Beginning Street Number
428-432

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
N. Milwaukee Avenue

PIN
Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
C

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
Yes

Criteria
A

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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN428-432(2)
Building Details
Building name
Triggs Mercantile/Triggs & Taylor Grocery 
Ground Floor Use
Commercial 
Upper Floor Use
Unknown 
Current Occupant
Equityone Development (428), Steve's Formal Wear (430), IDEA Design/Build (432) 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
2 
Property Index Number
1116411001 - 1116400025 (430) 
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 
Current Use
Commerce/Trade 
Historic Use
Commerce/Trade 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Two Part Commercial Block 
Details
Queen Anne 
Other Year
 
Date source
Sanborn Map (1897); Cook Memorial Library Local History Collection--Triggs & Taylor folder 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
Metal 
Plan
Rectangular 
No of Stories
2 
Roof Type
Flat 
Roof Material
Not Visible 
Foundation
Not visible 
Porch
 
Window Material
Aluminum/vinyl 
Window Material 2
 
Window Type
Double hung & storefront 
Window Configuration
1/1; 1-light 
Significance
This Queen Anne commercial block may be a candidate for local landmark designation. The brick detailing and elaborately ornamented corner tower are notable features. 
Historic Features
Red face brick on west and north facades; buff brick ornament around 2nd story windows and on wall under cornice on west facade; Elaborate metal cornice with swag ornament; polygonal northwest corner tower with stamped metal ornament and peaked roof; rustic continuous stone lintels and sills at 2nd story windows; although storefront is not historic, its configuration is historically appropriate (see photo from LIBERTYVILLE ILLUSTRATED, p. 31) 
Alterations
Replacement windows in original openings on 2nd story; non-historic storefront materials (1993); replacement 2nd story window; storefront and first-story windows on north facade bricked in 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN428-432(1)


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Photo Id:
430-432NMilwaukeeAve


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
93-422 (8/5/1993)--alter front of building ($32,000--architectural plans in permit file indicate that the alterations were to storefront level only)
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
Building was constructed for Triggs & Taylor after the fire of 1895 destroyed the firm's original building on Milwaukee Avenue. The grocery store was founded by J. Eli Triggs and C. W. Taylor in 1892. Taylor sold his shared to Triggs in 1902, and Triggs retired and sold his shares to his son and Taylor's son Ross in 1914. Ross Taylor sold his shares to A. L. Johnson a few years later. The grocery continued as Triggs and Johnson until 1932. Johnson later sold out of the company, and Triggs continued in the same location until 1942. (https://shelflife.cooklib.org/2015/12/23/triggs-taylor-libertyvilles-hometown-grocier/) Historic photo of building (from 1950s) on Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and the Cook Memorial Public Library)-- http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/1228/rec/3 Historic photo (turn of the 20th century) on page 31 of LIBERTYVILLE ILLUSTRATED.
Other Sources
Sanborn Maps--1897, 1907, 1912, 1924, 1933, 1948
Historic Info Compiler
LR
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