Detail: 527 Woodbine Ave Oak Park Illinois: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Single-family residence

Location

Address:

527 Woodbine Ave

City:

Oak Park

County:

Cook

State/Province/Region:

Illinois

Zip/Postal Code:

60302

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

Between Chicago Ave and Augusta St

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

16-06-320-042-0000

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

7,531.23 sq ft

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

39N / 13E / S6 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:

1919

Source for Known Construction Date:

Village of Oak Park building permit archives.

Architect/Designer:

William Harlev Jr.

Developer:

Builder:

Johnson Brothers

Significant Owner(s):

Annie Johnson

Historical Summary:

527 Woodbine Ave was designed by architect William Harlev, Jr., and built for owner Anna Johnson by the Johnson Bros. in 1920. Harlev was an Oak Park architect who alternately based his office out of his self-designed Oak Park home at 310 S Cuyler Ave and in downtown Chicago. The Johnson Bros. were an Oak Park contractor and development firm. They built over two dozen houses in Oak Park including Harlev’s residence at 310 S Cuyler.

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:

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:

Hip

Roof Material

replacement asphalt shingles

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Deep

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

one

Dormer Configuration:

hip-roofed

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

replacement stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

original wood

Window Panes/Lights:

3 over 1

Window Type:

Sash

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

Partial-Width

Porch Type:

Partially Enclosed

Porch Roof Shape:

hip

Porch Roof Material:

asphalt shingles

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

square stuccoed posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway located on the front left corner of the house. Entry onto porch is on the left side, off of driveway.

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:

Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture

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:

Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture

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

garage

Contributing to primary property?

Yes

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:	41.8953122000000000
Longitude:	-87.7994544000000000
UTM:	Zone 16T 433682.4413 mE, 4638461.9321 mN
Datum	WGS84

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527 Woodbine Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

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