Beginning Street Number
426

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
N. Milwaukee Avenue

PIN
Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
NC

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
No

Criteria

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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN426
Building Details
Building name
Petranek Pharmacy 
Ground Floor Use
Commercial 
Upper Floor Use
N/A 
Current Occupant
Petranek Pharmacy 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
1 
Property Index Number
1116400026 
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
1993 
Date source
Permits 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
 
Plan
Rectangular 
No of Stories
1 
Roof Type
Flat 
Roof Material
Asphalt - shingle 
Foundation
Not visible 
Porch
 
Window Material
Metal 
Window Material 2
 
Window Type
Storefront 
Window Configuration
1-light 
Significance
 
Historic Features
Curving storefront with stone bulkhead and metal storefront windows 
Alterations
Much of front facade covered with dryvit, parapet wall rebuilt with center gable (1993); signage 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN426(2)


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Photo Id:
426MilwaukeeAve


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN426(1950s)


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN426(1970s)


Historic Information
Old Address (city dir.year
Building Moved?
Moved From
Original Owner
Original Architect
Dart, Edward D.
Architect Source
Permit
Builder
Pickus Construction
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 #
1089
Date
3/17/1955
Building Permit Description
Brick one story business
Cost
$50,000.00
Original Owner Occupied?
Exterior Alteration Permits
93-526 (9/17/1993)--new exterior dryvit facade with peaked parapet wall
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
From Illinois Digital Archives (info provided by the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library)--"Petranek's Pharmacy was located at 426 North Milwaukee Avenue near the southeast corner of East Cook Street and North Milwaukee Avenue. It was a successor to the historic Lovell's Pharmacy, owned by Kenneth Lovell, which opened for business at that site in 1876. Over the years, several people ran the pharmacy business. J. Swann took over in 1896; the pharmacy changed to Miller Drugs in 1946. Louis J. Petranek (Lou) took over in the late 1940s and the business became Petranek's in 1950. A fire in 1954 did $125,000 worth of damage to the building, destroying the Lovell building. For a period of two years or so, Petranek's operated at 519 North Milwaukee Avenue while the building in the photograph was erected. Petranek's reopened at 426 North Milwaukee Avenue in 1956. Lou Petranek left in 1960. A series of owners took over, keeping the name Petranek's and operating as the only independent pharmacy in the area. Also pictured in this photograph are Mooney's Fur Shop (428 N. Milwaukee Ave.), Enevold Realty Company (430 N. Milwaukee Ave.), and Morrison Shoes (432 N. Milwaukee Ave.)."
Other Sources
Sanborn Maps--1948 (Sheet 2) Historic photos from the 1950s and 1970s on Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library)-- http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/2031/rec/2 http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/6641/rec/3
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