The district is a historic district in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district's area was built up between 1879 and 1893 by various architects. Lumber baron Benjamin Ferguson commissioned a red brick Queen Anne house in 1883 that takes up three city lots. [4] .

The 1500 block of West Jackson Boulevard is almost all that remains of Chicago's once fashionable Near West Side. (A historical marker located in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois.)

Jackson Boulevard is a street in Chicago, in whose grid system it is 300 South. Named for President Andrew Jackson, it is adjacent to Van Buren Street named for Jackson's associate Martin Van Buren. The Jackson Boulevard Bridge carries it across the Chicago River.

Jackson Boulevard District Address: 1500-blocks of West Jackson and West Adams between Laflin and Ashland Year Built: 1879 - 1893 Architect: Various

Mar 7, 2024 · Across the street from this marker, on northwest corner of Laflin and Jackson, is a square bronze Chicago Landmark marker for the historic district. Regarding Jackson Boulevard. The area was officially named a historic district in 1976, and was dedicated with an official ceremony in 1978.

Mar 7, 2024 · Across from that marker on the northwest corner of Laflin and Jackson is a square bronze Chicago Landmark marker for the historic district. This stretch of Adams Street is part of the historic Route 66, which begins about two miles east of here at Adams Street's terminus in front of the Art Institute of Chicago at Michigan Avenue.

May 4, 2020 · Also known as the West Jackson Boulevard District or West Jackson Historic District. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1976 and put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is a historic district on the Near West Side of Chicago. Most of the buildings are from 1879 through 1893.

The West Jackson Boulevard District in Chicago, Illinois, also known as West Jackson Historic District, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was earlier designed as a Chicago Landmark, in 1976, and expanded as Jackson Boulevard District and Extension in 1997.

The Jackson Boulevard Bridge is a Pratt deck truss, fixed-trunnion, bascule bridge that spans the Chicago River at Jackson Boulevard in downtown Chicago. [4] [5] It was built in 1915 and is 273 feet in length. [4]

CDOT installed a new protected bike lane and pedestrian improvements on Jackson Boulevard from Halsted Street to Ashland Avenue in 2023. The project was designed and implemented in coordination with the Illinois Department of Transportation.