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built 1927 and with current city data crediting Klaber & Grunfeld, Designated as a Chicago landmark on June 28, 2000. it becomes easier to follow institutional planning, community service and public life, and later change at Jewish People's Institute.
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Quick Take
- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 3500 W Douglas Blvd.
- Built: 1927.
- Architect: Klaber & Grunfeld.
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Why It Matters
Jewish People's Institute keeps a real place attached to institutional planning, community service and public life, and how buildings shaped neighborhood identity.
That is what gives later archival and field work somewhere concrete to begin.
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Research Narrative
Landmark Context
Jewish People's Institute is located at 3500 W Douglas Blvd in the city's landmark record. City records connect the site to a construction date of 1927 and credits Klaber & Grunfeld. It was designated on June 28, 2000. Jewish People's Institute turns into a workable research subject once institutional planning, community service and public life, and how buildings shaped neighborhood identity are kept in view together.
Jewish People's Institute reveals more once fieldwork compares entries, wings, and later additions, yards, courts, or campus relationships, and how the building addresses the street. Those clues are often the clearest route into how public or community-serving institutions left long physical traces in the neighborhood.
Research Starting Points
Jewish People's Institute opens next into board minutes or annual reports, permit records, and photographs, directories, and local coverage. That source trail is often the best way to move from designation summary to a fuller building history.
Jewish People's Institute gives later fieldwork and archives a stable site to keep circling back to.
Public Actions
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1927
Development
Construction period recorded in city landmark data
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Chicago's public landmark data records Jewish People's Institute as built in 1927.
June 28, 2000
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
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City of Chicago designated Jewish People's Institute as an individual landmark on June 28, 2000.
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Inventory
City landmark address list and data portal record
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Jewish People's Institute remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks
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Place Snapshot
- Place
- Jewish People's Institute
- Location
- 3500 W Douglas Blvd, Chicago, Illinois
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- Exact
Key Facts
- Region
- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Campus / Institutional
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 3500 W Douglas Blvd
- Built
- 1927
- Architect
- Klaber & Grunfeld
- Designated
- June 28, 2000
Design / Planning Timeline
Klaber & Grunfeld
1927
Milestone
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