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| Location | Roughly bounded by Madison St., Harrison St., Gunderson St., and S. Ridgeland Ave.,Oak Park, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°52′34″N87°47′08″W / 41.87611°N 87.78556°W /41.87611; -87.78556 |
| Area | 42 acres (17 ha) |
| Built by | S.T. Gunderson and Sons |
| Architect | Frank DeMoney |
| Architectural style | American Foursquare |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000100[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 2002 |
TheGunderson Historic District is a residential historic district in southernOak Park,Illinois. The district encompasses 230 residential buildings built between 1906 and 1920, the vast majority of which are single-family homes. The development was the second of two built in Oak Park by S.T. Gunderson and Sons, a housing company which mainly worked in Oak Park and theWest Side ofChicago. The firm commissioned architect Frank DeMoney to design their Oak Park houses; most of his designs used theAmerican Foursquare style, a simple style which could be executed affordably. DeMoney differentiated the houses by applying elements of other contemporary architectural styles, such asArts and Crafts,Colonial Revival, orPrairie School. The uniform design and layout of its homes made the district an early example oftract housing, which would become much more widespread later in the twentieth century.[2]
The district was added to theNational Register of Historic Places on March 1, 2002.[1]
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