Detail: 1028-1032 Lake St Oak Park Illinois: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Commercial Building

Location

Address:

1028-1032 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):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1948

Source for Known Construction Date:

Village of Oak Park building permit archives.

Architect/Designer:

Lowenberg & Lowenberg

Developer:

Builder:

Kay Construction

Significant Owner(s):

I. Schulman

Historical Summary:

This building was surveyed as a part of the 2005 Downtown Oak Park Architectural Survey. The walls are a modern stone composite. Remodeling in 1979 added 1032 Lake and this building together. The current facade was created in 1996 in conjunction with the expansion of Lake Theater to the space behind this building.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Style, Primary:

Art Moderne

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Architectural Elements and Features

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Bays:

Structural System:

Foundation:

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

stone veneer

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

fixed

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

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Porch description, characteristics, details:

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Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

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Porch Roof Material:

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Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade: Commercial Building

Present Function:

Commerce/Trade: Commercial 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?

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

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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:	41.8887896000000000
Longitude:	-87.8016689999999900
UTM:	Zone 16T 433491.9647 mE, 4637739.4554 mN
Datum	WGS84

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1028-1032 Lake St Oak Park, Illinois USA

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