408-410 S Austin Blvd Oak Park, Illinois USA

Basics
Resource Category:
Building
Resource Type:
Apartment building
Location
Address:
408-410 S Austin Blvd
City:
Oak Park
County:
Cook
State/Province/Region:
Illinois
Zip/Postal Code:
60304
Country:
USA
Other Address or Location Information:
Parcel/Tax number or land unit:
Local place name:
Setting/Landscape/Site Features:
Acreage, parcel, land unit size:
Quad/Map name and date:
Date
Township/Range/Section:
/ /
Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Historical Information
Historic name:
Poley Building
Current name:
Parkview West Condominiums
Construction Date (range/estimated):
1920-1929
Construction Date Certainty:
documented
Known Construction Date:
1928
Source for Known Construction Date:
Village of Oak Park building permit archives.
Architect/Designer:
Charles Kristen
Developer:
Builder:
John Lind
Significant Owner(s):
Charles Poley
Historical Summary:
See attached Historic Landmark nomination report
Extant Status:
Not Demolished
Architectural Style and Form
Plan/Footprint Shape:
rectangular
Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):
apartment/multi-unit complex
Style, Primary:
Tudor Revival
Style, Secondary:
Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:
Architectural Elements and Features
Number of Stories:
4
Bays:
Structural System:
masonry
Foundation:
Basement:
Building Size:
Square footage/meters:
Roof Configuration:
Flat
Roof Material
Roof remarks/description:
Eave Type:
parapet walls
Eave Ornamentation:
decorative bargeboard
Dormer Count:
Dormer Configuration:
Exterior Wall Material (primary):
original brick
Exterior Wall Material (secondary):
original Limestone
Notes on exterior materials:
Principal Windows::
original steel
Window Panes/Lights:
8
Window Type:
casements
Window remarks:
Paired casement windows with 4-light transom windows; paired diamond pane casement windows and arched diamond pane windows flanking entry door
Chimney remarks/description:
Decorative chimney pots
Chimney Count (first):
two
Chimney Placement 1:
Front straddle parapet brick
Chimney Count (second):
Chimney Placement 2:
Porch description, characteristics, details:
Porch Height, Stories:
Porch Configuration:
Porch Type:
Porch Roof Shape:
Porch Roof Material:
Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):
Porch Piers (lower):
Primary entryway:
Single wood entry door in arched opening at grade within limestone surround
Function and Use
Historic Function:
Domestic: Multiple Dwelling
Present Function:
Domestic: Multiple Dwelling
Function remarks:
Listed, Designated, or Protected Status
Status Code:
Listed at the national level?
Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No
Date, name, remarks:
Designated at State/Province level?
Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No
Date, name, remarks:
Designated Locally?
Individually Listed: Yes
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: Yes
Date, name, remarks:
Historic Landmark, 2004
Protected by ordinance or regulation?:
Yes
Protection status, remarks:
Historic Preservation Ordinance 1994
Evaluation of Potential Eligibility
Potentially eligible for historic/heritage designation?
Individually eligible
Level of potential eligibility
Local
Rating or Rank
Recommended as a potential landmark?
Local level landmark
Criteria:
C. Embodies distinctive physical characteristics of design, construction, or form.
Significance and Context
Theme(s)
Period of significance
Significance/Context Remarks
Area(s) of Significance



Ancillary Structures / Outbuildings
Number of ancillary structures / outbuildings:
Secondary structure type
Contributing to primary property?
Ancillary structures remarks or description:
Condition and Alterations
Character of modifications:
General Condition:
Moved or Relocated?:
Date moved or relocated:
Relocation remarks:
Alterations?
Date of major alterations:
Nature of alterations:
Additions?:
Date of major additions:
Addition Height:
Addition Placement:
Addition Type:
Nature of additions:
Endangered / Threatened
Endangered by:
Endangered/Threatened remarks:
Recommendations:
Contact:
Tourism / Featured Destination
Open to the public:
No
Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:
For Sale, Rent, or Lease
Property Classification:
Sale status:
Sale remarks:
Owner
Ownership type:
Name of Owner:
Owner Mailing Address:
Legal Description of Property/Comments:
Survey and Recorder
Authorized Resource Number or ID :
Optional Tracking or Sequence Number:
Alternate Resource ID or Key:
Survey Date:
February 17, 2010
Surveyed By:
Douglas Kaarre, AICP
Village of Oak Park
Report Name, or Reason for Survey:
Survey and Planning
Level of Survey:
intensive
Sources, References, Bibliography
Previously Surveyed?
No
Name of Previous Survey:
Additional Research Recommended?
No
Other Sources of Information:
Building permit records.
General Remarks:
Latitude: 41.8742150545130940
Longitude: -87.7748539938831400
UTM: Zone 16T   435701.9952 mE, 4636100.8409 mN
Datum WGS84

For questions about the historic resources, contact Historic Preservation

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