Kenwood District

The Kenwood District is a historic district in the officially designated Kenwood community area of Chicago, Illinois bounded by E. 47th and E. 51st Streets, S. Blackstone and S. Drexel Avenues.[1] It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 29, 1979.[1] The official community areas were defined in the early 20th century and the current meaning of the Hyde Park neighborhood includes the area between 47th Street and 51st Street ("E. Hyde Park Blvd.") as a part of Hyde Park,[2] although this area is officially the south half of the official Kenwood neighborhood. The region is part of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District.

This article is about the southern Kenwood, Chicago Landmark District. For the Registered Florida Historic District, see Kenwood Historic District (St. Petersburg, Florida). For northern Kenwood, Chicago Landmark District, see North Kenwood District. For other uses, see Kenwood Historic District (disambiguation).

Kenwood District map (northeast boundaries are left undefined at City of Chicago page)
K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Temple and Barack Obama security detail
The Residence of Muhammad was built in 1973 for Elijah Muhammad.

See also

Kenwood, Chicago (The neighborhood.)

North Kenwood District (Landmark District in North Kenwood.)

Notes
  1. "Kenwood District". City of Chicago. 2003. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  2. Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce 2007-2008 Member Directory, Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce, pp. 32-33, 2007.


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