History in East Garfield Park

This "Golden Dome" fieldhouse was designated a landmark on November 18, 2009.  Since 1934, it has been the center of Garfield Park.

Also known as the Patrick J. King house, this house was designated as a landmark on february 10, 1988.  It was built in 1901 by George W. Maher.  Political boss patrick nash resided here from 1925 to 1943.  

This multi-story warehouse was designed by chicago architect Paul Gerhardt, Sr., who designed cook county hospital and a number of chicago public schools.  Gerhardt pioneered the design of reinforced-concrete industrial buildings.  This building was constructed in 1924 and was used as a sales showroom for the milwaukee-based A. J. Lindemann & H. C. Hoverson company, which specialized in the manufacture of a wide range of heating devices, including stoves, ranges, and water heaters, as well as kitchen appliances like hot plates and waffle irons, according to the city's landmark designation report.  The Lindeman & Hoverson co. occupied the space from 1924 to 1941.  The international register company of chicago set up shop here until 1958.  it was then a storage facility for many companies.  Today it's one of a handful of " significant early 20th-century warehouses within east garfield park's once thriving industrial corridor."  It was designated as a landmark on January 13, 2009.  

Edna Stewart, whose legendary and eponymous soul food restaurant whet the appetite of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. while he presided over civil rights era strategy sessions, passed away from ovarian cancer on June 11, 2010.  About seven weeks later, on July 31, Edna's, a West Side institution that boasted "the best biscuits on Earth," closed its doors.  But Edna's produce supplier, Henry Henderson, would not let this neighborhood legacy remain shuttered for very long.  He purchased the restaurant, renamed it for his mother, and reopened as "Ruby's" in February 2011.  The recipes, from the biscuits to the mac and cheese to the collard greens to the fried catfish to the short ribs, all remain the same.