Riverside Historic District National Historic Landmark Nomination (Updated Documentation)
O'Donnell PM, Stach GT, Beveridge CE, Hohman H, Peters J, McClelland L. 2023. Riverside Historic District National Historic Landmark Nomination (Updated Documentation). National Historic Landmark Nominations. 69000055_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is updated National Historic Landmark documentation for the Riverside Historic District National Historic Landmark in Riverside, Cook County, Illinois. The updated National Historic Landmark (NHL) documentation for the Riverside Historic District in Riverside, Illinois documents its national significance under NHL Criteria 4 and 5 as an outstanding representative picturesque suburb designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. The designed landscape and wide range of architectural styles represent the late nineteenth century prototypical ideal of suburban life. The design of Riverside is recognized as a model for many Picturesque curvilinear subdivisions developed before and after World War II. The period of significances is 1870-1959.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- O'Donnell, Patricia; Stach, Glenn; Beveridge, Charles; Hohman, Heidi; Peters, Jim; McClelland, Linda
- Date of Issue
- 2023-12-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- architecture, Cook County, Illinois, landscape architecture, National Historic Landmark, Olmsted, Riverside, suburbs, urban planning, Vaux