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401 Forest Ave
Oak Park, Illinois USA
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Basics
Resource Category:
Building
Resource Type:
Single-family residence
Location
Address:
401 Forest Ave
City:
Oak Park
County:
Cook
State/Province/Region:
Illinois
Zip/Postal Code:
60302
Country:
USA
Other Address or Location Information:
Also 1004 Superior St
Parcel/Tax number or land unit:
16-07-102-028-0000
Local place name:
Setting/Landscape/Site Features:
Acreage, parcel, land unit size:
13,788.15 sq ft
Quad/Map name and date:
Date
Township/Range/Section:
39N / 13E / S7 NW
Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Historical Information
Historic name:
Sampson and Clara Rogers House
Current name:
Construction Date (range/estimated):
1890-1899
Construction Date Certainty:
documented
Known Construction Date:
1890
Source for Known Construction Date:
Village of Oak Park building permit archives.
Architect/Designer:
Frank Ellis
Developer:
Builder:
Significant Owner(s):
Sampson and Clara Rogers
Historical Summary:
401 Forest Ave (also 1004 Superior St)was designed in 1890 by Frank Ellis for original owners Sampson and Clara Rogers. Also previously listed as 401-403 Forest Ave.
Extant Status:
Not Demolished
Architectural Style and Form
Plan/Footprint Shape:
rectangular
Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):
Hip and Gable
Style, Primary:
Queen Anne
Style, Secondary:
Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:
Architectural Elements and Features
Number of Stories:
2.5
Bays:
Structural System:
frame
Foundation:
Stone
Basement:
Building Size:
Square footage/meters:
Roof Configuration:
Hip and gable
Roof Material
replacement asphalt shingles
Roof remarks/description:
Bellcast turret in southeast corner
Eave Type:
Eave Ornamentation:
Dormer Count:
Dormer Configuration:
Exterior Wall Material (primary):
original Wood Clapboard
Exterior Wall Material (secondary):
original wood shingles
Notes on exterior materials:
Principal Windows::
historic wood
Window Panes/Lights:
1 over 1
Window Type:
double-hung sashes
Window remarks:
Also fixed/awning decorative wood windows in turret
Chimney remarks/description:
Chimney Count (first):
one
Chimney Placement 1:
side left side slope brick
Chimney Count (second):
Chimney Placement 2:
Porch description, characteristics, details:
One-story wrap-around porch with partial width two-story with third floor roof balcony
Porch Height, Stories:
two-story
Porch Configuration:
wrap-around
Porch Type:
open porch
Porch Roof Shape:
hip
Porch Roof Material:
asphalt shingles
Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):
Octagonal wood posts on
Porch Piers (lower):
Primary entryway:
Function and Use
Historic Function:
Domestic: Single Dwelling
Present Function:
Domestic: Single Dwelling
Function remarks:
Listed, Designated, or Protected Status
Status Code:
Listed at the national level?
Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: Yes
Landmark: No
Date, name, remarks:
Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture, 1973
Designated at State/Province level?
Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No
Date, name, remarks:
Designated Locally?
Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: Yes
Landmark: No
Date, name, remarks:
Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture, 1972
Protected by ordinance or regulation?:
Yes
Protection status, remarks:
Historic Preservation Ordinance 1994
Evaluation of Potential Eligibility
Potentially eligible for historic/heritage designation?
Contributes to potential district
Level of potential eligibility
National
Local
Rating or Rank
Contributing
Recommended as a potential landmark?
Criteria:
Significance and Context
Theme(s)
Period of significance
Significance/Context Remarks
Area(s) of Significance
Ancillary Structures / Outbuildings
Number of ancillary structures / outbuildings:
1
Secondary structure type
garage
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?
Yes
Date of major alterations:
1915
Nature of alterations:
Second floor porch on front (east)
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:
Private
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:
November 13, 2008
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?
Yes
Name of Previous Survey:
Oak Park Survey, 1970 / Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District Survey, 2007
Additional Research Recommended?
Yes
Other Sources of Information:
Building permit records.
General Remarks:
Latitude:
41.8933010407017700
Longitude:
-87.8006511607131900
UTM:
Zone 16T 433581.0813 mE, 4638239.5629 mN
Datum
WGS84
Attached Files
None
Located in
Historic Resources of Oak Park
Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School Historic District
Village of Oak Park
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