Detail: 317 S Cuyler Ave Oak Park Illinois: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Single Dwelling

Location

Address:

317 S Cuyler Ave

City:

Oak Park

County:

Cook

State/Province/Region:

Illinois

Zip/Postal Code:

60302

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

Between Randolph St and Washington Blvd on S Cuyler St

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

16-08-312-015-0000

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

8,746.08 sq ft

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

39N / 13E / S8 SW

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

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:

Developer:

Builder:

F. A. Hill & Co

Significant Owner(s):

F. A. Hill & Co

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

irregular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Style, Primary:

Prairie School

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

frame

Foundation:

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

Roof Configuration:

Cross-hip

Roof Material

replacement asphalt shingles

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Deep

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

two

Dormer Configuration:

hip-roofed

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

replacement Stucco and Wood Half-Timbering

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Original colors were white/green, they are now yellow/brown. Half-timbering details are the same, just different colors.

Principal Windows::

original wood

Window Panes/Lights:

Geometric pattern

Window Type:

double-hung sashes

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

one

Chimney Placement 1:

side right side slope brick

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

Side

Porch Type:

Partially Enclosed

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

square wood posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

Side Walls stuccoed piers

Primary entryway:

On right side of house stairs lead to partially enclosed porch with two sides open to the elements. Primary Entryway is wood door with one large glass panel and decorative trim matching half-timbering surrounding door frame.

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Single Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Single Dwelling

Function remarks:

Listed, Designated, or Protected Status

Status Code:

Listed at the national level?

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

Date, name, remarks:

Ridgeland-Oak Park Historic District

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: Yes
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Ridgeland-Oak Park Historic District

Protected by ordinance or regulation?:

Yes

Protection status, remarks:

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility

Potentially eligible for historic/heritage designation?

Level of potential eligibility

Rating or Rank

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:

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:

Surveyed By:

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Survey and Planning

Level of Survey:

intensive

Sources, References, Bibliography

Previously Surveyed?

Name of Previous Survey:

Additional Research Recommended?

Other Sources of Information:

Building permit records.

General Remarks:

Latitude:	41.8827816000000000
Longitude:	-87.7832890999999900
UTM:	Zone 16T 435010.7191 mE, 4637058.3176 mN
Datum	WGS84

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317 S Cuyler Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

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