Building name: Libertyville Post Office
Ground Floor Use: Civic
Upper Floor Use: N/A
Current Occupant: Libertyville Civic Center
Zoning: I-B
Number of Stories: 1
Property Index Number: 1116300095
Within Local District?: No
Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?: C
Local Landmark?: No
Year: No
Local Landmark Eligible?: Potentially Eligible
Criteria: A, H
NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib: C
Within District?: No
NR Landmark?: No
Year: No
NR Eligible?: No
Criteria: No
Alternate Address?: No
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Minor alterations and additions
Current Use: Social - civic
Historic Use: Government - post office
Secondary Structure: Government - post office
NR Second: Government - post office
Architectural Classification: Colonial Revival
Details: Colonial Revival
Other Year: 1993
Date source: Illinois Digital Archives/ permit
Wall Material (Current): Brick
Wall Material 2 (Current): Brick
Plan: Rectangular
No of Stories: 1
Roof Type: Hipped
Roof Material: slate
Foundation: Not visible
Porch: Not visible
Window Material: Metal
Window Material 2: Aluminum/vinyl
Window Type: Double hung & pivot
Window Configuration: 12/12; multi-light
Significance: Although the building has undergone alterations as the result of its conversion to the Libertyville Civic Center in 1993, this Colonial Revival building may be eligible for local landmark designation for its associations with the history and development of the postal service in Libertyville.
Historic Features: Low-pitched hipped roof and rectangular massing; symmetrical front facade with center entry; classical entry surround with broken pediment; center keystone window lintels; decorative stone panels above window openings
Alterations: 1-story rear addition; 1-story west loading dock addition; replacement windows in original openings; replacement front door; some windows on side elevations bricked in
Old Address (city dir.year: 1-story rear addition; 1-story west loading dock addition; replacement windows in original openings; replacement front door; some windows on side elevations bricked in
Building Moved?: 1-story rear addition; 1-story west loading dock addition; replacement windows in original openings; replacement front door; some windows on side elevations bricked in
Moved From: 1-story rear addition; 1-story west loading dock addition; replacement windows in original openings; replacement front door; some windows on side elevations bricked in
Original Owner: United States Post Office
Original Architect: United States Post Office
Architect Source: United States Post Office
Builder: United States Post Office
Surveyor: LR
Surveyor Organization: Ramsey Historic Consultants
Survey Date: May-June 2016
Survey Area: Downtown Libertyville
Old Address: Downtown Libertyville
Date of Construction: Downtown Libertyville
Moving Permit #: Downtown Libertyville
Date Moved: Downtown Libertyville
Building Permit #: Downtown Libertyville
Date: Downtown Libertyville
Building Permit Description: Downtown Libertyville
Cost: Downtown Libertyville
Original Owner Occupied?: Downtown Libertyville
Exterior Alteration Permits: 94-354 (6.8.1994)--install vestibule on south side of civic center; 93-286 (6/7/1993)--remodel existing post office into a civic center; 6200
Other Permit Information: 94-354 (6.8.1994)--install vestibule on south side of civic center; 93-286 (6/7/1993)--remodel existing post office into a civic center; 6200
COA Info: 94-354 (6.8.1994)--install vestibule on south side of civic center; 93-286 (6/7/1993)--remodel existing post office into a civic center; 6200
Historic Info: From Illinois Digital Archives (information provided by Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library)--"This post office building dates to 1935. It is located at the southeast corner of West Church Street and Brainerd Avenue. The first post office in Libertyville was in Horace Butler's log cabin in the area of what is now Cook Park. Later postmasters used their homes as the village post office. In the earth twentieth century the post office was in a storefront on the east side of Milwaukee Avenue. The post office operated in the building pictured here from 1935 to 1991 when a new facility was built on Artaius Parkway."
Other Sources: Several historic photographs on Illinois Digital Archives
Historic Info Compiler: LR
Volunteer: LR