Beginning Street Number
118

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
W. Cook Avenue

PIN
Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
C

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
No

Criteria

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Photo Id:
CookAveW118(2)
Building Details
Building name
Village Fire Department 
Ground Floor Use
Municipal 
Upper Floor Use
Municipal 
Current Occupant
Village Hall 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
2 
Property Index Number
1116305012; 1116305013 
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
Moderate alterations and additions 
Current Use
Government - city hall 
Historic Use
Government - city hall 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Colonial Revival 
Details
 
Other Year
1970; 1994; 2001 
Date source
Illinois Digital Archives; permits 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
Aluminum/vinyl 
Plan
Irregular 
No of Stories
2 
Roof Type
Multi-gable 
Roof Material
Asphalt - shingle 
Foundation
Concrete 
Porch
 
Window Material
 
Window Material 2
Aluminum/vinyl 
Window Type
Double Hung 
Window Configuration
8/8; 12/12 
Significance
 
Historic Features
Front-gable, south-facing bay, and east square tower are part of original building 
Alterations
Building expanded and remodeled when building became the Village Hall in 1993-4--front (south) garage bays filled in with windows; 1-story entry bay addition at southeast corner; clock face added to tower (2001); replacement windows on all facades, most in original openings, some in altered openings (see 1993 architectural drawings) 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
CookAveW118(3)


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Photo Id:
CookAveW118(5)


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Photo Id:
118cook


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Photo Id:
118cook2


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
JCM-01-0032 (11/20/2001)--clock tower; architectural plans for changes to building as part of conversion to City Hall (3/1/1993)
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
from Illinois Digital Archives (information provided by the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and the Cook Memorial Public Library)--"Street view of West Cook Street looking east toward Milwaukee Ave with the village hall on the left. Built in 1913, Libertyville's original village hall was located on West Cook Street. According to local historian Dean Larson, the village hall housed the fire station, jail, meeting rooms and the Alpha Club Library (the forerunner of Cook Memorial Library) in addition to the village offices. When the village moved its offices to the new Schertz Municipal Building on East Cook Street in 1970, the old village hall was almost completely demolished and a new fire station was constructed at the site. In 1994 the village returned to its roots and moved back to its original site after remodeling the fire station into a new village hall."
Other Sources
Sanborn Maps (1948); Historic photos of building on Illinois Digital Archives
Historic Info Compiler
LR
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