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Jewish People’s Institute

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.

Jewish People's Institute 3500 W Douglas Blvd, Chicago, Illinois Precision: Exact

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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.

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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.

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1927

Development

Construction period recorded in city landmark data

Chicago's public landmark data records Jewish People's Institute as built in 1927.

June 28, 2000

Designation

Chicago individual landmark designation

City of Chicago designated Jewish People's Institute as an individual landmark on June 28, 2000.

February 2026

Inventory

City landmark address list and data portal record

Jewish People's Institute remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.

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Chicago Landmark Name List 2025.6

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Place Snapshot

Place
Jewish People's Institute
Location
3500 W Douglas Blvd, Chicago, Illinois
Coverage
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

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