Beginning Street Number
200

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
A

main image
Photo Id:
ChurchStE200(4)
Building Details
Building name
Joseph's Flower Shop 
Ground Floor Use
Commercial 
Upper Floor Use
Commercial/Office 
Current Occupant
Bleck & Bleck Architects 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
1 
Property Index Number
1116411022 
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
Addition 
Current Use
Commerce/Trade 
Historic Use
Commerce/Trade 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Neo-Expressionist 
Details
 
Other Year
 
Date source
Permit 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
 
Plan
Irregular 
No of Stories
1 
Roof Type
 
Roof Material
Not Visible 
Foundation
Concrete 
Porch
 
Window Material
Metal 
Window Material 2
 
Window Type
fixed 
Window Configuration
 
Significance
Rare, post-World War II Expressionist design in Libertyville. The building is an early design by architect Rodney H. Wright, who lived and worked in Libertyville in the early-to-mid-1960s. Wright was later known for his work on passive solar design and the design of child care facilities. 
Historic Features
Complex massing and butterfly roofline; pyramidal skylight jutting from center of the building; obscured entrance; vertical windows 
Alterations
garage addition (1970) 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
additional_images
Photo Id:
EChurch200206


Historic Information
Old Address (city dir.year
Building Moved?
Moved From
Original Owner
Original Architect
Wright, Rodney H.
Architect Source
Permit
Builder
Dugo, Joseph
Surveyor
LR
Surveyor Organization
Ramsey Historic Consultants
Survey Date
May-June 2016
Survey Area
Downtown Libertyville
Permit/Historic Information
Old Address
Date of Construction
1962
Permit Moving Information
Moving Permit #
Date Moved
Original Permit Information
Building Permit #
3049
Date
5/21/1962
Building Permit Description
Brick and block 1 story building
Cost
$30,899.00
Original Owner Occupied?
Exterior Alteration Permits
6096 (7/31/1970)--garage addition
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
From Illinois Digital Archive: "Rodney Wright designed this building as a flower shop for Joseph's, a Libertyville floral shop."
Other Sources
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