332 Home Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

332 Home Ave

Construction date: approximate 1890

Style:

Gable front, Stick

 

Status of Historic Designation:

Designated at National level : Ridgeland/Oak Park Historic District, 1983
Designated at Local level : Ridgeland/Oak Park Historic District, 1994

Rating or Rank:

Contributing

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility:

Potentially eligible as a contributing resource

Architectural Description:

This is a 2.5-story single-family residence in the Stick style built ca. 1890. The building is rectangular in plan. The structural system is frame. The foundation is stone. Exterior walls are original wood clapboard and original diagonal and decorative wood siding. The building has a cross gable roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles and one shed-roofed dormer. Gabled dormer caps three-story square bay on north facade. There is one center, straddle ridge, brick chimney. Windows are historic wood, 1/1 double-hung sashes. There is a single-story, full-width open porch characterized by a hip-and-gable roof clad in asphalt shingles with doric wood posts. Front porch was rebuilt in 1988 to match the existing porch, which was constructed in 1913. Entry door with sidelight and transom window. There is a two-story, rear, frame addition. Residential.

Description generated by RuskinARC.