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Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse

built 1924 and with current city data crediting Paul Gerhardt, Sr., Designated as a Chicago landmark on January 13, 2009. it becomes easier to follow commercial development, architectural branding, and later change at Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse.

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  • Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
  • Address: 2620 W Washington Blvd.
  • Built: 1924.
  • Architect: Paul Gerhardt, Sr.

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Why It Matters

Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse prevents commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change from floating free of the site itself.

That is what gives later archival and field work somewhere concrete to begin.

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Research Narrative

Landmark Context

Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse is tied to 2620 W Washington Blvd in the city's landmark file. Even in summary form, the record keeps together a construction date of 1924 and credits Paul Gerhardt, Sr. It was designated on January 13, 2009. Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse gives researchers a way to connect commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change to one actual site.

Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse is best approached by paying attention to storefront depth, upper-floor expression, and corner treatment, how the facade addresses pedestrian traffic, and later signage, infill, or reuse. Those observations help show how commercial architecture stayed visible even as the economic life around it changed.

Research Starting Points

Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse gains a fuller record through trade press and city directories, permit files and assessor records, and historic photographs and newspaper coverage. Those materials are usually what turn site observation into a more convincing historical record.

Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse can keep observation, source work, and interpretation attached to one building.

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Campaign / Petition Record

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1924

Development

Construction period recorded in city landmark data

Chicago's public landmark data records Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse as built in 1924.

January 13, 2009

Designation

Chicago individual landmark designation

City of Chicago designated Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse as an individual landmark on January 13, 2009.

February 2026

Inventory

City landmark address list and data portal record

Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse 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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City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks

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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026

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Place Snapshot

Place
Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse
Location
2620 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, Illinois
Coverage
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Key Facts

Region
Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
Place type
Commercial Building
Current status
Preserved
Address
2620 W Washington Blvd
Built
1924
Architect
Paul Gerhardt, Sr.
Designated
January 13, 2009

Design / Planning Timeline

Paul Gerhardt, Sr.
1924

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