Joseph Guy House no. 1

Construction date: documented 1913*

Architect:

Tallmadge and Watson

Builder:

Guy and McClintock

Style:

Prairie School

Significant Owner(s):

Joseph Guy

Status of Historic Designation:

Designated at National level : Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture, 1973
Designated at Local level : Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture, 1972

Rating or Rank:

Contributing

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility:

Potentially eligible as a contributing resource

Architectural Description:

This is a 2-story single-family residence in the Prairie School style built in 1913. The building is cross in plan. The structural system is frame/stucco. Exterior walls are original brick and original stucco. The building has a cross gable roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles with wide eaves. There is one front, exterior, brick chimney. Windows are original wood, Prairie Grid-light casements. There is a single-story, partial-width enclosed porch characterized by a gabled roof clad in asphalt shingles with square brick posts on side walls brick piers. Side entry to porch.

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

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Located in:

411 N Scoville Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

Joseph Guy House no. 1

Construction date: documented 1913*