Beginning Street Number
300

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
N. Milwaukee Avenue

PIN
Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
C

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
No

Criteria

main image
Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN300(1)
Building Details
Building name
Central Park 
Ground Floor Use
Park 
Upper Floor Use
N/A 
Current Occupant
Sunrise Rotary Park 
Zoning
 
Number of Stories
N/A 
Property Index Number
 
National Register
NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib
C 
Within District?
No 
NR Landmark?
No 
Year
 
NR Eligible?
No 
Criteria
 
Alternate Address?
 
General Information
Category
site 
Condition
Good 
Integrity
 
Current Use
Landscape - park 
Historic Use
Landscape - park 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Park 
Details
 
Other Year
1988, 2000 (c) 
Date source
Illinois Digital Archives/plaque/surveyor 
Wall Material (Current)
 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
 
Plan
 
No of Stories
 
Roof Type
 
Roof Material
 
Foundation
 
Porch
 
Window Material
 
Window Material 2
 
Window Type
 
Window Configuration
 
Significance
 
Historic Features
Overall area of park is the same as 1893 
Alterations
Gazebo (1988); playground at east end (c. 2000) 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN300(2)


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN300(3)


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN300(4)


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN300(CentralPark1900s)


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN300(CentralParkhistoricphoto)


Historic Information
Old Address (city dir.year
Building Moved?
Moved From
Original Owner
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
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
From Illinois Digital Archives (info from Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): "A view of Central Park looking east from Milwaukee Avenue. The Catholic church and rectory can be seen through the trees in the background. According to local historian Dean Larson, the cannon was later moved to Cook Park. During World War II it was melted down. Central Park was officially set aside as a park when C. Frank Wright's subdivision became an addition to the village of Libertyville in 1893. Wright's addition was primarily a residential neighborhood surrounding the park, bordered by Broadway Street on the north, Park Avenue on the south, Second Street on the east and Milwaukee Avenue on the west."
Other Sources
Historic photographs of park at Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/cookmemo11/id/37 http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/cookmemo11/id/6270
Historic Info Compiler
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