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Title
National Register of Historic Places [Illinois--Chicago]
Description
This dataset includes buildings and districts in Chicago which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or designated as National Historic Landmarks (NHL). The NRHP is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation; NHLs are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. The NRHP and NHL programs are federally-established and are administered by the National Park Service (www.nps/gov/nr) and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA, www.illinoishistory.gov/). This dataset is provided by the City of Chicago based on NRHP and NHL nominations provided by IHPA. To view or use these shapefiles, compression software and special GIS software, such as ESRI ArcGIS or QGIS, is required. To download this file, right-click the "Download" link above and choose "Save link as." Time Period: Data is current as of June 2012. Update Frequency: Data is updated as needed.
Creator
data.cityofchicago.org
Publisher
City of Chicago Data Portal
Subject
Historic Preservation
Temporal Coverage
Last Modified: 2012-11-23
Date Issued
2012-03-09
Access Rights
Public
Language
English
Date Added
May 22, 2023
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Open Data Portal on 2025-11-17.
data.cityofchicago.org (2012). National Register of Historic Places [Illinois--Chicago]. City of Chicago Data Portal. https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/yw5d-szpx (web service)