The Pacesetter Gardens Historic District is a historic district encompassing twelve townhouses along South Lowe Avenue in Riverdale, Illinois. The townhouses were built in 1960 by Harry J. Quinn, a developer who constructed and advocated for multi-family housing. Prior to 1960, Riverdale was mainly a community of single-family homes; Pacesetter Gardens and another nearby development by Quinn diversified the city's housing and made it easier for lower-income residents to live there. Quinn, who was also an architect, designed the buildings, which feature simple exteriors with box bay windows and a horizontal emphasis. Ten of the twelve townhouses have eight units, while the remaining two have four and six respectively. Quinn planned each unit according to minimum house design, a technique popular with housing reformers that emphasized compactness and eliminated less essential rooms such as hallways and dining rooms.[2]
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| Location | 13604-13736 S. Lowe Ave., Riverdale, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°38′48″N 87°38′14″W / 41.64667°N 87.63722°W |
| Area | 7.3 acres (3.0 ha) |
| Architect | Harry J. Quinn |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001252[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 16, 2005 |
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 2005.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Bluestone, Daniel (July 15, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Pacesetter Gardens Historic District" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.