163 N Ridgeland Ave

Construction date: approximate 1900*

Style:

Side gable, Colonial Revival

Historical Summary:

163 N Ridgeland Ave (originally N 64th Ave) is a contributing building within the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District. It was built ca. 1900.

Status of Historic Designation:

Designated at National level : Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District
Designated at Local level : Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District

Rating or Rank:

Contributing

Architectural Description:

This is a 2.5-story single-family residence in the Colonial Revival style built ca. 1900. The building is rectangular in plan. The structural system is frame. The foundation is stone. Exterior walls are original wood clapboard. The building has a gable roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles. Windows are replacement double-hung sashes. There is a single-story, single-bay central open porch characterized by a gabled roof clad in asphalt shingles on round wood piers. The porch is single-story with a front gable supported by doric columns with ionic capitals. The eave is ornamented with carved modillions.

* Date source: Village of Oak Park building permit archives.

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Located in:

163 N Ridgeland Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

163 N Ridgeland Ave

Construction date: approximate 1900*