Pilsen Historic District
Pilsen Historic District, Historic district in Lower West Side, Chicago, United States.
The district contains 5243 buildings with ornate cornices, projecting bays, variegated brickwork, and rusticated stonework along commercial arteries and residential streets.
Following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Czech immigrants established this neighborhood in 1878, naming it after their homeland city in Bohemia.
The district became a primary settlement for Bohemian immigrants in the United States, later transforming into a Mexican-American community after 1970.
Major commercial streets include West 18th Street, South Halsted Street, South Western Avenue, West Cermak Road, South Ashland Avenue, and Blue Island Avenue.
The neighborhood holds 4405 contributing structures that survived the Great Chicago Fire, featuring European Baroque architectural elements brought by Bohemian builders.
Location: Chicago
GPS coordinates: 41.85389,-87.65778
Latest update: May 14, 2025 17:02
Hull House
2.2 km
Credit Union 1 Arena
2.3 km
National Museum of Mexican Art
1.3 km
The 78
2.1 km
Thalia Hall
425 m
7th District Police Station
1.3 km
Ping Tom Memorial Park
1.9 km
Pui Tak Center
2.1 km
St. Adalbert's in Chicago
1 km
St. Charles Air Line Bridge
2.1 km
Canal Street railroad bridge
1.7 km
South Water Market
916 m
University Hall
2.3 km
UIC Skyspace
1.7 km
Spiegel Office Building
2.6 km
Taylor Street Bridge
2.6 km
Cermak Road Bridge Historic District
1.4 km
St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran School
1.7 km
Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company Building
759 m
Automatic Electric Company Building
2.5 km
Chinese American Museum of Chicago
2 km
Christopher Columbus Monument
2 km
Chicago Maritime Museum
2.5 km
Cermak Road Bridge
1.4 km
Guiseppi Garibaldi Monument
2.2 km
Chicago Public Library Chinatown Branch
2.1 km
Rudy Lozano Branch
503 m
Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge
1.7 kmReviews
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