Beginning Street Number
117-125

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
E. Church Street

PIN
Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
C

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
Yes

Criteria
H

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Photo Id:
ChurchStE117(1)
Building Details
Building name
Illinois Bell Telephone Company Building 
Ground Floor Use
Commercial 
Upper Floor Use
Commercial 
Current Occupant
Ameritech 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
2 
Property Index Number
1116414003; 1116414014; 1116414015; 1116414017 
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
Commerce/Trade 
Historic Use
Commerce/Trade 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Midcentury Modern 
Details
 
Other Year
1956, 1968 
Date source
Illinois Digital Archives/Permits 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
 
Plan
Rectangular 
No of Stories
2 
Roof Type
Flat 
Roof Material
Not Visible 
Foundation
Concrete 
Porch
 
Window Material
Metal 
Window Material 2
Aluminum/vinyl 
Window Type
Casement 
Window Configuration
1-light 
Significance
Building may be eligible for local landmark designation for its associations with the history and development of communications in the Village of Libertyville. The building replaced an earlier office erected at the same location in 1923. 
Historic Features
Red brick exterior; ribbon windows connected with horizontal concrete surrounds; main entrance at ground level set within a slightly projecting overhang capped with concrete, with a row of casement windows stretching beside the doorway within a concrete-clad wall. 
Alterations
Two story rear additions (1956 and 1968); front window east of entry bricked in 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
additional_images
Photo Id:
EChurch117


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
1445 (5/16/1956)--2nd story addition; JCR-11-0034 (2011)--replace door and walk; 4478 (3/25/1968)--2-story masonry addition
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
Historic photograph and information on building at Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/2106/rec/9 "On November 30, 1943, ground was broken for the Illinois Bell Building pictured here at 117 East Church Street. Completion of this office building the following year allowed for expanded and modernized services, including conversion to dial service by the end of the decade. Growth continued in the 1950s, necessitating an addition to the original building in 1956. That year there were 164 Illinois Bell Employees working in Libertyville. Historical Note: Telephone service first came to Libertyville in 1897, when F. B. Lovell and Fletcher Clark formed the Lake County Telephone Company. Lovell used the back room of his drug store as the central office, where there was one operator."
Other Sources
Sanborn Maps: 1948 (Sheet 5)
Historic Info Compiler
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