Bronx Building and Map Detail, circa 1925
Title
Bronx Building and Map Detail, circa 1925
Creator
Description
Reproduction of a photograph of the relief and tile work with the name "Bronx Building" from above the main entrance to the building, which is located at 4900 Dempster Street in Skokie, Illinois; and a hand-drawn map of the location of the Bronx Building and nearby landmarks take from a real estate advertisement from the University Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Areas labeled include: Bronx Building, Present Swift station, Dempster Street, golf course [Evanston Golf Club], Main Street, proposed Main Street "L" station, Niles Center Road, CNW Niles Center, and Oakton Street.
From Chapter 13, "Niles Center: Subdivision, c. 1925," in Skokie: A Community History Using Old Maps by David Buisseret (Chicago Neighborhood History Project, and the Skokie Historical Society and the Newberry Library, 1985).
Date
circa 1925
Publisher
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois (original web version); Chicago Neighborhood History Project
Rights
No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Medium
maps
Source
Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Provenance
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Spatial Coverage
Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Temporal Coverage
Is Part Of
David Buisseret, Skokie, a Community History Using Old Maps
Citation
Buisseret, David, “Bronx Building and Map Detail, circa 1925,” Skokie History Digital Collections, accessed April 28, 2024, https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/items/show/3146.