Beginning Street Number
508

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?
No

Criteria

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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN508
Building Details
Building name
Eger, H. B. Building 
Ground Floor Use
Commercial 
Upper Floor Use
Unknown 
Current Occupant
Townee Square (1986) 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
2 
Property Index Number
 
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
Rehabilitated/Restored 
Current Use
Commerce/Trade 
Historic Use
Commerce/Trade 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Two Part Commercial Block 
Details
Queen Anne - Free Classic 
Other Year
1963; 1994 
Date source
Illinois Digital Archives; permits 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
 
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
 
Historic Features
 
Alterations
Building was extensively altered in 1963, with a completely new storefront and an aluminum slipcover over the 2nd floor; the cornice was also removed at that time. Building facade was rehabilitated in 1993--slipcover removed, cornice re-built, brick restored; replacement windows are in original openings; based on historic photographs, the lintels were also added at this time, and were not original to the building; storefront rebuilt (non-historic configuration) 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
508NMilwaukee


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN508(1950s)


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN508(1970s)


Historic Information
Old Address (city dir.year
Building Moved?
Moved From
Original Owner
Eger, H. B.
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
3375 (10.15.1963)--interior and exterior work ($21,400); 94-301 (5/3/1994)--remove metal slipcover and restore facade (add new cornice, second floor windows, storefront, signage)
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
From Illinois Digital Archives (info from Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library)--"In 1896 H. B. Eger built his hardware store just to the north of Schanck's Hardware Company. Eger sold the business to Ernie Griffis in 1935. Griffis was allied with a company named Ace Hardware and put up the sign shown in this photograph. In 1952, Griffis sold to Paul Hesse. Hesse bought Schanck Hardware in 1963 and combined the two stores as Ace Hardware. In 1965 Hesse moved the business north to Peterson Road and opened there on April 1, 1966.
Other Sources
Historic photographs of building from the 1950s and 1970s on Illinois Digital Archives (from collection of Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library) http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/1950/rec/2 (before slipcover) http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/6648/rec/1 (1970s)
Historic Info Compiler
LR
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