Beginning Street Number
701-711

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:
MilwaukeeAveN701-711(7)
Building Details
Building name
Dall Building 
Ground Floor Use
Commercial 
Upper Floor Use
N/A 
Current Occupant
Liberty Cleaners (701), Classic Travel (703), Serendipity Shop (705), Lattitude Shop (707), Wiser Law Group (709), Allstate (711), Phoenix Insurance (711); Lazzaretto Consruction Co. (118), The Improv Playhouse (116), Welllness Clinic (114), North Shore Active Health (112), Proline Sports Nutrition (110) 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
Property Index Number
 

National Register
NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib
Within District?
No 
NR Landmark?
No 
Year
 
NR Eligible?
Yes 
Criteria
Alternate Address?
110-118 W. Lake Street 

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
One Part Commercial Block 
Details
Tudor Revival 
Other Year
 
Date source
Surveyor/Sanborn 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
Stucco 
Plan
Rectangular 
No of Stories
Roof Type
Flat/False Gable 
Roof Material
Slate/Not visible 
Foundation
Not visible 
Porch
 
Window Material
Wood 
Window Material 2
Metal 
Window Type
Storefront & casement 
Window Configuration
1-light; multi-light; diamond-light 
Significance
Charming Tudor-Revival commercial block dating from the mid-1920s. The building retains good integrity, with original storefront configurations and Tudor details. 
Historic Features
Resource consists of two One-Part Commercial Blocks facing Milwaukee Avenue and Lake Street. Buildings are connected via a brick and stone archway along Lake Street. 701-711 N. Milwaukee Building---False gable roof with slate shingles; southeast corner clock tower with peaked roof, decorative half timbering, and decorative stonework around door and window openings; south storefront features entry in tower and single storefront window; four center storefronts feature recessed entrances under a steeply pitched gable with decorative half timbering; verge board, and leaded glass windows on gable walls; storefront windows on these center storefronts are flush with the east wall of the building; north storefront features center recessed entry flanked by two storefront windows, topped by front gable with decorative half timbering and leaded glass windows. Most storefronts (except 701) feature pointed-arch entries and transoms. Some historic casement windows at tower bay 110-118 W. Lake Building--Steeply pitched false, parapeted side-gable roof with ceramic tiles; stone capped parapet; center front gable with decorative half timbering, decorative wood vergeboard; storefront flanked by stone-capped, square brick piers; historic storefront configuration with recessed entry flanked by storefront bays 
Alterations
Replacement windows on most storefronts; signage; glass block windows on rear and side elevations (1998) 

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
NorthMilwaukee701703705


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Photo Id:
NorthMilwaukee701703705(1)


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Photo Id:
NorthMilwaukee705707709711


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Photo Id:
NorthMilwaukee705707709711(2)


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
98-154 (4/1/1998)--glass block installation on rear of buildings;
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
Historic photographs from the 1950s 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/2039/rec/1 http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/cookmemo11/id/2061 http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/cookmemo11/id/2058
Other Sources
Sanborn maps--1924 (Sheet 2), 1933 (Sheet 2), 1948 (Sheet 2)
Historic Info Compiler
LR
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