The National Register of Historic Places

In 2017, the Promontory Point Conservancy (formerly Save The Point) applied for a U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing for Promontory Point.  
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On January 19, 2018 Promontory Point Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In June 2018, the Conservancy and 5th Ward Alderwoman Leslie Hairston dedicated the plaque at the Point. The Conservancy raised funds needed for the preparation of the National Register application and, once awarded, for the plaque set in a limestone block located on the east side of the Point.

Read the Listing Report here. Below is the official map for the historic district that comprises Promontory Point.

 Chicago Landmark Designation
​On April 19, 2023, the Chicago City Council voted unanimously to designate Promontory Point a Chicago Landmark. You may read the Landmark Designation report here. You may also listen to the testimony given by 5th Ward Alderwoman Leslie Hairston, Conservancy president Jack Spicer and others at the January 12, 2023 meeting of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks here. And read the 537 letters written by Point lovers to the Commissioners in favor of landmarking here: open 2023, see CCL Comments - Pt. 1, 2, and 3 to peruse the letters.

On October 4, 2025, the Conservancy, 5th Ward Alderman Desmon Yancy, former Alderwoman Leslie Hairston and others dedicated the plaque designating the Point a Chicago Landmark. Watch the highlights here.

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Photo credit: David Schalliol