Significant Architectural Resources: Northern Cook County

Information in the survey database is based largely on field inspections conducted by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation in Fall 2006. The dates of construction for a building are often approximate and are not based on detailed permit research. Some information in the database, however, is based on interviews with property owners, period publications, and other background research.

Corrections or additions should be directed to: recentpast@landmarksil.org. Sources of the information should be provided, such as building permits, publications, etc.

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Street Name:

All Algonquin Anthony Arlington Heights Arlington Heights and Higgins Arthur Arts Circle Asbury Ash Austin Ballard Beckwith Beech Beisterfield Belleforte Birchwood Bond Bonnie Bradrock Broadway Brockway Brown Burning Bush Busse Caldwell Caldwell and Milwaukee Camp McDonald Campbell Campus Cardinal Carnegie Central Central and McDaniel Central Park Chase Chestnut Chicago Church Cicero Clark Clavey Clearwater Cleveland Clubhouse College Commerce Crawford Crawford and Church Crossen Culligan Culver Cumberland Daniels Davis Dee Deerfield Dempster Dempster and Oriole Des Plaines River Devon Diens Douglas Dryden Dundee Dunton Dwyer East Prairie Eastman Edison Eighth Elk Elk Grove Ellinwood Elm Elmhurst Emerson Estes Euclid Everett Evergreen Executive Fargo Fifth First First Bank Forest Way Foster Frontage Garlisch Glenn Glenview Goebbert Golf Golf Mill Center Gordon Graceland Grant Granville Green Bay Greenleaf Greenwood Greenwood and Davis Gregory Gross Point Grove Half Day Hamlin Happ Harlem Harms Harrison Hazel Henry Hibbard Hicks Higgins Highland Hintz Holbrook Home Howard Howard and Mannheim Hurd Industrial Ioka Jarvis JF Kennedy Johnson Karlov Kennicott Kensington Kippling Kirchhoff Kirchoff Lake Lake Cook Lake Cook and Milwaukee Landmeier Laramie Laurel Lawler Lawler and Old Orchard Lawndale Lee Lehigh Lincoln Linden Lions Lively Lockwood Lunt Madison Main Mannheim Manor Maple Maryland McCormick McDaniel McHenry Meadow Melvin Milwaukee Miner Mitchell Montgomery Morrison Morse Mount Pleasant Mount Prospect New Wilkie Nicolas Niles Center North Northfield Northgate Northwest Noyes Oak Oakton Old Arlington Heights Old Glenview Old Higgins Old Orchard Old Orchard Center Old Willow Olive Orchard Oriole Overlook Ozanam Pagni Palatine Park Patriot Pearson Perry Pfingsten Plainfield Pleasant Plum Grove Potter Prairie Pratt Prospect Quail Hollow Quentin Rand Rawls Redeker Ridge Ridgeway River Rohlwing Schoenbeck School Scott Searle Second Seegers Sellstrom Shepard Sheridan Shermer Sherwin Shure Sigwalt Skokie Skokie Valley Slade Spruce St. James St. Johns St. Louis State Strong Sunset Ridge Talcott Tech Techny test Thacker Third Thomas Thornwood Times Tonne Topp Touhy Tower Twelfth University Vail Ventura Vernon Victoria Vine Wagner Walters Washington Waukegan Westgate Wheeling Wilke Wille Willow Willow and Milwaukee Wilmot Wilson Windsor Winnetka Winthrop Wolf Wood

Municipality:

All Arlington Heights Buffalo Grove Deerfield Des Plaines Elk Grove Evanston Glencoe Glenview Highland Park Kenilworth Lincolnwood Morton Grove Mount Prospect Niles Northbrook Northfield Palatine Park Ridge Prospect Heights Rolling Meadows Skokie Wheeling Wilmette Winnetka

Type:

All Commerce/Trade Defense Education Funerary Government Health Care Industry/Processing/Extraction Office Recreation and Culture Religion Retail Social

Original Use:

All A&P Grocery Store Alexian Brothers Hospital Algonquin School Allstate America Incorporated American Foundrymen's Soc. Foundry Tech. Center American Legion Hall Animal Hospital Arby's Arlington Heights Memorial Library Arlington Lakes Golf Club Austin Company Auto Parts Auto Service Automotive Avon Produts Sales Center and Cosmetics Plant Bank Bank of Highland Park Bank of Lincolnwood BECO Group BFW Hall, Follow-up shelter Body Shop Bowling Alley Buffalo Grove Fire Dept. Station 25 Bunny Hutch/Restaurant Caldwell Woods Groves 1-3 Forest Preserve Car dealer Car wash and auto service Carl Bady Bicycle Shop Carpenters Building Local No. 839 Cascade Data Computer Systems Catering Cemetery Central School Charcoal Oven Chase Bank Chicago Transit Authority Chicken Inn Chicken Shack Chippewa Junior High/Middle School Choo Choo Christian Science Reading Room Church Church and school Church complex Citibank City Hall Cleaners Commercial Community Center Congregation Solel Cooper Lighting Country Club Cumberland Baptist Church Cumberland School Dairy Queen Dan Dee Display Fixtures Demichels Cleaners Drive-in Dentist and Chiropractor Des Plaines City Hall and Civic Center Des Plaines Fire Station No. 2 Des Plaines Movie Theater Des Plaines Post Office Des Plaines Publishing Co. Des Plaines Water Tower Doumak, Inc. Marshmallows Drive-through bank Dry Cleaners Dukler Service Center Edens Dempster Medical Center Education Center/Temple Elek-Tek Water tower Elk Grove Bowl Elk Grove High School Evangelical Free Church of Arlington Heights Fahey Medical Center Federal Pacific Electric Company Fire Station Firestone First Methodist Church First National Bank of Des Plaines First Presbyterian Church First United Methodist Church Flower shop Forest School Forest View High School Fountain Blue Frank's Nursery & crafts Funeral Home Garage Gas Station Gas Station and Service George W. Lutz Family Center Glenview Masonic Temple Golf Mill Shopping Mall Good Shepherd Church Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Greater Des Plaines Shopping Center Grocery Store Grove Memorial Chapel Funeral Home Gymnasium Harig Office Headquarters Health Care Heritage Park Field House Highland School Hospital Hot dog shop Hotdog Island Hotel HQ-Baxter Pharmaceutical Ice Area Ice cream shop IHOP Illinois State Police Illinois Universal CIT Credit Co. Immanuel Lutheran Church Industrial Industrial/Retail Internal Revenue Service Iroquois Community School Jacobson Electrics Jade China Bistro JB Metal Works Jewish School Kendall College Klein Tools Ladendorf Motors Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism Law office Lawry's Foods Le Francais Restaurant Le Ronde Library Light industrial Lincoln Middle School Littelfuse, Inc. Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit Church & School Machine Tools Engineer Inc Maine Township West High School Marillac High School Mary Hill Cemetery Max Factor & Co. McDonald's Medical Medical center Medical Clinic Medical Merchandise Mart Universal X-ray Co. Medical Office Meier's Tavern Memorial Park Mausoleum Meyer Coal and Material Co. Miner School Mini Golf Course Mobil Gas Station Motel Municipal National Insurers Office Building News Stand North Elementary School North High School North Suburban Church Northbrook Racquet Club Northwest Community Hospital Northwest Presbyteryan Church Northwest Suburban YMCA Northwestern University Notre Dame High School for Boys Noyes Recreation Center & Park NTN Bearing Headquarters O'Hare Office Center Oasis Body Shop Oasis Mobile Home Park Office Office Complex Office/Warehouse Orchard Place School Orthopedic Center Our Lady of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School Overpass Palwaukee Airport Pancake House/Food Pangborn Memorial Park District Park Pavilion Park Structures Peter Troost Monument Pizza Plainfield School Plaza Pool House Post Office Prince of Peace United Methodist Church Printing press Professional Building Professional Photographers of America Building Prospect High School Public Accountants Public Library Public Services City of Highland Park Putt-Putt Golf Courses Queen of the Rosary Catholic Church & School Randhurst Shopping Center Reception Center Recreation and Park Recreation Swim & Tennis Center Regency Office Plaza Reliable Heating Religious Residential Restaurant Retail Retail/Office Riverview School Roller skating rink Rolling Meadows High School Rolling Meadows Park District Headquarters Sacred Heart of Mary High School Sales Tools, Inc. School Schrage Bakery Service Station Sewage Treatment Plant Shell Station Sign Skaja's Terrace Funeral Home Skokie Fire Dept Station 18 Skokie Swift South Church St. Alphonsus St. Emily's Catholic Church St. Emily’s School St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church St. Julian Eymard Catholic Church & School St. Martin’s Episcopal Church St. Mary’s Catholic Church St. Nicolas Episcopal Church St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church St. Peter Lutheran School St. Raymond De Penafort St. Simon's Episcopal St. Stephen Protomartyr Catholic Church St. Viator High School Stabling horses Starck & Co. Realtors Strip Mall Sugar Bowl Superblock Complex Synagogue Temple Temporary housing Tennis Center Terrace School Thomas A. Edison Tool & Manufacturing Assoc. Trinity Lutheran Church Trinity United Methodist Church U.S. Naval Air Station Union Camp Corporation United Standard Industries United States Post Office V. Pedian & Sons Village Hall Village Realty Professional Building Voss Office Washington School addition Water tower Wauk-Dee Plaza Welding shop Wesleyan Community Church West School Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center Wheeling Shop Center Wheeling Township City Hall Wholesale to the Public Wilmot Elementary Wyeth Pharmaceuticals YMCA

Year Constructed:

All 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1969-1969 1970-1979 Other

Architect:

All Austin Company, bldr.; some interiors, Walter Dorwin Teague, arch. Belli & Belli Bruno Lunardi Buderus and Associates Charles Edward Stade & Assoc. Charles Klopp Charles Slade Chester A. Stark Childs and Smith Christopher Chamales Cone and Dornbusch Consoer & Morgan, arch; J.S. Adams bldr. David K. Miller Don Erickson Edward C. Bruno or Hertel, Johnson, Eipper and Stopa Eero Saarinen Eliot-Noyes Elmer W. Marx Erickson and Stevens Ervin F. Baur Footlik/Wengerhoff & Assoc. Fox & Fox Fridstein & Fitch, arch.; George Kennedy & Associates., eng. Frye Gillan & Molinaro Ganster and Hennighausen Gaul & Voosen Graham, Anderson, Probst and White Greeley & Hanson Holmes and Fox Holmes and Fox, arch.; George Knight, bldr. Huebner & Henneberg Hugo C. Haeuser Irving Footlik & Assoc. with John Alschuler Isadore Braun J. Emil Anderson & Son James H. Deal & Gerald R. Page Jens Jensen and Robert T. Coffin John P. Schraw and Roy B. Blass John Trilik Joseph Bennett L. Morgan Yost Lloyd Wright and Eric Lloyd Wright Loebl, Schlossman & Bennett Loebl, Schlossman, Bennett & Dart Louis C. Cordogan Louis Simon, arch.; Neal A. Melnick, eng. Marshall D. Leib and Associates Co. Minoru Yamasaki & Associates Nichol & Nichol Nicol and Nicol, arch.; Arthur W. Nelson & Associates, Inc., eng. Orville I. Kurtz, arch; George Knight, bldr. Owens-Illinois, Inc Perkins & Will Perkins & Will, arch.; Architectural Concrete, eng.; A.L. Jackson Co., bldr. Perkins & Will, arch.; Erik A. Borg Co., bldr. Perkins & Will, Lochner & Klopp Ralph Stoetzel, Inc. with Calvin Straub Raymond A. Peterson Robert B. Majeski, arch.; Alfred Ulrich, bldr. Ronald Dahlquist Schmidt Garden Erickson Schweikher, Elting and Bennett Skidmore Owings & Merrill Spruce and Everett, Barry and Kay Stade and Cooley Stade, Dolan and Anderson Stade, Dolan, Anderson & Bonesz Stade, Dolan, Emrick & Assoc. arch.; Warchol Construction, bldr. Stan Magnusson Stanley Tigerman & Assoc. Stramburg Construction Victor Gruen Walter Netsch, Skidmore Owings & Merrill Walter Sobel William M Cooley, arch.; Nelson Bros, bldr.