Dreamland Cafe

CTL-E-0858 · Address · site · 1914-c. 1917+

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Pioneering South Side jazz venue; address disputed between 3520 and 3618 S. State; associated with King Oliver, Lil Hardin Armstrong's Dreamland Syncopators, and Louis Armstrong.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:venue-dreamland-cafe; source research type(s): place.

Sources

UChicago Library, 'From Dreamland to Showcase: Jazz in Chicago, 1912 to 1996' (exhibition text, 1996-97)
UChicago Library exhibition text (1996-97); NPS Black Metropolis Thematic Nomination (1985)
CTL Track A working dossier (2026-09-28)

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