COOK COUNTY SITES
OAK PARK VILLAGE HALL, Oak Park: played a big role in the town's struggle to halt white flight. It inspired and sustained racial integration and demonstrated how to achieve a diverse mixture of white and black residents.
PORTAGE PARK BUNGALOW HISTORIC DISTRICT, Chicago: District notable for its high percentage of intact brick bungalows and cohesive streetscapes. This was one of the first areas in the neighborhood to be developed for single-family residences. Most of the houses were built in te 1920s. The bungalow homes are a major type of housing in Chicago.
JESSE L. STRAUSS ESTATE, Glencoe: An example of French Revival architecture. The house and garage/apartment designed in 1921 and 1824 of David Adler, regarded as the region's foremost country house architect of the period.
POLISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE HEADQUARTERS, Chicago: Well-preserved example of an ethnic fraternal building and the important role it played in the social, economic, cultural and political development of Chicago's Polish community. It served as the headquarters of the nation's largest Polish fraternal organization from 1938 until 1976.
--DaCoot
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