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Year
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History of Key Chicago Women's Park & Gardens Design or Development Activities
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| 1970 |
Clarke House, is declared a Chicago Landmark and placed on National Register of Historic Places |
| 1971 |
The Glessner House Museum, north of Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens , is opened for public tours. |
| 1975 |
The Chicago School of Architecture Foundation, drafts ‘The Prairie Avenue Historic District guidelines’ to lay vision and shape “the implementation of the component parts...and functional context”, in the restoration and re-birth of The Prairie Avenue Historic District. |
| 1977 |
The Clarke House is relocated from its 2nd location at 4520 S. Wabash Avenue to its current location, and would undergo major renovations to restore it to its mid-19th century appearance. |
| 1979 |
The City of Chicago designates the area that will eventually include the Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens and future Park 550 indoor facility as the Landmark Prairie Avenue Historic District. |
| 1982 |
Clarke House Museum Restoration is completed and it is opened as an Operating Museum. |
| 1997 |
With leadership and inspiration for the park concept from Lois Weisberg, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the park opens as Hillary Rodham Clinton Women’s Parkand Gardens of Chicago. The park name would changed two years later. |
| 1998 |
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs is assigned responsibility for the fiscal and cultural operation of Clarke House Museum and Women’s Park operation. |
| 1999 |
With $2MM in TIF Funds,further develop the park vision, and it is reopened as The City of Chicago Public Building Commission is commissioned toChicago Women’s Park and Gardens. |
| 2009 |
The City of ChicagoPark District transfers operation of The Chicago Women’s Park and Garden to The Chicagoand begins renovation of a new indoor community facility at 1801 S. Indiana. |
