614 N Ridgeland Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

614 N Ridgeland Ave

Construction date: documented 1904*

Builder:

Joseph Barbeau

Style:

Foursquare, Queen Anne

Historical Summary:

614 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):

Joseph Barbeau

 

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 Queen Anne style built in 1904. The building is rectangular in plan. The structural system is frame. The foundation is stone. Exterior walls are original wood clapboard and original wood shingles. The building has a gable front roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles and two hip-roofed dormers. There is one center, straddle ridge, brick chimney. Windows are original wood, 4/1 double-hung sashes. Also 3/1 and decorative window. There is a single-story, full-width open porch characterized by a shed roof clad in asphalt shingles with round wood posts.

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

Description generated by RuskinARC.