Editing Hinsdale, Illinois (section)

==Housing and architecture==
Hinsdale's [[Downtown Hinsdale Historic District|downtown area]] is a [[National Register of Historic Places|National Register Historic District]].<ref name="nrhp.focus.nps.gov">{{Cite web |url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome |title=National Register |access-date=2009-12-13 |archive-date=2012-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803035425/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome |url-status=dead }}</ref> The downtown area is located in the center of town and is remarkably little changed considering the many teardowns that have occurred over time. There are restaurants, different types of shops, and various services including the primary train station.

The Robbins Park district just east of downtown, bounded by Garfield Street and County Line Road, and Hinsdale Avenue and 9th Street, is a National Register Historic District also.<ref name="nrhp.focus.nps.gov" /> The district includes two of Hinsdale's seven buildings individually listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], as well as seven of seventeen Hinsdale Historic Landmarks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.villageofhinsdale.org/history/forms/NationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229180000/http://www.villageofhinsdale.org/history/forms/NationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The six individual Hinsdale buildings on the National Register of Historic Places are the [[Orland P. Bassett House]] at 329 E. Sixth St., the [[Robert A. and Mary Childs House]] at 318 S. Garfield Ave., [[Immanuel Hall|Immanuel Evangelical Church]] at 302 S. Grant St., the [[Francis Stuyvesant Peabody House]] at 8 E. Third St. and the [[William Whitney House]] at 142 E. First St.<ref name="nrhp.focus.nps.gov" />

Another significant architectural landmark is the [[R. Harold Zook]] Home and Studio, which was originally located at 327 S. Oak Street and was saved from demolition in 2005 by relocation to the Katherine Legge Memorial Park, 5941 S. County Line Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zookhomeandstudio.org/|title=R. Harold Zook Home and Studio|website=R. Harold Zook Home and Studio|access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref>

To address Hinsdale's legacy of important architectural landmarks, the Hinsdale Historical Society runs the Roger & Ruth Anderson Architecture Center, which advocates for the preservation of Hinsdale's historical architecture and serves as an archive and resource.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hinsdalearchitecture.org/|title=HinsdaleArchitectureOrg|website=www.hinsdalearchitecture.org|access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref>