The Harris Addition Neighborhood Association was established in 1986 to achieve national historic designation for the neighborhoods. This was achieved for the Kemper neighborhood on September 20, 2002 and Harris neighborhood on January 13,2003. The neighborhood boundaries were drawn dependent on contributing properties remaining in the neighborhood at the time of the listing on the national historic register. To maintain the integrity of the association it was renamed the Harris-Kemper Historic Neighborhood Association in 2005.