126 Clinton Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

126 Clinton Ave

Construction date: approximate 1893

Style:

Queen anne, Queen Anne.

Decorative arched bargeboard in front gable. Two-story bay on south.

 

Status of Historic Designation:

Designated at National level : Ridgeland/Oak Park National Register District 1983
Designated at Local level : Ridgeland/Oak Park Historic District 1994

Rating or Rank:

Contributing

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility:

Potentially eligible as a contributing resource

Architectural Description:

This is a 2.5-story single-family residence in the Queen Anne style built ca. 1893. The building is rectangular in plan. The structural system is frame. The foundation is stone. Exterior walls are original wood siding. The building has a high hip roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles and brackets and four gabled dormers. Gabled dormers on front and south, shed dormer on north. Triangular attic window on south-east corner. There is one side right, side slope, brick chimney and one side left, side slope, brick chimney. Third brick chimney side left rear side slope. Windows are historic wood, 1/1 double-hung sashes. There is a single-story, wrap-around open porch characterized by a hip-and-gable roof clad in asphalt shingles with doric wood posts. Double wood doors with single transom window above.

Description generated by RuskinARC.