Detail: 714 Lake St Oak Park Illinois: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Office building

Location

Address:

714 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:

Telephone Exchange Building

Current name:

AT&T Building

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1910-1919

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1914

Source for Known Construction Date:

Village of Oak Park building permit archives.

Architect/Designer:

Holabird and Roche

Developer:

Builder:

Significant Owner(s):

Chicago Telephone Company

Historical Summary:

The 2-story building was constructed by the Chicago Telephone Co. in 1914 at a cost of $65,000. A 2-story rear addition was added by Holabird & Roche in 1922 at a cost of $25,000. In 1920 the Illinois Bell Telephone company absorbed Chicago Telephone. The top two floors were added in 1924, also by Holabird & Roche, at a cost of $125,000. The firm of Holabird & Root designed further additions in 1948 ($90,000) and 1962 ($70,000), as well as significant alterations to the facade. The company became a division of Ameritech in 1984 which was acquired by SBC Communications in 1999. In 2005 SBC changed it's name to AT&T. (source: Encyclopedia of Chicago)

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Commercial building

Style, Primary:

Mid-Century Modern

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):

historic brick

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

historic stone

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

fixed

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:

platform/stoop

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Revolving door and swing door with three transom windows above

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade: Office/Office Building

Present Function:

Commerce/Trade: Office/Office Building

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?

Non-contributing

Level of potential eligibility

National
Local

Rating or Rank

Non-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:

A T & T

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:

April 6, 2018

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:

Downtown Architectural Survey, 2005

Additional Research Recommended?

Other Sources of Information:

Building permit records.

General Remarks:

Latitude:	41.8890160749390500
Longitude:	-87.7933352914016600
UTM:	Zone 16T 434183.5829 mE, 4637758.1746 mN
Datum	WGS84

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714 Lake St Oak Park, Illinois USA

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