610 W. Lake Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The site was formerly used for the town hall of Cicero Township. The Austin subdivision of Cicero was annexed to the City of Chicago in 1899, and the town hall site eventually became part of the Chicago Park District. The park's fieldhouse, designed by Michaelsen and Rognstad in the 1920s, is influenced largely by Philadelphia's Independence Hall.[2]
Austin Town Hall Park Historic District | |
 Austin Town Hall Park fieldhouse | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by West Lake St., N. Central Ave., N. Parkside Ave., and West Race Ave., Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′19″N 87°45′57″W / 41.8886°N 87.7658°W |
| Area | 7.6 acres (3.1 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 06001015[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 15, 2006 |
The Austin Town Hall Park Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[3]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Austin Town Hall Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Chicago Park District. Retrieved on March 16, 2010.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Illinois, Cook County. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on March 16, 2010.