538 N Ridgeland Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

538 N Ridgeland Ave

Construction date: documented 1910*

Builder:

C. W. Andrews

Style:

Foursquare, Prairie School

Historical Summary:

538 N Ridgeland Ave (originally N 64th Ave) is a contributing building within the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District.

Significant Owner(s):

Edith M. Andrews

 

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-story single-family residence in the Prairie School style built in 1910. The structural system is frame/stucco. Exterior walls are original stucco. The building has a hip roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles and one gabled dormer. There is one center, side slope, brick chimney. Windows are replacement vinyl, 1/1 double-hung sashes. Casement windows on front porch. There is a single-story, full-width partially enclosed characterized by a gabled roof clad in asphalt shingles with square stuccoed posts on side walls stuccoed piers.

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

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