Beginning Street Number
135

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
W. Church Street

PIN
Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
C

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
Potentially Eligible

Criteria
A, H

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Photo Id:
ChurchStW135(1)
Building Details
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 
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
Social - civic 
Historic Use
Government - post office 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Colonial Revival 
Details
 
Other Year
1993 
Date source
Illinois Digital Archives/ permit 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
 
Plan
Rectangular 
No of Stories
1 
Roof Type
Hipped 
Roof Material
slate 
Foundation
Not visible 
Porch
 
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 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Historic Information
Old Address (city dir.year
Building Moved?
Moved From
Original Owner
United States Post Office
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
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
COA Info
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
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