It was earlier designed as a Chicago Landmark, in 1976, and expanded as Jackson Boulevard District and Extension in 1997.

Lumber baron Benjamin Ferguson commissioned a red brick Queen Anne house in 1883 that takes up three city lots.

The original district was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 15, 1976, and was then extended to present size on July 30, 1997.

[5] The 1978 NRHP listing covered an 8.5-acre (3.4 ha) area roughly bounded by Laflin, Ashland, Adams, and Van Buren Sts.

This article about a property in Cook County, Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.