Beginning Street Number
121

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
E. Cook Avenue

PIN

Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
NC

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
No

Criteria


main image
Photo Id:
CookAveE121
Building Details
Building name
 
Ground Floor Use
Commercial 
Upper Floor Use
N/A 
Current Occupant
Salon Kallisto 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
Property Index Number
1116411031 

National Register
NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib
NC 
Within District?
No 
NR Landmark?
No 
Year
 
NR Eligible?
No 
Criteria
 
Alternate Address?
 

General Information
Category
Building 
Condition
Good 
Integrity
Major alterations 
Current Use
Commerce/Trade 
Historic Use
Commerce/Trade 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 

Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
One Part Commercial Block 
Details
 
Other Year
1994 
Date source
Permits 
Wall Material (Current)
Stucco 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
Concrete block 
Plan
Rectangular 
No of Stories
Roof Type
Flat 
Roof Material
Not Visible 
Foundation
Concrete-block 
Porch
 
Window Material
 
Window Material 2
Aluminum/vinyl 
Window Type
Storefront 
Window Configuration
1-light 
Significance
 
Historic Features
Rectangular massing; flat roof 
Alterations
Front facade completely remodeled in 1994, with other minor subsequent alterations--dryvit on facade; replacement storefront windows in non-historic configuration; awning 

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
additional_images
Photo Id:
ECookAve121


Historic Information
Old Address (city dir.year
Building Moved?
Moved From
Original Owner
Cooper, Kenneth
Original Architect
Architect Source
Builder
Roewat, Roy
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 #
1320
Date
12/14/1955
Building Permit Description
one-story concrete block commercial building
Cost
$10,000.00
Original Owner Occupied?
Exterior Alteration Permits
S94-152 (1994)--awnings; Application for Certification of Approval Appearance Review Commission (1994)--drawings show building with awning, corner dryvit brackets, paneled dryvit piers; photos included of building before renovation
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
From Illinois Digital Archives (provided by Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library)--"Sometime around 1958 the Village Pantry, a small restaurant at 120 East Cook Street, closed, and the Village Restaurant pictured here opened across the street at 121 East Cook Street. The Village Restaurant was open from 5:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. and served spaghetti every Wednesday. Their ad boasted "Hot meals for hungry people."
Other Sources
Historic photograph of building at Illinois Digital Archives (provided by Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library)--http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/2112/rec/1
Historic Info Compiler
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