Beginning Street Number
519

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:
MilwaukeeAveN519
Building Details
Building name
 
Ground Floor Use
Commercial 
Upper Floor Use
Commercial Storage 
Current Occupant
The Tavern 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
Property Index Number
1116300088 

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
Two Part Commercial Block (altered) 
Details
 
Other Year
1980s/1997 
Date source
Plaque; Illinois Digital Archives; permits 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
 
Plan
Rectangular 
No of Stories
Roof Type
Flat 
Roof Material
Not Visible 
Foundation
Not visible 
Porch
 
Window Material
Aluminum/vinyl 
Window Material 2
 
Window Type
 
Window Configuration
1-light; multi-light 
Significance
 
Historic Features
 
Alterations
Historic facade was covered with a slipcover in 1964, and the storefront level was substantially altered. The building was remodeled again around in the 1980s---new facade features corbelled brick cornice, fixed 2nd-story windows with round-arch applied lintels, and single storefront with three-part storefront window and south end entry. Although closer in design to the original, the recent remodeling is substantially different from the original 19th-century design (see 1956 photograph); 2-story rear addition (not historic); secondary west facade with cornice, faux windows, entry (1997) 

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN519(rear)


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Photo Id:
NMil519521


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Photo Id:
NMilAve515519521


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN515-521(1950s)


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN519(1970s)


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
3493 (6/15/1964)--alterations to front facade (aluminum slip cover); 97-271 (5/12/1997)--install fypon-type cornice detail on existing building (west facade); photograph from 1981 Appearance Review Commission shows front facade and storefront level essentially the same as it is now.
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
Information on 1950s-era tenants on Illinois Digital Archives (info provided by Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library)--"Keswick's was located at 515 N. Milwaukee Avenue. The store sold Gibson greeting cards, costume jewelry, dinnerware, flatware, and "gifts for all occasions." Petranke's Drug Store was located just to the north of Keswick's at 519 N. Milwaukee Avenue."
Other Sources
Sanborn Maps--1897 (Sheet 1), 1907 (Sheet 2), 1912 (Sheet 2), 1924 (Sheet 2), 1933 (Sheet 2), 1948 (Sheet 2) Historic photograph of building (1950s) on Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library)-- http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/1241/rec/2 1970s Assesor Photograph-- http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/6651/rec/1
Historic Info Compiler
LR
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