615 N Ridgeland Ave

Construction date: documented 1908*

Builder:

H. L. Wells

Style:

Foursquare, Prairie School

Historical Summary:

615 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):

H. L. Wells

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 1908. The structural system is frame/stucco. Exterior walls are original stucco. The building has a hip roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles and one hip-roofed dormer. Solar panels on south roof slope added in 2017. There is one center, straddle ridge, brick chimney. Windows are original wood, Prairie Grid/Prairie Grid double-hung sashes. There is a single-story, single-bay open porch characterized by a gabled roof clad in asphalt shingles with square wood posts. There is a single-story, rear, frame/stucco addition. Residential.

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

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Located in:

615 N Ridgeland Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

615 N Ridgeland Ave

Construction date: documented 1908*