Current National Register of Chicago Bungalow Historic Districts

A National Register Historic District is a concentration of historic buildings, structures, sites or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development. Any one property in the district may not be particularly significant individually, but as a collection they are significant. Most Chicago bungalows nominated for listing on the National Register will be nominated as part of a district.

Historic Chicago Bungalow Thematic District

Between 1910 and 1930 Chicago developers built tens of thousands of one and one-and-one-half-story brick bungalows on large tracts of land previously occupied by farms and prairie fields.  Read more >>

Falconer Bungalow Historic District

More than anything else, what distinguishes this bungalow neighborhood in Belmont Cragin is the fact that it was not segregated from the industrial and manufacturing districts where many of its residents worked - it was in the thick of it.  Read more >>

North Mayfair Historic District

The bungalows that emerged in North Mayfair between 1913 and 1930 allowed working and middle-class, blue and white collar families to also share in the American dream of homeownership.  Read more >>

Wrightwood Bungalow Historic District

The Wrightwood District, developed between 1916 and 1925, is one of the few bungalow communities to be built on a boulevard.  Read more >>

Rogers Park Manor Historic District

Local bungalow architects Benedict J. Bruns, Ernest Braucher, Lyman Allison, and dozens of others experimented with form and stylistic detailing to create bungalows that were truly unique to Chicago.  Read more >>

Schorch Irving Park Gardens Historic District

Albert Schorsch developed the Irving Park Garden Historic District in the Portage Park neighborhood from 1917 to 1926.  Read more >>

South Park Manor Historic District

The South Park Manor Historic District in Chatham, built between 1915 and 1927, features a great cluster of diverse bungalow designs due to the involvement of a myriad of developers and architects.  Read more >>

Talman West Ridge Historic District

The diverse bungalow styles that exist in the Talman West Ridge Historic District contribute to the unique character of the surrounding community. Read more >>

South Shore Historic District

The South Shore Historic District is one of the earliest Chicago bungalow neighborhoods and was developed on the site of the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition. Read more >>