Beginning Street Number
120-132

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
W. Park Avenue

PIN
Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
NC

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
No

Criteria

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Photo Id:
ParkAveW120(1)
Building Details
Building name
Parkhurst, E. W. House (Ray-Burnett Funeral Home) 
Ground Floor Use
Funeral Home 
Upper Floor Use
Funeral Home 
Current Occupant
Burnett Dane Funeral Home 
Zoning
C-2 
Number of Stories
1 
Property Index Number
1121201005 
National Register
NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib
NC 
Within District?
No 
NR Landmark?
No 
Year
 
NR Eligible?
No 
Criteria
 
Alternate Address?
 
General Information
Category
Building 
Condition
Good 
Integrity
Major alterations and additions 
Current Use
Funerary--mortuary 
Historic Use
Domestic - single dwelling 
Secondary Structure
Detached garage 
NR Second
NC 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Queen Anne (altered) 
Details
 
Other Year
 
Date source
Illinois Digital Archives 
Wall Material (Current)
Aluminum/vinyl 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
Brick & concrete block 
Plan
Irregular 
No of Stories
2.5 & 1 
Roof Type
Combination 
Roof Material
Asphalt - shingle 
Foundation
Not visible 
Porch
Front entry 
Window Material
Wood 
Window Material 2
 
Window Type
Double hung & other 
Window Configuration
1/1; 2/2 horizontal; 1-light 
Significance
 
Historic Features
Original Queen Anne house surrounded by additions dating from the 1970s--original roof line, west side polygonal tower, and 2nd-story elevations still extant 
Alterations
Aluminum siding on original house (1986); replacement windows in original openings; awnings over window openings on original house; multiple 1-story additions surrounding original structure along south, east, and west sides (1971) 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
ParkAveW120(9)


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Photo Id:
ParkAveW120(6)


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Photo Id:
WPark120(2)


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Photo Id:
WPark120


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Photo Id:
ParkAveW120(RayBurnett_Funeral_Home)


Historic Information
Old Address (city dir.year
Building Moved?
Moved From
Original Owner
Parkhurst, E. W.
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
Permit Moving Information
Moving Permit #
Date Moved
Original Permit Information
Building Permit #
Date
Building Permit Description
Cost
Original Owner Occupied?
Exterior Alteration Permits
86-200 (5/19/1986)--aluminum siding and trim; 6494 (9/16/1971)--addition to building to include new lobby, two chapels, garage, wall, and stair to existing 2nd floor (brick exterior walls); 2437 (7/20/1959)--addition and alterations to existing funeral home plus new garage; #293 (4/15/1952)--build chapel in front of present funeral home
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
From Illinois Digital Archives (information provided by Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): "Paul G. Ray went into the funeral home business in 1912 along the west side of Milwaukee Avenue. The business was known as the Ray Funeral Home. As the business grew, Ray bought the Victorian house which E. W. Parkhurst had built in 1891 at 120 W. Park Avenue and in 1937 he moved his funeral home to that site, shown here. Mr. Burnett was assisted in the funeral business by his son-in-law Kenneth Burnett and the name of the business was changed to Ray-Burnett. After Ray's death in 1963 the name was changed to Burnett Funeral Home." http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/2116/rec/12
Other Sources
Sanborn Maps--1924 (Sheet 9); 1933 (Sheet 5); 1948 (Sheet 5) Historic photograph on page 31 of LIBERTYVILLE ILLUSTRATED
Historic Info Compiler
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