The Ravenswood Manor Historic District is a historic district

Historic district

A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries, historic districts receive legal protection from development....

 on the north side of Chicago, Illinois in the Albany Park

Albany Park, Chicago

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 Community Area. It is bounded by the Chicago River

Chicago River

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 and Lawrence, Sacramento, and Montrose Avenues.

Ravenswood Manor is a primarily residential neighborhood that was developed during the early twentieth century. It contains many bungalow

Bungalow

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s, and some of the homes along the river have their own docks.

One of the most famous recent residents has been former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich

Rod Blagojevich

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.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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on September 5, 2008.