11-1-5: APPENDICES:

See following pages for appendices regarding this chapter. (Ord. 1971, 12-2-1991; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

APPENDIX A

(Ord. 2900, 3-3-2016)

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

(Ord. 1971, 12-2-1991; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

APPENDIX D

RIVERSIDE HISTORIC LANDMARKS

(A) The following properties, including buildings and structures thereon, are hereby designated as Riverside historic landmarks:

1. Riverside Public Library Designed and built 1930

Address: 1 Burling Road

Legal Description:

The West 110 feet of the East 210 feet of that part of the public parkland West and adjoining Block 14 in the Second Division of Riverside, lying Southerly of the Southerly line of Burling Road and Northerly of the Northerly line of the Des Plaines River, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: None

Architectural Style: Tudor Revival

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical, cultural, social and architectural significance to the village, as part of a complex of adjoining public buildings.

Criterion 4: Is representative of Tudor Revival Style of architecture in style, craftsmanship, construction and material, with limestone construction, parapeted gables with gargoyles, cement tile roof, leaded and stained glass windows, and carved and inscripted entryway.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and familiar visual feature in the village due to its location, together with adjacent civic and commercial buildings forming a strong historic, civic and business village center.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

2. Riverside Improvement Company Designed and built 1871

Building

Address: 1 Riverside Road

Legal Description:

Lots 486, 487 and 488 (except the East 21 feet thereof) in Block 13 in the Second Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-301-026 and 062

Architectural Style: High Victorian Gothic

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical and architectural significance to the village as the first commercial building to be built in the village after commissioning the general plan of Riverside.

Criterion 2: Was associated with the Riverside Improvement Company, the original developers of Riverside, and is considered as one of the earliest examples of an arcade, multishop, commercial building in the nation.

Criterion 3: Was designed by architect Frederick E. Withers, a partner with Calvert Vaux and an associate of the firm of Olmsted, Vaux & Co., which created the general plan of Riverside.

Criterion 4: Is representative of High Victorian Gothic Style of architecture with colorful banded lancet arches and pressed brick in two (2) colors to create distinctive bands, trimmed with cut stone, a building entrance tower and four (4) corner towers with hipped roof, a main mansard roof with dormer, arched window and door openings and use of decorative stained glass.

3. Riverside Town Hall Designed and built 1895

Address: 27 Riverside Road

Legal Description:

Block 14 in the Second Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-304-002

Architectural Style: Chateauesque

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical and architectural significance to the village as the location of the governmental offices of the village of Riverside and Riverside township.

Criterion 4: Is representative of Chateauesque Style of architecture with its massive and irregular form, steeply pitched, hipped roof with copper ridges and decorative finials, mixture of rusticated limestone and brick materials with decorative stone banding employed across the second floor at the level of the lintels, parapeted wall dormers rising through the cornice line to feature tall, narrow, double hung windows with multiple panes, and towers at the corners of the building.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

4. Heilbron Residence Designed and built 1936

Address: 294 Lionel Road

Legal Description:

The East 1/2 of Lot 221 in Block 2 in the Second Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-408-036

Architectural Style: Arts and Crafts

Significance:

Criterion 3: Was designed by architect R. Harold Zook and a notable example of custom arts and crafts elements employed by him in residential designs.

Criterion 4: Is representative of Arts and Crafts Style of architecture in the creation of a distinctly individual residence structure, employing unique use of materials such as horizontal and diagonal cypress siding to create a chevron pattern, use of roof shingles to create an undulating roof appearance, a large prow window emulating the front of a ship and installation of a massive stone chimney.

5. Residence structure Designed and built c. 1904

Address: 249 Olmsted Road

Legal Description:

The West 1/2 of Lot 263 in Block 3 in the Second Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-406-014

Architectural Style: Colonial Revival

Significance:

Criterion 2: Is associated with William Radford, a Riverside resident and former president of the village and author of a book of housing designs entitled "The Radford American Homes", published in 1903 and circulated by Montgomery Ward and Company, containing therein the design for this structure as "design no. 121".

Criterion 3: Is a notable example of a Radford designed home by an architect who significantly influenced housing construction in the early twentieth century. This structure combines use of stucco and wood, cross gambrel roof containing three (3) windows in each of the gables, and first floor bay areas containing three (3) windows. This structure complements the adjoining structure constructed from the same design at 253 Olmsted Road.

6. Residence structure Designed and built c. 1915

Address: 253 Olmsted Road

Legal Description:

The East 1/2 of Lot 263 in Block 3 in the Second Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-406-015

Architectural Style: Colonial Revival

Significance:

Criterion 2: Is associated with William Radford, a Riverside resident and former president of the village and author of a book of housing designs entitled "The Radford American Homes", published in 1903 and circulated by Montgomery Ward and Company, and containing therein the design for this structure as "design no. 121".

7. William T. Allen Residence Designed and built 1869

Address: 84 Riverside Road

Legal Description:

Lot 323 in Block 7 in the Second Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-303-070

Architectural Style: Italianate

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has significant historical and architectural value as one of the earliest residence structures to be constructed in the village by architect William LaBaron Jenney, a member of the firm of Jenney, Schermerhorn and Bogart, the firm hired by the Riverside Improvement Company to oversee the implementation of the general plan of Riverside; said structure being the residence of William T. Allen, one of the three (3) major investors of the Riverside Improvement Company.

Criterion 2: Is associated with William T. Allen, one of the three (3) major investors of the Riverside Improvement Company, which established the village of Riverside, and with William Le Baron Jenney, a prominent member of the Chicago School of Architecture, considered to be the "father of the modern skyscraper" for his design of the Home Insurance Company building at 135 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois.

Criterion 3: Is a notable example of the work of the nationally prominent architect, William Le Baron Jenney, in an Italianate design, including use of bracketed eaves, window crowns, and bracketed and pedimented windows which are tall and narrow, and in some instances piercing the roofline and eaves with fine detail work.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

8. Presbyterian Church and Manse Designed and built

c. 1879 (church)

1897 (manse)

Address: 116 Barrypoint Road (church)

111 Scottswood Road (manse)

Legal Description:

Sublots 1, 2 and 3 in Riverside Presbyterian Church Resubdivision of Lots 11 to 13 and vacated alley adjacent thereto in Block 6 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-418-044, 045 and 046

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historic and architectural significance to the village as one of the oldest church structures in Riverside. Union Church, designed by architect Frederick Withers in 1871, was built by the Riverside Improvement Company on this site and was to be used as a community facility. The Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches shared it. In 1878 the original building was purchased by the Presbyterian Church. It was destroyed by fire the following year. The present church was constructed using many of the original stones from Union Church. The manse was constructed in 1897.

Criterion 3: The chapel building was designed by Chicago architect John Cochrane, but Riverside architect Charles Whittlesey, a student of prominent architect Louis Sullivan and designer of Central School in Riverside, was responsible for a major reconfiguration of the interior spaces of the sanctuary and the addition of the manse.

Criterion 4: Is representative of English domestic architecture and combines elements from several styles prominent in English architectural history. Critical features include asymmetrical facades with steeply pitched gabled roofs; stone walls which are rough hewn with stone finished on the sides for smooth joints; stone buttresses; parapets; a corner steeple with stone base and wooden upper section with shingles, lancet-arched openings in the belltower and decorative wood trim; numerous lancet arched openings with finished stone trim; and numerous grouped windows with finished stone mullions and trim.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and familiar visual feature in the village owing to its location where the Scottswood Common and the Swan Pond meet.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

9. Riverside Railroad Depot and Pavilion Designed and built c. 1901

Address: 90 Bloomingbank Road

15 Pine Avenue

Legal Description:

A part of 1.48 acres of public land lying adjacent to the South right of way of the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks and the Northwesterly right of way line of Bloomingbank Road (formerly Scottswood Common) in the First Division of Riverside in Sections 35 and 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-413-003

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historic and architectural significance to the village as an established stop for the Burlington Railroad prior to the establishment of Riverside. The railroad as vehicle for transportation to and from Chicago was an integral part of the general plan of Riverside. Prominent architect William LeBaron Jenney designed an earlier depot in 1869. The present depot was constructed in 1901 from plans prepared by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad architects.

Criterion 4: Is representative of early twentieth century railroad depot architecture. The depot complex lies on both sides of the Railroad right of way and consists of the main depot with open covered extension at either end on the south side of the tracks and two (2) pavilions connected by a covered walkway on the north side of the tracks. Critical features include red brick construction with a stone course on which are set all window openings and above which every sixth course of bricks is recessed, in part or in whole, to create strong horizontal shadow bands; the main depot has a hipped roof with broad, flaring eaves and coffered soffits, copper gutters, and red tile; windows are large and usually double hung with one over one panes; the covered walkway on the north is supported by a central row of bracketed posts; and the walking surfaces are large brick pavers.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and familiar visual feature in the village and for commuters using the Burlington Northern Railroad.

10. Clarence Cross Cottage Designed and built c. 1887

Address: 111 Bloomingbank Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 2 in Resubdivision of Lot 10 and the Southwesterly 1/2 of Lot 11 in Block 4 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-414-015

Architectural Style: Shingle

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Shingle Style of architecture with some Queen Anne details, including its asymmetrical, side gabled form with a prominent cross gable including an inset second floor balcony, diagonal planes at the corners with small windows and a third story of this gable containing a vertical ridge with two (2) small windows on either side, defined by horizontal wooden bands, with two (2) types of shingles employed; a limestone foundation with a shingle band topped by a wooden trim board above which continues to form the top of an open front porch extending across the front of the house; first floor windows set between pieces of wooden trim board with narrow clapboard infill; and shingles on the second and third stories with a different type of shingle above the third story windows.

11. Thomas W. Blayney Residence Designed and built c. 1869

Address: 143 Bloomingbank Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 2 in Martin & Krcmery Subdivision of Lot 7 in Block 4 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-414-036

Architectural Style: Italianate

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Italianate Style of architecture with its two (2) story, asymmetrical plan; gabled roofs; front porch extending across the full length of the northwest facade; two-story bay windows with hipped roof and bracketed, rectangular bay window on the northeast facade; stacked bay windows with dentil cornices and decorative wood trim on the southwest facade; narrow clapboard with vertical wood trim board at the corners; tall, narrow arched windows, sometimes paired, double hung with the larger being four (4) panes over four (4) and many of the smaller being two (2) panes over two (2); with decorative wood trim and crowns; and decorative cornice with dentil and brackets in the gables.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation. (Ord. 2047, 4-19-1993; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

12. John C. Smith Residence Designed and built c. 1887

Address: 213 Bloomingbank Road

Legal Description:

Lot 6 (except the Southwesterly 20 feet as measured along the front and rear lines thereof) in Block 3 in the First Division of Riverside, in the southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-417-031

Architectural Style: American Foursquare

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the American Foursquare Style of architecture; appearing in the J. Harrison White 1912 publication "Book of the Western Suburbs". Critical features include its two-story form with hipped roof featuring small, two (2) window dormers, each also with hipped roofs; broad eaves with soffits; a wooden trim board defining the separation between the first and second stories and a broad wooden trim board serving as a simple cornice with most windows on the second floor framed by these two (2) wooden trim boards; a symmetrical main facade with a central entry with sidelights; shallow bay windows on either side on the first floor and two (2) arched windows with a pedimented mullion centered on the cornice between two (2) larger double hung windows; a full porch supported by large square piers with a simple rail; the northwest facade with a series of small rectangular windows with three (3) arched windows centered above; and the southwest facade featuring a one-story bay window.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation. (Ord. 2047, 4-19-1993; amd. Ord. 2377, 8-20-2001; Ord. 2405, 5-6-2002; Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

13. Lenders Residence and Coach House Designed and built c. 1910

Address: 223 Bloomingbank Road

Legal Description:

Southeast 20 feet of Lot 6, Sublot 4 and the Northwest 25 feet of Sublot 3 in the Subdivision of Lots 3, 4 and 5 in Block 3 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-417-007 and 032

Architectural Style: Romanesque Revival

Significance:

Criterion 2: Was the residence of George A. Hughes, inventor of the electric stove and founder of Hughes Electric, now known as Hotpoint.

Criterion 3: Was designed by the prominent Chicago architectural firm of Spencer and Powers, known primarily for their Prairie School designs.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Romanesque Revival Style of architecture with Prairie School influences, with a massive, two-story, saltbox, cross gable form with a shed roofed wing; three (3) dormers, ashlar stone walls with stone lintels and sills for the windows, most of which are grouped; a massive stone chimney; arched central entry with canopy and a large arched window in the shed wing; and decorative copper gutters and downspouts. This residence received a rating of "4", the second highest rating, during the 1985 evaluation by Bruce Dahlquist of the survey completed by the Riverside historical commission.

It is apparent that the coach house was intended to be separate from the main house both in location and in style. The frame and stucco construction takes its cue from the rear of the main house, specifically the maid's quarters, which was distinguished from the rest of the house by being situated between the first and second floors and by being of frame and stucco construction instead of ashlar stone. (Ord. 2402, 4-15-2002; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

14. Popelka Residence Designed and built c. 1929

Address: 255 Bloomingbank Road

Legal Description:

The Easterly 65 feet of Lot 1 in Block 3 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-417-002

Architectural Style: Tudor

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Tudor Style of architecture, with its asymmetrical side gabled form with smaller cross gabled projection, two (2) dormers with hipped roofs, and slate roofing; mixed use of materials including rough hewn stone, red brick and half timber with stucco infill above; paired tall, narrow casement windows; and massive stone chimney.

15. Dore Cottage Designed and built c. 1869

Address: 100 Fairbank Road

Legal Description:

Lot 8 in Block 7 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-305-029 and 030

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical and architectural significance to the village, as one of the oldest structures in Riverside, designed by the architectural firm of Olmsted, Vaux & Co., which also designed the general plan of Riverside.

Criterion 2: Was built for John Clarke Dore, the first superintendent of the Chicago public school system (1854-1856), president of the Chicago board of trade (1856) and an Illinois state senator (1869-1873).

Criterion 3: Was designed by the architectural firm of Olmsted, Vaux & Co., which also prepared the general plan of Riverside, and is known as the only remaining structure designed by that firm.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Hudson River Valley School of Architecture influenced by Andrew Jackson Downing with whom Calvert Vaux worked prior to joining with Frederick Law Olmsted, with two-story cross gabled construction, narrow horizontal wood siding; symmetrical form, including central entrance with second story, gabled balcony; side balconies embellished with decorative brackets, railings and fretwork; subtle overhang of second floor over first floor creating strong horizontal line; double hung windows with four (4) over four (4) panes and decorative trim with crown heads at windows and doors; and two (2) brick chimneys symmetrically positioned.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

16. Freeark Residence Designed and built c.1975

Address: 304 Fairbank Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 4 in Subdivision of Lots 26, 27 and 28 in Block 5 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 2, Township 38 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 18-02-216-008

Architectural Style: International

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the International Style of architecture, designed by architects Lawrence Kenney and John Vinci, students of prominent architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe. Critical features include its square plan; pressed brick walls which form the east and west facades, the latter having a pressed brick chimney; glass walled main facade which curves on the second floor to form a terrace; and the first floor, two (2) 1-car garage bays flanking the entrance. The house reflects the nearby Coonley Estate in that the main living quarters are located on the second floor.

17. Gardener's Cottage (Coonley Estate) Designed and built c. 1915

Address: 308 Fairbank Road

Legal Description:

Sublot A in Resubdivision of Lot 1 in Block 5 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 2, Township 38 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 18-02-216-002

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical and architectural significance to the village as the location of the gardener's cottage constructed for Avery Coonley as part of the nearby Coonley Estate.

Criterion 3: Was designed by William Drummond of the firm of Guenzel and Drummond. William Drummond had been the chief draftsman for Frank Lloyd Wright and a prominent member of the Prairie School of architects.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture with its asymmetrical, one-story form with low pitched, hipped roof and wide eaves; the use of dark wood with paired horizontal trim boards to strongly accent the horizontal lines; the upper surfaces of stucco punctuated by grouped art glass windows; and the massive chimney on the east facade.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

18. Coonley Playhouse Designed and built c. 1913

Address: 350 Fairbank Road

Legal Description:

The Playground, a Resubdivision of the West 25 feet of Lot 11 and all of Lot 12 in Block 1 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 2, Township 38 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 18-02-201-032

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical and architectural significance to the village as a structure designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright as a progressive school for educating the children of Mr. and Mrs. Avery Coonley and as part of the Coonley Estate. The school still exists in Downers Grove, Illinois.

Criterion 3: Was designed by prominent architect Frank Lloyd Wright who, together with a group of architects known as the "Prairie School", was instrumental in the creation and development of the Prairie Style of architecture. William Drummond, another prominent Prairie School architect, designed the conversion of the property to residential use in 1919.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture, with its cruciform plan and center spline taller than the side projections to allow for a continuous clerestory of art glass windows accented by the high vertical windows of the main facade; exterior stucco walls; flat roof with wide overhangs, many of open construction to allow sunlight to pass through; side wings containing a continuous band of windows with a horizontal wood band to create a strong horizontal feel in contrast to the vertical nature of the center spline; and other art glass windows.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

19. McQueen Residence Designed and built c. 1913

Address: 229 Millbridge Road

Legal Description:

The East 1/2 of Lot 13 in Block 5 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-419-016

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture with its low pitched, hipped roof with wide eaves and soffits; exterior stucco walls divided by a wooden trim board which forms the sills for the second story windows and the top of the rail for the second story terrace; a large chimney which penetrates the roof; grouped art glass windows with wooden mullions, the main first floor window lintel extended to wrap around the side facades; a simple entry with small sidelights under a canopy; and a cantilevered bay on the east facade with windows turning the corner.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

20. Bryant Residence Designed and built c. 1892

Address: 118 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

Lot 14 (except the Southwesterly 25 feet thereof) in Block 4 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-414-028

Architectural Style: Shingle

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Shingle Style of architecture with some Queen Anne Style features, with its irregular plan and facade containing first floor siding of clapboard with upper floors in shingle; horizontal banding clearly defining the junction of the first floor with the foundation and the second floor from the first, with window tops set on the band; large double hung windows complemented with numerous irregular windows of various sizes and shapes; large partial width porch defining the main entry with curved roof and turret above; limestone foundation; prominent chimney with limestone base and brick above; side gabled, saltbox roof form with a gambrel cross gable and a shingle brow over gable windows; and eyebrow and polygonal dormers.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and familiar visual feature in the village owing to its location and characteristics contributing to the strong Victorian architectural heritage represented by structures located in the Scottswood Common.

21. Schermerhorn Residence Designed and built c. 1869

Address: 124 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

Lot 15 and the Northeasterly 40 feet of Lot 16 in Block 4 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-414-026

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historic and architectural significance to the village as one of the oldest structures in Riverside, designed by William LeBaron Jenney, a prominent architect known as the "father of the skyscraper".

Criterion 2: Was built for L.Y. Schermerhorn, a partner in the architectural and engineering firm of Jenney, Schermerhorn and Bogart, which firm was hired by the Riverside Improvement Company to implement the general plan of Riverside. Schermerhorn was the primary project engineer with respect to this project.

Criterion 3: Was designed by the prominent Chicago architect, William LeBaron Jenney.

Criterion 4: Is representative of Victorian period architecture with a two-story, steep pitched roof; front gable and double side gables and pointed arch gable windows; vertical wood board and batten siding; exposed, projected, decorative rafter beams at gable overhangs; elaborate partial front porch, wrapping around the side of the residence, with decorative arched pediment entry, and decorative wood porch posts with brackets; and decorative windows with pedimented hoods.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

22. Residence structure Designed and built 1888

Address: 136 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

Lot 16 (except the Northeasterly 40 feet thereof) in Block 4 in the First Division of Riverside in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-414-025

Architectural Style: Shingle

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Shingle Style of architecture with Queen Anne features including a first floor exterior of clapboard with upper floors in shingle; a gambrel gabled roof; horizontal banding above the foundation, first and second floors, with window tops on these bands; a polygonal tower with decorative wood trim and roof cap; a pedimented dormer with decorative wood trim; and a limestone foundation.

23. Clarence L. Cross Residence Designed and built c. 1880

and Coach House

Address: 144 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

Lot 17 and the Northeasterly 50 feet of Lot 18 in Block 4 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-414-023 and 024

Architectural Style: Eastlake

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical and architectural significance to the village by its retention of original form and materials and its ownership as the residence of an early president of the village.

Criterion 2: Lot was originally owned by Frederick Law Olmsted, a designer of the general plan of Riverside, who obtained the same from his employer, the Riverside Improvement Company, in lieu of cash payment for his design work, and who subsequently sold the lot to Alfred J. Cross. The residence structure constructed on the lot became the home of Clarence Cross, village president in 1886.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Eastlake Style of architecture, utilizing ornate spindlework and wood detailing advocated by Charles Eastlake, an English furniture designer, and containing narrow clapboard siding with both vertical and horizontal Stick Style decorative wood trim; triple windows on the south facade in a rising pattern from west to east; an ornate porch with low rail and bracketed decorative posts, lattice work and spindles, combined with robust, massive looking post railings, and extending beyond the residence structure to form a porte cochere; a bay window on the south facade and an oriel window on the north facade; decorative brackets and gable treatments at the roofline; small decorative dormers; and double hung windows of varying sizes. There is a complementing coach house of narrow clapboard siding with vertical and horizontal Stick Style decorative wood trim; a pedimented entrance piercing the roofline; and a cupola.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

24. Trowbridge Residence Designed and built c. 1870

Address: 201 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 1 in Blayney & Keller Resubdivision of sundry Lots in Block 3 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-417-029

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical and architectural significance to the village as one of the oldest structures in Riverside, and the home of James A. Trowbridge, the first Riverside minister.

Criterion 4: Is representative of Victorian period architecture, containing two and one-half (21/2) stories with a cruciform plan; gables with matching pointed windows; triple hung, six (6) pane windows with mullions on the second floor; long, narrow windows on the first floor with shutters and decorative wood trim; two-story bays on the east and west facades; and a wraparound porch with decorative bracketed posts.

25. Thorncroft Residence Designed and built c. 1910

Address: 283 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

Sublot B in the Resubdivision of Lot 1 in Block 5 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 2, Township 38 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 18-02-216-001

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical and architectural significance to the village as the location of residence structure constructed for Avery Coonley as a residence for teachers at the nearby private school known as the Coonley Playhouse.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture containing a low pitched, hipped roof with flat edges; stucco walls; horizontal wood bands that also act as a sill for an almost continuous band of windows on the second floor, with thinner double bands of wood trim on the first floor between which are placed groupings of continuous windows; window glass divided into geometric patterns by wooden mullions; and a prominent central chimney.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

26. Coonley Estate - servants' quarters Designed and built c. 1908

Address: 290 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

South part of Sublot 2 in the Bloomingwood Addition to Riverside, being a Resubdivision of Lots 1 to 9 inclusive in Block 2 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 and Section 2, Township 38 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 18-02-200-014

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historical and architectural significance to the village as a structure designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and designated, with adjacent units comprising the Coonley Estate, as a national historic landmark.

Criterion 3: Was designed by prominent architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who, together with a group of Chicago architects known as the "Prairie School", was instrumental in the creation and development of the Prairie Style of architecture.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture, with its one-story massing with low pitched hipped roof and wide overhang; stucco faced exterior walls divided horizontally by wood board banding and continuously grouped, art glass windows; and prominent chimney mass penetrating the roof.

Criterion 5: Is identified, together with the other three (3) units which comprise the Coonley Estate, as an established and familiar visual feature in the village, owing to its location as part of this estate and its Prairie Style characteristics. A Jens Jensen landscape further tied together this remarkable complex of buildings which successfully zoned the various activities of the Coonley family into independent wings of the complex.

Criterion 6: Is identified with the other adjacent structures comprising the Coonley Estate and with the Robie House in Chicago as the outstanding examples of the Prairie Style of architecture; and was accorded national historic landmark designation for the reason that it "forecast major trends in house design during the following 60 years." Frank Lloyd Wright considered this estate as the most successful of his Prairie Style houses.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

National Designation:

Designated as a national historic landmark structure by the secretary of the interior in 1971.

27. Coonley Estate - main residence Designed and built c. 1908

Address: 281 Bloomingbank Road

300 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

Sublots 3, 9 and 10 in Bloomingwood Addition to Riverside, being a Resubdivision of Lots 1 to 9 inclusive in Block 2 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 and Section 2, Township 38 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

[300 Scottswood Road - Sublot 3; 281 Bloomingbank Road - Sublots 9 and 10.]

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-420-006 and 007, 18-02-200-008 and 011 and 018

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture, with its asymmetrical form, low pitched hipped roof and wide overhanging eaves; stucco faced exterior walls with tile wall with tulip motif to emphasize horizontal lines; horizontal wood trim boards and linear horizontal groupings of art glass windows; with windows wrapping around corners.

Criterion 6: Is identified with the other adjacent structures comprising the Coonley Estate and with the Robie House in Chicago as the outstanding examples of the Prairie Style of architecture; and was accorded national historic landmark designation for the reason that it "forecast major trends in house design during the following 60 years". Frank Lloyd Wright considered this estate as the most successful of his Prairie Style houses.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

National Designation:

Designated as a national historic landmark structure by the secretary of the interior in 1971.

28. Coonley Estate - stables and Designed and built c. 1908

carriage house

Address: 336 Coonley Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 2 (except the South part thereof) in the Bloomingwood Addition to Riverside, being a Resubdivision of Lots 1 to 9 inclusive in Block 2 in the First Division of Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 and Section 2, Township 38 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-420-011 and 18-02-200-013

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 3: Was designed by prominent architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who, together with a group of architects known as the "Prairie School", was instrumental in the creation and development of the Prairie Style of architecture.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture, with it asymmetrical form, low pitched hipped roof and wide overhanging eaves; stucco faced exterior walls divided horizontally by wood board banding to emphasize horizontal lines; narrower vertical and horizontal trim boards forming geometric patterns and linear horizontal groupings of art glass windows, with windows wrapping around corners.

Criterion 6: Is identified with the other adjacent structures comprising the Coonley Estate and with the Robie House in Chicago as the outstanding examples of the Prairie Style of architecture; and was accorded national historic landmark designation for the reason that it "forecast major trends in house design during the following 60 years". Frank Lloyd Wright considered this estate as the most successful of his Prairie Style houses.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

National Designation:

Designated as a national historic landmark structure by the secretary of the interior in 1971. (Ord. 2047, 4-19-1993; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

29. Tower Building Designed and built c. 1928

Address: 22-42 East Avenue

25-39 Forest Avenue

Legal Description:

Sublot 1 in Owner's Subdivision of Lots 1 to 12 in Howard Hughes' Resubdivision of Lots 8 to 14 in Wesencraft's Homestead Addition to Riverside in Sections 35 and 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-405-016

Architectural Style: Tudor Revival

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Tudor Revival Style of architecture with critical features including its three-story massing with curved surface where the Forest and East Avenue facades join; red brick and half-timber materials, decorative frieze with triangular ornamental patterns above the first floor commercial space; doors and windows of the commercial storefront with decorative trim, windows with large panes below and smaller panes above; hipped roof with slate; two-story window groupings with decorative wood trim and stone panels which punctuate the second and third stories; double hung windows of the second and third floors which are single pane below and multipane above; and cross gables.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and prominent visual feature in the village due to its location, together with adjacent civic and commercial buildings forming a strong historic, civic and business village center.

30. Residence Structure Designed and built c. 1886

Address: 124 Forest Avenue

Legal Description:

Sublot 1 in Resubdivision of Lots 19 and 20 in Block 2 of Beebe's Central Riverside Subdivision of the South 20 acres of the East Fraction of the Northeast Quarter of Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-204-017

Architectural Style: Queen Anne

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Queen Anne Style of architecture with critical features including its two and one- half-story massing with asymmetrical facades; shingle pattern in the gables and defining the separation between the first and second floors; narrow clapboard siding; front and side porches with pediments and rails; and double hung windows with single panes.

31. Hollister Residence Designed and built c. 1870

Address: 181 Longcommon Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 1 in the Subdivision of Lots 990 and 991 in Block 19 in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-106-003

Architectural Style: Italianate

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historic and architectural significance to the village as one of the oldest houses in the village. It was altered in 1894 under the supervision of George Ashby, architect for the Riverside town hall.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Italianate Style of architecture with critical features including its two and one- half-story gabled massing with a tower with mansard roof; decorative wood trim in the gable; tall, narrow windows, many of which are arched with crown molding; circular window in the gable with diamond shaped trim; and wraparound veranda with dentil frieze, columns and low spindle rail.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and prominent visual feature in the village due to its location on the Long Common and relationship to the large lot upon which it is situated.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

32. Palmer Residence Designed and built c. 1892

Address: 225 Longcommon Road

Legal Description:

Lot 1052, except the Northerly 14 feet thereof, in Block 22 in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-201-023

Significance:

Criterion 2: Was built for John F. Palmer, inventor of the pneumatic tube, first used in bicycle, and later in automobile tires. He also patented a process for corded tires as a method of extending wear.

Criterion 3: Was designed by the prominent Chicago architect, Joseph L. Silsbee, who hired both Frank Lloyd Wright and George Maher into his architectural firm in 1887, as apprentice architects. Silsbee designed in a variety of architectural styles.

Criterion 4: Is representative of Victorian residence styles of architecture with critical features including its three-story massing with asymmetrical facades; variety of building materials used, including shingles, wood, and half-timber on the second floor; grouped windows; wide wood trim boards; steeply sloped, hipped shingle roof with decorative copper ridges; dormers with decorative vergeboards, including the front dormer with decorative panels and tracery; and a three-story bay with hipped roof on the south facade.

33. Simpson Residence and Designed and built c. 1891

Coach House

Address: 116 Nuttall Road

Legal Description:

Lot 865 and the South 15 feet of Lot 864 in Block 11 in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-105-009

Architectural Style: Queen Anne

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Queen Anne Style of architecture with critical features including its two and one- half-story form with asymmetrical facades and dominant front gable; limestone foundation and porch piers; narrow wood clapboard and patterned wood shingles; front and side porches and open second floor balcony, with columns and spindlework; and horizontal decorative wood boards which define the tops of the windows. The coach house retains its basic form and materials; primarily shingle wall surfaces.

34. Tomek Residence Designed and built c. 1905

Address: 150 Nuttall Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 4 (except the West 45 feet thereof) in Resubdivision of Lots 4, 5, 6 and 7 in W. A. Havemeyer's Subdivision of Lots 977-981, and the South 1/2 of Lot 976 in Block 18 in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-103-022

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 3: Was designed by prominent architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, who, together with a group of architects known as the "Prairie School", was instrumental in the creation and development of the Prairie Style of architecture.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture with critical features including its form, which appears as an extended one-story house with a smaller second story; low pitched hipped roofs with wide overhangs, with first floor extensions being the longest cantilevered space created by Wright during his first "Golden Age"; stucco walls divided horizontally by wood board bands that serve as a sill for a continuous band of twelve (12) art glass windows on the south facade and for four (4) art glass windows above; and a massive chimney which pierces the roofline.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and prominent visual feature in the village due to its location on the Long Common and its Prairie Style characteristics.

Criterion 6: Is identified as a very influential Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie design, elements of which are utilized in his design of the Robiey House in Chicago, Illinois.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

35. Water tower, well house and Designed and built

pump housec. 1871 (water tower)

c. 1890 (well house and

pump house)

Address: 10 Pine Avenue

Legal Description:

Lots 1508 through 1510 in Block 42 in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-300-001

Architectural Style: Victorian Gothic

Significance:

Criterion 1: Have significant historical, cultural and architectural value through their critical role in the development of the village in providing potable water for drinking and fire protection, and through their symbolic incorporation and use by the village in the official village sign and official village logo. The original wooden water tank was destroyed by fire in 1913 and the current tank is slightly larger.

Criterion 3: Were designed by the prominent Chicago architect William LeBaron Jenney, a member of the firm of Jenney, Schermerhorn and Bogart, which was hired by the Riverside Improvement Company to oversee the implementation of the general plan of Riverside.

Criterion 4: Are representative of the Victorian Gothic Style of architecture with critical features of the water tower including its sloping cut stone base; brick walls which have been painted; pier arcade with pointed arched keystones; catwalk supported on large stone corbels; and roof. The well house and the pump house were built of random ashlar stone; with roofs similar to the water tower; a decorative cornice; and arched openings.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and prominent visual feature in the village, both for residents and commuters using the Burlington Northern Railroad, and as the symbol of the village in its official sign and logo.

Waterworks Designation:

The water tower was designated as an American water landmark, one of only eight (8) such American landmarks important in the technological development of American water supply, in 1972 by the American Water Works Association.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

36. Wesencraft Residence Designed and built c. 1855

Address: 78 Pine Avenue

Legal Description:

Lots 45 and 46 in Wesencraft's Homestead Addition to Riverside, in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-405-027

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historic value to the village as the oldest known structure in Riverside, originally built on a larger parcel owned by the Wesencraft family prior to development of the general plan of Riverside, and relocated to its present site after the Wesencraft Homestead Addition to Riverside was platted. The Wesencraft family conveyed the necessary right of way to the Burlington Railroad to allow for construction of the Railroad through the western portion of the village, but the family refused to sell its other property within the village to the Riverside Improvement Company.

The residence structure was originally built in the Victorian Gothic Style and has been substantially altered. The original form appears to have been retained based on a photograph taken from an early history. This includes the configuration of the roof with its prominent cross gable.

37. Central School Designed and built

c. 1897 (main building)

c. 1914 (addition)

Address: 61 Woodside Road

Legal Description:

Lots 823, 824, 825, 1513, 852 and 854 in Block 10 in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-104-024, 15-36-104-048 and

Architectural Style: Richardson Romanesque

Significance:

Criterion 3: The main school building was designed by Riverside architect Charles Whittlesey, a student of prominent architect Louis Sullivan, and designer of the Transportation Building at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Richardson Romanesque Style of architecture with critical features including its three-story massing; use of Romanesque arches for first floor openings, particularly the main entrance with its grouping of three (3) arched windows with decorative colonnettes above; red brick construction on a stone foundation; low pitched, hipped roofs; and polygonal towers.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and prominent visual feature in the village due to its function as an early grammar school in Riverside and its location near the group of civic and commercial buildings forming the village center. (Ord. 2053, 8-16-1993; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

38. Residence structure Designed and built c. 1903

Address: 163 Addison Road

Legal Description:

Lot 876 (except the east 10 feet thereof) in Block 12 of the Third Division of Riverside in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-107-008

Architectural Style: Tudor Revival

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Tudor Revival Style of architecture with critical features including a front and side gabled roof; decorative half-timbering above wood shingle wall cladding; decorative brackets at the eaves; second story bays, with the west bay featuring decorative stained glass windows; and windows, mostly double hung, with decorative trim and with multiple panes.

39. Cameron Residence Designed and built c. 1895

Address: 174 Addison Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 2 in the Subdivision of Lot 1002 of Block 19 in the Third Division of Riverside in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-106-013

Architectural Style: Four Square

Significance:

Criterion 2: Was built for John Cameron, president of the village of Riverside from 1905 - 1908, President of the Chicago Bar Association in 1924, and also president of the high school board. He authored a history of Riverside.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Four Square Style of architecture with critical features including a symmetrical front facade; side bay projections; hipped roof with wide overhangs and hipped dormers; narrow, horizontal wood siding; wraparound porch with classical columns and a multisided projection to the side; second floor windows, double hung and set between the eave line and a horizontal trim board that visually separates the first and second floors.

40. Babson Residence Designed and built c. 1908

Address: 183 Addison Road

Legal Description:

Lot 878 (except the south 40 feet thereof) in Block 12 of the Third Division of Riverside in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-107-027

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 3: Was designed by prominent Chicago architects Thomas E. Tallmadge and Vernon S. Watson of the firm of Tallmadge and Watson, important members of the group of midwest architects known as the "Prairie School", which developed the Prairie Style of architecture.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture with critical features including a hipped roof with gable dormers; use of brick, stucco and wood banding as exterior wall materials, with a strong emphasis on horizontal expression; and wide eaves.

Criterion 6: Is identified as a very influential example of the Prairie Style, a dominant architectural style at the turn of the century which was developed by midwest architects, primarily from the Chicago area.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

41. Vilas Residence Designed and built c. 1888

Address: 169 Herrick Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 1 in the Wallenta Resubdivision of part of Lot 789 of Block 6 in the Third Division of Riverside in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-207-054

Architectural Style: Queen Anne

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Queen Anne Style of architecture with critical features including the steep, irregularly shaped roof with cross gables, center front gable and dormers; full width porch with balustrades on the roof and main floor; double hung windows with decorative trim; the Palladian window above the entrance and the bay window on the west facade; and the use of narrow clapboard with corner trim and shingles in the gables.

42. Aichinger Residence Designed and built c.1948

Address: 371 Kent Road

Legal Description:

Lot 1 in Larraine Aichinger's Resubdivision of Sublots 2 and 3 in the Resubdivision of part of Lot 3 lying Easterly of a line drawn from a point in the Northerly line of said Lot 3, 30 feet Westerly of the Northeast corner thereof, to a point in the Southerly line of said Lot 3, 14 feet Southwesterly of the Southeast corner thereof, and all of Lots 4 and 5 in the Subdivision of Lots 1130, 1131 and 1132 of Block 26 and Lot 1139 in Block 27 in the Third Division of Riverside in Section 25, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-25-414-040

Architectural Style: Arts and Crafts

Significance:

Criterion 3: Was designed by architect R. Harold Zook and is a notable example of custom Arts and Crafts elements employed by him in residential designs.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Arts and Crafts Style of architecture with critical features including the use of both one-story and two-story elements; multiple roof forms -- steep pitched, hipped, gable, shed and flat cedar shakes employed on pitched portions; horizontal fieldstone exterior walls; front entrance characterized by gabled entrance with splayed fieldstone keystone arch; and employment of a spider web pattern in the living room fireplace.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

43. Blythe Park School Designed and built c. 1948

Address: 735 Leesley Road

Legal Description:

Sublots 12 through 20 in the Jonas' Resubdivision of part of Lots 21 to 39, together with vacated street, adjacent in Pinkert's Riverside Drive Subdivision of that part of Lot 5 lying southerly of Chicago Road in Circuit Court Partition of part of the southeast 1/4 of Section 25 and Lot 1143 in Resubdivision of Block 27 in the Third Division of Riverside in Section 25, Township 39 North, Range 12 of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-25-414-001 through 009

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historic and architectural significance to the village in its creation by a cooperative effort between the school district and the village to develop a school which could utilize existing park land and provide facilities which would be available to the community as a whole. Landscape features include a small amphitheater.

Criterion 3: Was designed by the prominent Chicago architectural firm of Perkins and Will, a firm noted for its innovative ideas in school design.

Criterion 4: Is a prototype for modern school architecture with critical features including its massing into three (3) 1-story areas for kindergarten, upper grades and the community facility connected by covered and glazed walkways; narrow, sloped roofs; red brick wall with large window, including casements to promote cross ventilation; and wide eaves. It was the subject of articles in "The Nation's Schools" (Sept. 1949) and "Architectural Forum" (Oct. 1949).

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and prominent visual feature in the village due to the relationship of its design as an important integration of public building architecture into the designed landscape of Blythe Park.

44. Faurot Residence Designed and built c. 1912

Address: 247 Shenstone Road

Legal Description:

Sublots 2 and 3 in Faurot's Resubdivision of Lot 996 and parts of Lots 995 and 997 in Block 19 in the Third Division of Riverside in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-106-034 and 035

Architectural Style: Georgian Revival

Significance:

Criterion 3: Was designed by prominent Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw, who designed both residences and other buildings for wealthy clients at the turn of the last century.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Georgian Revival Style of architecture with critical features including the main facade, which is a sensitive improvisation on a symmetrical facade with center door and symmetrical dormers counterpointed by windows, French doors and end of structure porch wall openings which are asymmetrical; the front entry which is accentuated by an arched projecting canopy and stone; corners of the brick exterior walls which are highlighted with stone pilasters; porches at each end which are part of the two-story massing of the structure in lieu of the typical attached porch -- east end has porches at both the first and second floors with classical stone columns; and the hipped roof with wide overhang. (Ord. 2057, 11-1-1993; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

45. First Church of Christ Scientist Designed and built c. 1920

Address: 135 Longcommon Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 1 in Chris-Nicole Resubdivision of the Northeasterly 1/4 of Lot 872 as measured on front and rear lines thereof, and all of Lots 873 and 874 in Block 12 in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-107-028

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture with critical features including its massing with low pitched, hipped roof with wide overhangs; brick, cut stone and stucco exterior walls with strong horizontal bands; grouped windows to reinforce the horizontal emphasis; and double doored entry with four (4) classical cut stone columns.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and prominent visual feature in the village due to its location on the Long Common.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

46. St. Paul's Episcopal Church Designed and built c. 1883

Address: 60 Akenside Road

Legal Description:

Sublots 1 and 2 in the Subdivision of Lot 855, in Block 10, in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-104-048

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historic and architectural significance to the village as one of Riverside's earliest churches and the place of worship of many prominent Riverside residents.

Criterion 3: Was designed by the prominent Chicago architect William LeBaron Jenney, a member of the firm of Jenney, Schermerhorn and Bogart, which was hired by the Riverside Improvement Company to oversee the implementation of the general plan of Riverside. Jenney borrowed liberally from a number of architectural styles to design a "rural" church. Critical features of the main church include half-timber construction with limestone infill; decorative shingled infill and circular window in the gable at the main entrance; and the roof configuration. Critical features of the Parish House include its side gabled form with triple dormers; limestone walls; and symmetrical main facade with central arched entrance flanked by triple windows.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and prominent visual feature in the village due to its location at the southwestern edge of the Long Common and at the edge of the central business district.

47. St. Paul's Episcopal Church Rectory Designed and built c. 1895

Address: 82 Akenside Road

Legal Description:

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-104-048

Architectural Style: Tudor Revival

Significance:

Criterion 3: Was designed by prominent Chicago architect Jarvis Hunt, whose commissions included the Kansas City Union Station and the subsequently demolished 900 North Michigan Avenue Building in Chicago.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Tudor Revival Style of architecture with critical features including its steeply pitched front gabled roof with varying eave heights and with cross gable and gabled dormer; decorative half-timber above wooden wall cladding; oriel window with detailed lancet windows and decorative panels and diamond lattice window; and massive chimney with decorative chimney pots.

48. Melcher Residence Designed and built c. 1926

Address: 85 Akenside Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 2 in the Subdivision of Lot 856, in Block 11, in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-105-014

Architectural Style: Tudor Revival

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Tudor Revival Style of architecture with critical features including its form, containing a two-story side gabled section with a three-story front gabled section (all gables featuring half-timber with stucco infill), and steeply pitched roofs; a two-story entry with arched door and stone trim; multiple paned windows, including two (2) arched windows; a one-story bay on the south facade; and a massive brick chimney.

49. Campbell Residence Designed and built c. 1896

Address: 135 Akenside Road

Legal Description:

That part of Lot 1512 in Block 17 in the Third Division of Riverside, commencing at a point on the West lot line, 116 feet South of the Northwest corner of said lot; thence East in a straight line to a point on the East line of said lot, 100.06 feet South of the Northeast corner thereof; thence North along the East lot line, a distance of 50 feet; thence West in a straight line to a point on the West line of said lot, 58 feet South at the Northwest corner thereof; thence South on said West lot line a distance of 58 feet to the point of the beginning in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-102-017

Architectural Style: Shingle

Significance:

Criterion 2: Was built for William J. Campbell, a lieutenant governor of the state of Illinois, in the 1880s and president of the village of Riverside from 1888-1894.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Shingle Style of architecture with critical features including its asymmetrical facade, with an irregular front gable, including a shingled brow at the peak, four (4) narrow, double hung windows below, and a secondary cross gable; pitched roof (at approximately 45 degrees) and wide eaves; wood shingle wall cladding; recessed porch with slender unadorned posts and gabled entry; and windows which are generally double hung and set below a wide trim board.

50. Jennison Residence Designed and built c. 1870

Address: 154 Bartram Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 2 in the Subdivision of Lots 861 and 862, in Block 11, in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-105-021

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has significant historical and architectural value to the village as one of the earliest residence structures constructed in Riverside and purportedly the first residence to be constructed of brick.

Criterion 4: Is architecturally significant (although substantially altered around 1900) with critical features including asymmetrical facades of brick; tall, narrow double hung windows with hooded window crowns, including paired windows on the front facade on both the first and second floors; and brick chimneys.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

51. Havemeyer Cottage and Designed and built c. 1894

Coach House

Address: 157 Bartram Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 2 in William Havemeyer's Subdivision of Lots 977 to 981 and the South 1/2 of Lot 976 in Block 18, in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-103-008

Architectural Style: Shingle

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has significant historical, cultural and architectural value to the village as one of three (3) rental cottages built by William Havemeyer in 1894, which are well known by Riverside residents as the Havemeyer Cottages. Rental housing was common in Riverside at the turn of the twentieth century.

Criterion 3: Was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Bosworth and Hunt. Jarvis Hunt was a prominent Chicago architect whose commissions included the Kansas City Union Station and the subsequently demolished 900 North Michigan Avenue Building in Chicago.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the modified Shingle Style of architecture with a Tudor Revival influence. Critical features include an asymmetrical, three-story facade with shingles below and half-timber with stucco infill on the second floor; a steeply pitched hipped roof with gabled dormers; a front dormer that lies above an eyebrow break in the eave line which is supported by two (2) brackets; multiple paned, double hung windows; two (2) massive brick chimneys; a rounded corner tower with bell shaped roof; and a porte cochere with brackets. Critical features of the coach house include a two-story symmetrical facade with two (2) steeply pitched, front gabled pavilions on either end; and wood shingle wall cladding.

Criterion 6: Is identified, with two (2) other similar structures designed by the same architectural firm and containing different interpretations of the Shingle Style, as presenting a strong image of architecture in the village of Riverside at the turn of the twentieth century.

52. Babson Coach House Designed and built c. 1906

Address: 60 North Cowley Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 4 in Hull's Subdivision of Lot 879, and the South 40 feet of Lot 878 and the East 1/2 of Lot 877 in Block 12, in the Third Division of Riverside, in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-107-023 and 024

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 3: Was designed by Thomas E. Tallmadge and Vernon S. Watson, important members of the "Prairie School", a group of architects who were instrumental in the creation and development of the Prairie Style of architecture.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture with critical features including its low pitched, hipped roof; and two-story main facade with brick on the first floor and stucco with decorative wood banding and double hung windows on the second floor.

Criterion 6: Is identified as a critical component of the Babson Estate, an influential example of a Prairie Style residence structure designed by Tallmadge and Watson, and a Riverside designated historic landmark.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation. (Ord. 2072, 4-18-1994; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

53. Babson Residence Service Building Designed and built c. 1915

Address: 277 Gatesby Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 3 in Harold M. Taylor's Subdivision of Lot 1122 and Sublot 2 in Owner's Division of Lots 1106 and 1107 and the West half of Lot 1108 in Block 25 in the Third Division of Riverside, in Sections 25 and 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-100-028

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 2: Was built for Henry Babson, a prominent businessman. This structure and the structure at 281 Gatesby Road are the sole remaining buildings of the Henry Babson Estate.

Criterion 3: Was designed by William Gray Purcell and George Grant Elmslie, significant members of the Prairie School of architecture, of the prominent architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. The noted architect Louis Sullivan designed the main residence of the Babson Estate. Measured drawings of this property, prepared through the historic American building survey, are on file at the library of congress.

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture with critical features including a gabled roof with wide overhangs; exterior walls and piers in dark maroon brick with stucco used in gables and the underside of the overhangs, and dark stained cypress trim; strong horizontal emphasis; ornamental wood beam ends and other decorative elements (the work of sculptor Alfonso Iarelli); and decorative art glass windows.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

54. Babson Residence Service Building Designed and built c. 1915

Address: 281 Gatesby Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 1 in Owner's Division of Lots 1106 and 1107 and the West half of Lot 1108 in Block 25 in the Third Division of Riverside, in Sections 25 and 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-100-025

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 2: Was built for Henry Babson, a prominent businessman. This structure and the structure at 277 Gatesby Road are the sole remaining buildings of the Henry Babson Estate.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

55. Johnson Residence Designed and built c. 1910

Address: 260 Maplewood Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 1 in the Weiss Resubdivision of the North 75 feet of the South 115 feet of Lot 9 in the Maplewood Division of Riverside in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-202-048

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the Prairie Style of architecture with critical features including a low pitched, hipped roof with wide overhangs; horizontal wood siding and stucco faced exterior finishes arranged to create a strong horizontal effect; and multiple paned windows which are grouped in a wide arrangement to accent horizontal expression.

State Designation:

Identified as an Illinois historic structure in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey of the Illinois department of conservation.

56. Zundalek Residence Designed and built c. 1936

Address: 172 Maplewood Road

Legal Description:

Sublot 2 in Subdivision of Lot 25 (except the North 50 feet and East 24 feet thereof) in the Maplewood Division of Riverside in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-203-017

Architectural Style: English Cottage Revival

Significance:

Criterion 4: Is representative of the English Cottage Revival Style of architecture with critical features including roof materials attempting to mimic the thatched roofs of rural England (original materials having been replaced by wood shingles); side gabled roof and cross gabled entrance to the center portion of the two-story house; a wooden balcony; one-story angled extensions at either end of side gabled roofs; brick and stone walls with massive chimneys; and a stone fence. (Ord. 2083, 8-15-1994; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

57. Skala-Bartizal Residence Designed and built 1924-1925

Address: 286 N. Delaplaine

Legal Description:

Lot 1104 (except that part thereof lying Northerly of a line drawn from the most Easterly corner of said lot to a point in the Westerly line of said lot 100 feet Southwesterly of the most Northerly corner of said lot measured along curved or straight line) in Block 25 in Third Division of Riverside in the North half of Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-100-022-0000

Architectural Style: American Foursquare

Significance:

Criterion 1: Frank J. Scala, original property owner, was a historic figure in the immigrant Czech community in Chicagoland in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. Founded both the Skala National Bank (Chicago) and the Berwyn National Bank. Instrumental in the establishment and growth of the Czech language newspaper "Denni Hlasatel" ("Daily Herald"). After World War I, he became an active leader in a nationwide movement among Americans to support president Woodrow Wilson's effort to establish an independent Czechoslovakia.

Criterion 4: Example of American Foursquare architectural style with Beaux Arts detailing. Full two-story high with Ludowici Spanish style dark red clay tile hipped roof and wide overhangs with copper gutters and downspouts. Constructed of brick with stone trim and belt course at second floor window sill. Front elevation of main structure symmetrical around center entrance having stone pilaster columns each side of entrance with stone brackets supporting curved stone arch. Wood double hung windows, two (2) or three (3) lights over one flanking entrance. First floor windows, three (3) mulled Chicago style (middle unit larger). Second story windows, two (2) mulled together either side on one smaller window centered over entry. Dormer with single window having arched head in attic. Center entrance porch with stone balustrades with stone caps and flower pots. Single-story bays both sides having triple mulled together windows, with leaded glass in the west bay.

Criterion 5: Commanding location at the corner of Delaplaine and Nuttall at the north end of the Long Common. (Ord. 2331, 5-15-2000; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

58. Alfred Cross Residence and Designed and built 1870-1875

Coach House

Address: 166 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

Lot 20 and the Southwesterly 50 feet of Lot 19 in Block 4 in the First Division of Riverside in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-414-020 (house)

15-35-414-021 (coach house)

Architect: Residence attributed to William LeBaron Jenney

Coach House unknown

Architectural Style: Italianate (residence)

Significance:

Criterion 1: This residence and coach house are located on lots given to Frederick Law Olmsted as compensation for his work in developing the general plan of Riverside and which were sold to Alfred J. Cross.

Criterion 2: Alfred J. Cross was an investor in the Riverside Improvement Company and served as village president in 1880.

Criterion 4: This residence is an example of Italianate architecture. This property, including the coach house, was listed in the 1972 Illinois historic structure survey prepared by the Illinois department of conservation. It received a rating of "4", the second highest rating, during the 1985 evaluation by Bruce Dahlquist of the survey completed by the Riverside historical commission. Critical features of the residence include the historic wood siding, the gabled roofs with decorative brackets and wood detail; the window hoods with pediment details above the second floor windows below the gables on the south and east facades and the arched and hooded openings immediately above; the bay on the south facade; and the general form of the porch including columns and detailed cornice which extends into a porte cochere. Critical features of the coach house include its general form with cross gable; its multiple pane windows; the cupola; and biparting siding, glazed and solid wood barn doors with arched head, and open eaves.

Criterion 5: The house contributes to the strong Victorian architectural heritage of the Scottswood Common. The coach house itself is unique in not only its architecture, but also in its placement on the property where it sits not behind the house, but in full view from the street. (Ord. 2347, 11-20-2000; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

59. George Gilbert Coach House Designed and built c. 1871

Address: 110 Akenside Road

Legal Description:

Lot 850 and the Southerly quarter of Lot 849 in Block 10 in the Third Division of Riverside in the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-104-043-0000 and

15-36-104-042-0000

Architect: Attributed to William LeBaron Jenney

Architectural Style: French Second Empire

Significance:

Criterion 2: This property was originally owned by George Gilbert, one of the petitioners for Riverside township in 1870 and for the village of Riverside in 1875. Gilbert was a member of the first village board of trustees. The property was later owned by George Hunt, attorney general of Illinois from 1885-93.

Criterion 4: The coach house at 110 Akenside is a two-story rectangular frame structure which echoes the distinctive Second Empire Style of the main house. The mansard roof, undereave brackets and hand shaped double radius beaded siding are distinctive. Most of the original double hung windows remain and have been rebuilt. The original sliding barn doors remain and are in working order. Second Empire Style Victorian buildings are relatively rare. (Ord. 2362, 3-19-2001; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

60. L.A. Howland Coach House Designed and built 1887

Address: 104 Riverside Road

Legal Description:

Lot 325 in Block 7 in the Second Division of Riverside in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-303-038-0000

Architect: Henry F. Starbuck

Architectural Style: Shingle Style

Significance:

Criterion 2: The coach house was owned and used by James B. McDougal, the governor of the federal reserve board in Chicago during the first half of the twentieth century.

Criterion 6: Shingle Style coach house, symmetrical with center gable and multipaned upper sash window with one pane below, with centered cupola. (Ord. 2361, 3-19-2001; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

61. Mundy Residence and Coach House Designed and built c. 1868

Address: 185 Michaux Road

Legal Description:

Lot 974 in Block 18 in Third Division of Riverside, in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-103-004-0000

Architect: Original design attributed to William LeBaron Jenney

Architectural Style: Remodeled into Federal Revival

Significance:

Criterion 1: Mr. W.A. Havemeyer commissioned the design of the house and coach house as a wedding gift to his daughter upon her marriage to Mr. Norris W. Mundy and is one of the first homes built in Riverside.

Criterion 2: Mr. Havemeyer is listed as a warden of the early Episcopal Church, and he was very influential in building that church. Mr. W.A. Havemeyer was a Riverside village trustee, 1882-1883 and 1886-1888. In 1893, Mr. W.A. Havemeyer organized the Riverside Golf Club along with twenty two (22) other men including his son-in-law, Mr. N.W. Mundy. Norris W. Mundy was also a village trustee, 1884-1886, and he was a warden of the early Episcopal Church.

Criterion 3: The Mundy House and Coach House are believed to have been originally designed by William LeBaron Jenney in 1868 in the Victorian Style. The front elevation was remodeled after storm damage in the late 1800s or early 1900s to its present appearance by parties unknown; however, the interior remains in its original condition. Jenney executed the layout of Riverside by Olmsted and Vaux and the layout and engineering of the street system, sewer system, water system and gas system, including the design of the original water tower and pump houses.

Criterion 4: The home is an example of the Federal Style of architecture in its remodeled state. The original full two- story hipped roof of the house is symmetrical around the front entry. It has narrow wood clapboard siding with corner wood pilasters with Corinthian Style capitals supporting a flat wood frieze with wood dentils; wood double hung windows with wide trim and six (6) over six (6) light sash at second floor; center Palladian entry with side lights flag the door and arched fanlight transom flanked by wood pilasters; and semicircular entrance canopy with flat frieze and dentils supported by two (2) slender columns having Corinthian Style capitals. Large six (6) light French door style windows having semicircular fanlight head with wide wood trim and keystone complete with operable wood shutters flank the entry at the first floor. A two-story addition on the south end is similar in construction and detail to the main house, with triple mulled three (3) over three (3) light double hung wood windows the full width of the second floor, and triple mulled triple hung wood windows the full width of the first floor.

The full two-story coach house has low slope hipped roof with narrow wood clapboard siding, second floor dormers, and double hung wood in windows. (Ord. 2363, 3-19-2001; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

62. (Rep. by Ord. 2402, 4-15-2002)

63. Komarek Residence and Coach House Designed and built c. 1927

Address: 190 Nuttall Road

Legal Description:

Lot 983 in Block 18 in Riverside Third Division

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-103-015-0000

Architect: A.W. Komarek

Architectural Style: Tudor Revival

Significance:

Criterion 2: A.W. Komarek was a real estate developer in the area responsible for development of a major portion of north Riverside in the mid-1920s and donated an eight (8) lot site to School District 94 upon which the original two (2) room school that bore his name was built in 1936.

Criterion 4: An example of Tudor Revival Influence Style. The asymmetry of the main structure front facade is mirrored in the offset placement of the coach house. It is framed, from a front lot view, through the porte cochere. The critical features of the Tudor Revival styled house include a first floor of red and brown tapestry brick with rough textured stucco second and gable ended third floors. The main gable of the roof runs north-south, with two (2) asymmetrical front facing gables, the northernmost projecting as a wing on the first floor. The first floor utilizes half-timbering trim at the entry only, with no wood trim on the second floor. The one- story projecting entry has a combination of a small shed and front facing gable roof. The roof is a red clay Norman tile and has a prominent brick chimney on the south elevation. The windows are multi-light, steel frame casement windows, including two (2) first floor bow windows (1 on the front and 1 on the north elevation) with copper roofs above. A porte cochere on the south elevation is of heavy timber construction, with a clay tile roof above and frames the coach house of similar style and materials. The coach house has four (4) front facing doors with brick piers between the three (3) front facing gables above, in a similar style to the gables of the house. The coach house also utilizes the same red clay Norman tile roof as the house. (Ord. 2373, 7-16-2001; amd. Ord. 2402, 4-15-2002; Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

64. 165 Scottswood Road Carriage House Designed and built c. 1878

Address: 165 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

North 1/2 of Lot 5 in Block 6 in Riverside First Division

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-417-031-0000

Architect: Unknown

Architectural Style: American Foursquare

Significance:

Criterion 1: The structure is one of the best examples of an actual turn of the last century coach house remaining in the village. With few exceptions, the interior remains in place. The horse stalls and sliding door into the carriage space are still in place as well as the loft doors at the second floor, grain bins at the second floor, and chutes to the feeding troughs in the horse stalls.

Criterion 4: Critical features include square footprint; steeply pitched hipped roof; narrow clapboard wood siding; wooden double hung window dormer; decorative loft doors in gabled dormer; masonry chimney with brass cap; and wooded witch's hat cupola.

65. Isham Randolph Residence and Designed and built c. 1904

Coach House

Address: 192 and 194 Addison

Legal Description:

Lot 1000 in Block 19 in Riverside Third Division

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-106-016-0000

Architect: William Ernest Walker

Architectural Style: Dutch Colonial Revival

Significance:

Criterion 2: Isham Randolph was the chief engineer and an officer of the sanitary district for Chicago (now the metropolitan water reclamation district) from 1893 to 1907 and oversaw the building of the Sanitary and Ship Canal, named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the one hundred (100) greatest engineering projects in U.S. history. Isham Randolph was also a consulting engineer for the Panama Canal. Later, this residence was the home of Francis and Mae (Gubbins) Creedon. Francis Creedon was a trustee of the village of Riverside.

Criterion 4: 192 and 194 Addison Road are representative of early twentieth century Dutch Colonial Revival architecture. Critical features on the main house include its pedimented and columned recessed entrance porch. The front door is four (4) paneled and oversized and also has a semicircle of fanlights, bordered by side panels, each with four (4) panes of lights. The gambrel roof extends down to the deep eaves on the first floor with the long side to the front. Three (3) dormers, the widest centered over the entry, are sided in asphalt shingles. There are paired double hung windows with six (6) light top sashes on the first floor and middle second floor, single double hung windows on the left and right of the second floor. On the east end of the house, there is a slanted roof, one-story structure that was originally a porch, but at some time was enclosed and stuccoed to match the rest of the house. There is a chimney on the far east end that rises to the third story. This structure has multilight casement windows. The coach house was built, designed, and completed in conjunction with the main house (per Sanborn map, c. 1909). It replicates the architectural style and features of the main house and most likely housed horses and carriages with caretakers' quarters on the second floor.

66. Nelson W. and Francis P.R. Willard Designed and built c.

Residence and Coach House 1908 (residence)

1890 (coach house)

Address: 171 Northwood

Legal Description:

That part of Lot 953 lying North of a line running from the Southwest corner of said lot to a point in the East line of said lot, 105 feet South of the Northeast corner thereof, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East line of said lot at the intersection of the above described line and the Easterly line of said lot; thence Northeasterly on the Easterly line of said lot a distance of 35 feet; thence Northwesterly on a line parallel to the above described line a distance of 35 feet; thence Southwesterly to a point of the above described line, distant 45 feet from the point of beginning; then Southeasterly 45 feet to the point of beginning also Lot 953 (except that part of said Lot 953 lying North of a line running from the Southwest corner of said lot to a point in the East line of said lot, 115 feet South of the Northeast corner thereof); also Lots 954 and 955 also the Westerly 39 feet of the Northerly 1/2 of Lot 963 (measured along the Northerly and Southerly lines of said Northerly 1/2) also the Westerly 39 feet of the Southerly 1/2 of Lot 964 (measured along the Northerly and Southerly lines of said Southerly 1/2). Said Northerly 1/2 of Lot 963 and said Southerly 1/2 of Lot 964 being determined by a line between the midpoint of the front and rear lines of said lots 963 and 964 all of said lots in Block 17 of the Third Division of Riverside in the West 1/2 of Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-102-009, 010, 038, and 043

Architect: William Ernest Walker

Architectural Style: Georgian Revival

Significance:

Criterion 2: Francis P. Ripley Willard was the daughter of Riverside resident Edward Payson Ripley, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad from 1896 - 1920. Nelson Wolcott Willard served as auditor, clerk in the president's office and executive assistant to the president of the ATSF Railroad. Nelson Willard was active in the University Club in Chicago, Cliff Dwellers, and the Riverside Golf Club, and served on the board of directors of the Riverside National Bank.

Criterion 4: The principal house is an example of Georgian Revival architecture. Critical features include two and one- half-story red brick, classically inspired cornice, symmetrical chimneys, temple front portico and six (6) over one double hung windows and is listed in the 1972 Illinois historic structures survey. The coach house was originally part of the Edward P. Ripley property located directly behind this property at 170 Michaux Road. Critical features include two- story frame wood clapboard siding (covered with aluminum siding), two (2) over two (2) wood double hung windows, paneled doors and hipped roof having wide overhangs and cupola.

Criterion 5: The main house is an established and familiar feature in the village owing to its unique location, having the broad south elevation with the temple portico facing a broad south lawn.

67. Beach Residence Designed and built c. 1895

Address: 253 Bloomingbank

Legal Description:

Lot 2 (except the southwesterly 79.0 feet thereof) in Block 3 in Riverside of part of the first division in the southeast ¼ of Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12, east of the third principal meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Lot 1 and the southwesterly 1/3 of lot 2 in the subdivision of Lots 3, 4 and 5 in Riverside, of part of first addition in the southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12, east of the third principal meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index Nos.: 15-35-417-004-0000 and 15-35-417-033-0000

Architect: Unknown

Architectural Style: Dutch Colonial Revival

Significance:

Criterion 2: This residence was constructed for Chandler Beldon Beach following the destruction of his home in the Great Chicago Fire. Beach was a captain during the Civil War and served as head of the quartermasters department of the army of the Potomac. He compiled and published "Beldon's Guide", a children's encyclopedia. On his retirement, he sold his business to Frank Compton, who published it as "Compton's Encyclopedia". He was the village president near the turn of the last century, president of the school board for many years, and an elder of the Riverside Presbyterian Church for thirty nine (39) years. In 1920, he was a "dollar a year man" for then president Warren Harding.

Criterion 4: The residence received a rating of "4" during the 1985 evaluation by Bruce Dahlquist for the survey completed by the Riverside Historical Commission. It was classified as a Queen Anne although it has critical features consistent with the Dutch Colonial Revival Style including the cross gambrel roof and the covered porch roof extending the width of the house. Critical features include: the cross gambrel roof, the asymmetrical facades, the inset balcony with the arched opening on the main façade and the wrap around porch. Also of note are the differing wood surfaces, including the narrow clapboard, shingles and decorative trim boards. There have been alterations/modifications to the original house with the introduction of stucco to the first story that is not original to the house. (Ord. 2385, 11-19-2001; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005; Ord. 3021, 8-15-2019)

68. Wagner Residence Built 1914

Address: 261 Maplewood Road

Legal Description:

North 50 feet of Lot 32 in the Northeast 1/2 of Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-35-203-041-0000

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 4: Original unaltered construction. Low pitched, hipped roof with wide, overhanging closed eaves, emphasizing horizontal lines. Two-story square plan with oriel windows both sides with some art glass. Large, one- story asymmetrical dominant hipped roof porch supported by brick piers with decorative stone motifs. Hidden entry and massive, stone, low courtyard walls with concrete planting pots at entrance. First floor brick; second floor stucco with horizontal wood strapping. Two (2) and three (3) mulled, double hung wood windows with wide trim and inswing rectangular single windows beneath the overhanging eaves on the north and south elevations. (Ord. 2540, 11-21-2005; amd. Ord. 2550, 12-19-2005)

69. Riverside Plumbing Built 1909

Address: 3 Longcommon Road

Legal Description:

South 25 feet of Lots 601, 602, 603 in Block 1 in the Third Division of Riverside in Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-301-001-0000

Architectural Style: Prairie

Significance:

Criterion 1: The building was built at 3 Longcommon Road in 1909 by James Castle to serve as Riverside's first hardware store. Castle moved his established plumbing and heating business from Quincy Road, and combined it with a full service hardware store. In 1941 Reed and Alice Henninger purchased the building and installed a new front entrance and facade to accommodate a Rexall pharmacy and soda fountain. In 1962 Gloria and Royce Canavera signed a lease with Henninger and moved their established plumbing business from the Hollywood section of Brookfield to this location. At the same time, Royce and Gloria Canavera purchased an existing hardware business from Alvin Anderson, located on East Burlington Road, and combined both businesses at 3 Longcommon Road. In 1985 Christine and Arthur Canavera purchased the building from Henninger. In 1986 Christine and Arthur purchased the plumbing service business and expanded it to include heating and air conditioning. In 2002, Arthur and Christine Canavera restored the interior and exterior facade based on the original blueprint design of E.E. Roberts architects in Oak Park.

Criterion 3: James Castle hired E.E. Roberts architects in Oak Park to design the building at 3 Longcommon. Between 1890 and 1915, a tremendous architectural transformation was taking place in the midwest by a local group of progressive architects. Frank Lloyd Wright, Tallmadge, Watson, Maher, Spencer, Van Bergen and E.E. Roberts were some of the most notable. Roberts started work in 1899 as site superintendent at the Pullman grounds for SS Beman. In 1893 Roberts set up his own practice in Oak Park which became the largest architectural firm in Oak Park. He designed over two hundred (200) homes, numerous schools, churches, and commercial buildings. Roberts was instrumental in furthering the Prairie Style design by adding geometric masses and rectilinear design to his building designs. In 1912 Roberts opened up a Chicago office and focused on commercial properties with the clean lines of the Prairie Style. In 1922 E.E. Roberts made his son Elmer full partner in the firm. They worked together for many years, until E.E. Roberts' death in 1943. Many of Roberts' buildings have not been documented due to lost records.

Criterion 4: Visual inspection of the 3 Longcommon building reveals the clean rectilinear lines of the Prairie Style design in a commercial application. Large rectilinear windows on the main floor display room provide ample natural light. Rectilinear casement style windows on all second floor rooms complement the linear Prairie Style. Stone cornice and pillars are rectilinear and lacking ornamental clutter. In the main floor showroom, a section of the original tin ceiling has been preserved, and is on display. A new prism glass inlay was installed above the showroom windows to match the original prism glass that was demolished in past remodeling. In the second floor rooms, all the original oak trim, wood floors, original gas fireplace, and stained glass windows are preserved. The original gas lights, tubular communication system, and plumbing fixtures have all been updated. The original glass prism blocks installed in the sidewalks were demolished by the village during the 1970 streetscape improvement. The adaptability of the Prairie Style is revealed in its ability to be remodeled and still maintain its architectural significance.

Criterion 5: The 3 Longcommon building is located in the central business district next to 5 and 7 Longcommon buildings, all with complementary Prairie Style design. There are similar style buildings on the south side of East Burlington Road. The significance of these several buildings is that they were all built during the early 1900s in order to meet the service needs of a growing Riverside community. With some facade improvements, these buildings will add to the variety and beauty of a life that is daily more mechanized and stereotyped.

"Any historic environment has a network of pivotal or focal buildings as its foundation. Upon this framework hangs a series of anonymous structures - anonymous to their average aesthetic quality and limited associative values. Together, whether separated by parks and roadways, these linkages of anonymous structures provide the walls of continuity that create the definitive historical quality of the area".

-William Murtagh

Criterion 6: Scoville Square Building, corner of Lake Street and Oak Park Avenue National Register building. (Ord. 2616, 6-4-2007)

70. Longcommon Terrace Condominiums Built 1922

Address: 65-6973 Longcommon Road

Legal Description:

Lots 778, 779 in Block 5 in "Third Division of Riverside", in the Northwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index No.: 15-36-109-083-1001 through 1019

Architectural Style: Gothic Revival

Significance:

Criterion 1: As one of our only courtyard, multi-residential buildings of the early part of the last century, this building is noteworthy due to its interesting design features and remarkably pristine integrity. For this reason, it has significant value as part of the architectural heritage of the village.

This category also offers a unique historic connection. It was the introductory location for many residents who started in this Riverside apartment house or condominium and subsequently moved to their own homes elsewhere in the village.

Criterion 4: Its most salient feature is the castlelike appearance with crenelated parapets facing the courtyard. Each story has the different stone trim with major belt courses below the first floor and above the third floor windows. Original wood windows facing the courtyard are tall and narrow, single light, interior opening casement windows.

Formal three-story, flat roof, brick and stone building facing Longcommon Rd. containing nineteen (19) condominium units. The three (3) building complex is set far back from the street and its footprint follows the curve of the street in front. There are a number of mature trees in the front yard and a U-shaped driveway.

The wide courtyard has paths leading to three (3) entrances, each with an ornamental crest above the doors. Entrances have a vestibule and the stairwells above have original lead glass casement windows. Each entrance is flanked by three-story bays. Many shrubs and flowers adorn the courtyard. The view toward the street shows a majestic panorama of foliage and flowers. The courtyard is accessed through brick and stone gates with wrought iron fencing which connect to matching wing walls attached to the buildings.

Criterion 5: Surrounded primarily by stately older homes, the building is located at the head of Longcommon Park, where Longcommon Road is joined by Nuttall and Herrick Roads. The complex is clearly an established and familiar visual feature of the village. Its sheer scale, prominence and street presence on the main thoroughfare through town are noteworthy and would be missed if not present. (Ord. 2662, 12-17-2007)

71. Rice Residence Designed and built c. 1893

Address: 214 Scottswood Road

Legal Description:

Parcel 1: The Part of Lot 1 in Blayney and Keller's Resubdivision of Sundry Lots in Block 3 in First Division of Riverside in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

Parcel 2: Lot 1 in the subdivision by the executors of the estate of Margaret Van S. Rice of Lots 10, 11, and 12 in Block 3 in the First Division of Riverside in Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Index Nos.: 15-35-417-024-0000 and 15-35-417-030-0000

Architectural Style: Shingle

Significance:

Criterion 1: Has historic and architectural significance to the village as one of only two remaining structures of the Rice family estate, this property owned by Wallace deGroot Cecil Rice.

Criterion 2: Was one of three houses built on the estate of the John Asaph Rice family mansion, occupied by Wallace deGroot Cecil Rice, a well know lawyer, journalist, author, Art Institute of Chicago lecturer, and designer of the Chicago Municipal flag, and the Illinois Centennial flag.

Criterion 4: Representative of Shingle Style architecture. With its large irregular gabled façade, stone foundation and all shingle siding, horizontal banding and dentils to delineate the confluence of the first and second floors, and jettied second floor that covers a large off-center porch.

Criterion 5: Is identified as an established and familiar visual feature in the First Division. Due to its proximity to a large triangle park across the street, and position at the front of the lot on the gently curving block, the house becomes prominently visible from either direction.

Criterion 6: Is an example of the late Victorian Shingle Style, of which, nearby 222 Scottswood, built in 1900 is of Shingle Style influence and 194 Millbridge, built in 1890, is the only other surviving Rice Estate structure, also representative of Shingle Style. 186 Millbridge, modified to be a residence, is the second coach house for the Rice mansion. Sharing a backyard border with 214 Scottswood is 201 Scottswood, the Trowbridge Residence, built in 1870, and another Riverside Landmarked structure. (Ord. 3099, 11-18-2021)

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