Beginning Street Number
533

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
Brainerd Avenue

PIN
Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
C

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
Yes

Criteria
A

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Photo Id:
BrainerdAve533(1)
Building Details
Building name
Gridley, John Seely House 
Ground Floor Use
Residence 
Upper Floor Use
Residential 
Current Occupant
 
Zoning
R-7 
Number of Stories
2 
Property Index Number
1116304034 
National Register
NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib
C 
Within District?
No 
NR Landmark?
No 
Year
 
NR Eligible?
No 
Criteria
 
Alternate Address?
 
General Information
Category
Building 
Condition
Good 
Integrity
Minor alterations and additions 
Current Use
Domestic - single dwelling 
Historic Use
Domestic - single dwelling 
Secondary Structure
Coach House 
NR Second
C 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Queen Anne 
Details
 
Other Year
 
Date source
Daily Harold 2/26/2011 
Wall Material (Current)
Hardie board 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
 
Plan
Irregular 
No of Stories
2.5 
Roof Type
Hipped 
Roof Material
Asphalt - shingle 
Foundation
Stone 
Porch
Full Front 
Window Material
Aluminum/vinyl 
Window Material 2
Clad Wood 
Window Type
Double Hung 
Window Configuration
1/1 
Significance
Impressive turn-of-the-century Queen Anne residence with distinctive southeast corner tower. House was rehabilitated in 2011--although many materials are not historic, the replacement materials are historically appropriate. 
Historic Features
Pyramidal hipped main roof; front and side gable-roof bays with cutaway corners; 3-story southeast corner bay with steeply pitched, flared hipped roof 
Alterations
House converted to multi-family some time between 1933 and 1948, and converted back to single family in 2011. Recent alterations are historically appropriate, and include the full front porch (rebuilt in similar manner to original); Hardie-board siding; front door with sidelights; 1-story rear addition; windows are replacement, but historically appropriate type and configuration. 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
BrainerdAve533(2)


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Photo Id:
Brainerd533


Historic Information
Old Address (city dir.year
Building Moved?
Moved From
Original Owner
Gridley, John Seely
Original Architect
Architect Source
Builder
Surveyor
LR
Surveyor Organization
Ramsey Historic Consultants
Survey Date
May-June 2016
Survey Area
Downtown Libertyville
Permit/Historic Information
Old Address
Date of Construction
1904
Permit Moving Information
Moving Permit #
Date Moved
Original Permit Information
Building Permit #
Date
Building Permit Description
Cost
Original Owner Occupied?
Exterior Alteration Permits
4610 (8/9/1968)--remodel porch; JRA-10-0037 (1/5/2011)--rear addition; interior remodeling (convert from 2-family to single-family)
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
Other Sources
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110226/news/702269911/; http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/submitted/705179827/ Historic photograph of building at Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of Libertyville Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): "Note on back: "Residence of J.S. Gridley, Brainard Ct. C H Boyes Contr.". A second note reads: "J S Gridley, 603 Brainerd" The address on the house in 2015 is 533 Brainerd Ct. Photograph by Beswick Photo Studio, Libertyville, Ill. The Beswick Photo Studio is listed in the Libertyville section of the Waukegan city directory between 1903 and 1913." http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/6503/rec/4
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