Detail: 124 N Kenilworth Ave Oak Park Illinois: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

School

Location

Address:

124 N Kenilworth Ave

City:

Oak Park

County:

Cook

State/Province/Region:

Illinois

Zip/Postal Code:

60302

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

N Kenilworth Ave between Lake St and North Blvd

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

16--07-129-032-0000

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

7,113.10 Sq. Ft.

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

39N / 13E / S7 NW

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

Alcuin Montessori 7th & 8th Grade Middle School / The Gale House

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1900-1909

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1905

Source for Known Construction Date:

Village of Oak Park building permit archives.

Architect/Designer:

Eben E. Roberts (attributed)

Developer:

Builder:

Pilinger Brothers

Significant Owner(s):

George W. Gale

Historical Summary:

The building is a Contributing Resource in the historic district. The school was designed by Eben E. Roberts and constructed in 1905 by Pilinger Brothers for owner George W. Gale.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

irregular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

foursquare

Style, Primary:

Prairie School

Style, Secondary:

Craftsman

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

American Foursquare Prairie School and Craftsman building.

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

frame

Foundation:

Stone

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

Roof Configuration:

Flared Hip

Roof Material

replacement asphalt shingles

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Deep

Eave Ornamentation:

brackets

Dormer Count:

one

Dormer Configuration:

Flared Hip

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

replacement asbestos

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

original wood

Window Panes/Lights:

4 over 1

Window Type:

Sash

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

one

Chimney Placement 1:

offset left side slope brick

Chimney Count (second):

one

Chimney Placement 2:

side right side slope brick

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

three-quarter

Porch Type:

veranda

Porch Roof Shape:

hip

Porch Roof Material:

asphalt shingles

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

square wood posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

square stone piers

Primary entryway:

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Education: School

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:

Oak Park Historic Preservation Ordinance

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility

Potentially eligible for historic/heritage designation?

Level of potential eligibility

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

garage

Contributing to primary property?

Yes

Ancillary structures remarks or description:

Garage appears to match style and age of building.

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:	41.8880823000000000
Longitude:	-87.7968902999999700
UTM:	Zone 16T 433887.6886 mE, 4637657.2324 mN
Datum	WGS84

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124 N Kenilworth Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

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