Altgeld Gardens

CTL-PL-0133 · Place

VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-01605 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0133. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Riverdale public housing

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• City: Chicago

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• Chicago — located in
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Sources

• http://www.landmarks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/100007590_Keeper-Signed-Altgeld-Gardens-NR-District-Listing.pdf (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

The National Park Service National Register of Historic Places registration form for the Altgeld Gardens - Philip Murray Homes Historic District (tier 1, Keeper-signed listing, ref. 100007590) states the district is in the Riverdale community area on the Far South Side of Chicago, bounded by E. 130th Street to the north, S. Greenwood Avenue to the east, E. 133rd/E. 134th Streets to the south and S. St. Lawrence Avenue to the west; Altgeld Gardens was commissioned by the Chicago Housing Authority and constructed between 1944 and 1945 as two-story brick rowhouse apartment buildings, and the Altgeld Gardens and Philip Murray Homes developments continue to operate as a public housing community operated by the CHA - establishing existence, public-housing type, Riverdale/Far South Side location, construction 1944-45, extant operating status, and National Register listing. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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