Detail: 722 Lake St Oak Park Illinois: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Commercial Building

Location

Address:

722 Lake St

City:

Oak Park

County:

Cook

State/Province/Region:

Illinois

Zip/Postal Code:

60302

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

/ /

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1920-1929

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1924

Source for Known Construction Date:

Village of Oak Park building permit archives.

Architect/Designer:

William C. Presto

Developer:

Builder:

August S. Caron and Son

Significant Owner(s):

Charles B. Scoville

Historical Summary:

This building was part of the 2005 Downtown Oak Park Survey. It was noted as a structure of merit. The brick building is one story with decorative brickwork and limestone trim. Two storefronts were changed in 1942 by owner C. B. Scoville, Jr. and architect Roy Hotchkiss.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Commercial building

Style, Primary:

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

masonry

Foundation:

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

original brick

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Stone sills, coping and trim

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Storefront

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Entry door at grade

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade: Commercial Building

Present Function:

Commerce/Trade: Restaurant

Function remarks:

Listed, Designated, or Protected Status

Status Code:

Listed at the national level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Designated at State/Province level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Designated Locally?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Protected by ordinance or regulation?:

Protection status, remarks:

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility

Potentially eligible for historic/heritage designation?

Contributes to potential district

Level of potential eligibility

National
Local

Rating or Rank

Contributing

Recommended as a potential landmark?

Criteria:

Significance and Context

Theme(s)

Period of significance

Significance/Context Remarks

Area(s) of Significance

Ancillary Structures / Outbuildings

Number of ancillary structures / outbuildings:

Secondary structure type

Contributing to primary property?

Ancillary structures remarks or description:

Condition and Alterations

Character of modifications:

General Condition:

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

Additions?:

Date of major additions:

Addition Height:

Addition Placement:

Addition Type:

Nature of additions:

Endangered / Threatened

Endangered by:

Endangered/Threatened remarks:

Recommendations:

Contact:

Tourism / Featured Destination

Open to the public:

Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:

For Sale, Rent, or Lease

Property Classification:

Sale status:

Sale remarks:

Owner

Ownership type:

Private

Name of Owner:

Owner Mailing Address:

Legal Description of Property/Comments:

Survey and Recorder

Authorized Resource Number or ID :

Optional Tracking or Sequence Number:

Alternate Resource ID or Key:

Survey Date:

June 23, 2017

Surveyed By:

Douglas Kaarre, AICP
Village of Oak Park

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Survey and Planning

Level of Survey:

intensive

Sources, References, Bibliography

Previously Surveyed?

Yes

Name of Previous Survey:

Second District Survey, 1978 / Downtown Architectural Survey, 2005

Additional Research Recommended?

Other Sources of Information:

Building permit records.

General Remarks:

Latitude:	41.8888237593612660
Longitude:	-87.7938410398811600
UTM:	Zone 16T 434141.4274 mE, 4637737.2102 mN
Datum	WGS84

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722 Lake St Oak Park, Illinois USA

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