Shedd Park Fieldhouse

Landmark Context

Shedd Park Fieldhouse comes into public view at 3600 W 23rd St in the Chicago landmark record. The designation record holds onto a construction date of 1916-17 and credits William Drummond. It was designated on February 11, 2004. Shedd Park Fieldhouse keeps institutional planning, community service and public life, and how buildings shaped neighborhood identity grounded in a real building even when the public record is brief.

Shedd Park Fieldhouse becomes materially clearer through entries, wings, and later additions, yards, courts, or campus relationships, and how the building addresses the street. The point is not just to admire the building but to understand how public or community-serving institutions left long physical traces in the neighborhood.

Research Starting Points

Shedd Park Fieldhouse gains a fuller record through board minutes or annual reports, permit records, and photographs, directories, and local coverage. That is where early landmark facts begin to connect to a fuller chronology of change, use, and interpretation.

Shedd Park Fieldhouse still needs permits, photographs, and comparison, but the landmark record gives that work a stable point of return.