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| Maintained by | Department of Streets & Sanitation |
| Location | Chicago |
| North end | East 49th Street (one-way east) |
| Major junctions | East 50th Street (hosts additional contributing properties.[1]) |
| South end | East 50th Street (one-way west) |
The Washington Park Court District is a Grand Boulevard community area neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1991.[2] Despite its name, it is not located within either the Washington Park community area or the Washington Park park, but is one block north of both. The district was named for the Park.[3]
The district includes row houses built between 1895 and 1905, with addresses of 4900–4959 South Washington Park Court and 417–439 East 50th Street.[2] Many of the houses share architectural features.[4] The neighborhood was part of the early twentieth century segregationist racial covenant wave that swept Chicago following the Great Migration.[5] The community area has continued to be almost exclusively African American since the 1930s.[6]
- ^ "Washington Park Court District Map". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
- ^ a b "Washington Park Court District". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- ^ Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, Streetwise Chicago, "Washington Park Court", p. 130, Loyola University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-8294-0597-6
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