1027 Chicago Ave Oak Park, Illinois USA

Basics
Resource Category:
Building
Resource Type:
Single-family residence
Location
Address:
1027 Chicago Ave
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:
Thomas Gale House
Current name:
Construction Date (range/estimated):
1890-1899
Construction Date Certainty:
documented
Known Construction Date:
1893
Source for Known Construction Date:
Village of Oak Park building permit archives.
Architect/Designer:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Developer:
Builder:
William D. Little
Significant Owner(s):
Thomas Gale
Historical Summary:
Extant Status:
Not Demolished
Architectural Style and Form
Plan/Footprint Shape:
rectangular
Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):
Queen Anne
Style, Primary:
Prairie School
Style, Secondary:
Queen Anne
Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:
Architectural Elements and Features
Number of Stories:
2
Bays:
Structural System:
box frame
Foundation:
Stone
Basement:
Building Size:
Square footage/meters:
Roof Configuration:
Hip
Roof Material
original wood shingles
Roof remarks/description:
Eave Type:
Eave Ornamentation:
Dormer Count:
Dormer Configuration:
Exterior Wall Material (primary):
original wood siding
Exterior Wall Material (secondary):
Notes on exterior materials:
Principal Windows::
original wood
Window Panes/Lights:
Prairie Grid
Window Type:
casements
Window remarks:
Chimney remarks/description:
Chimney Count (first):
one
Chimney Placement 1:
center straddle ridge brick
Chimney Count (second):
Chimney Placement 2:
Porch description, characteristics, details:
Porch Height, Stories:
single-story
Porch Configuration:
Partial-Width
Porch Type:
veranda
Porch Roof Shape:
Porch Roof Material:
Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):
Side wall wood siding-clad posts on
Porch Piers (lower):
Primary entryway:
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?:
Yes
Protection status, remarks:
Oak Park Historic Preservation Ordinance
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?
National level landmark
Local level landmark
Criteria:
B. Associated with the lives of significant persons in the past.
C. Embodies distinctive physical characteristics of design, construction, or form.
Significance and Context
Theme(s)
Period of significance
Significance/Context Remarks
Area(s) of Significance



Ancillary Structures / Outbuildings
Number of ancillary structures / outbuildings:
1
Secondary structure type
garage
Contributing to primary property?
No
Ancillary structures remarks or description:
Garage constructed in 2004.
Condition and Alterations
Character of modifications:
Compatible with character
General Condition:
Excellent
Moved or Relocated?:
Date moved or relocated:
Relocation remarks:
Alterations?
Date of major alterations:
Nature of alterations:
Additions?:
Yes
Date of major additions:
2004
Addition Height:
two-story
Addition Placement:
rear
Addition Type:
frame
Nature of additions:
Endangered / Threatened
Endangered by:
Endangered/Threatened remarks:
Recommendations:
Contact:
Tourism / Featured Destination
Open to the public:
No
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:
September 16, 2014
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:
Oak Park Survey 1970
Additional Research Recommended?
No
Other Sources of Information:
Building permit records.
General Remarks:
This is identical to 1019 Chicago Ave. with a corner tower and incised porch stoop on the main facade. The tower has banks of Prairie-style windows.
Latitude: 41.8939539317754700
Longitude: -87.8017114343586000
UTM: Zone 16T   433493.8018 mE, 4638312.8734 mN
Datum WGS84

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