Beginning Street Number
725-741

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:
MilwaukeeAveN725-747(1)
Building Details
Building name
Liberty Square 
Ground Floor Use
Commercial 
Upper Floor Use
N/A 
Current Occupant
Mischief Brewing (725); Puchlski & Goodloe (731); Pierce & Associates (733); Improv Playhouse (735); Libertyville Accupuncture (737); Bennett Chiropractic (739); Great Rooms Designers & Builders, Inc. (741) 
Zoning
C-1 
Number of Stories
1 
Property Index Number
1116300023 
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 and additions 
Current Use
Commerce/Trade 
Historic Use
Commerce/Trade 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Strip mall 
Details
Neo-Tudor/Mansard 
Other Year
1976; 1987 
Date source
Permits 
Wall Material (Current)
Stucco 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
Brick 
Plan
Irregular 
No of Stories
1 
Roof Type
Combination 
Roof Material
Asphalt - single/not visible 
Foundation
Not visible 
Porch
Front 
Window Material
Aluminum/vinyl 
Window Material 2
 
Window Type
Storefront 
Window Configuration
1-light 
Significance
 
Historic Features
permits show gas station built on site in 1952. 
Alterations
Existing gas station expanded into strip mall some time in 1976, with faux mansard roof and decorative half timbering; east section of building dates from 1987; replacement storefront windows along south storefronts 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
NorthMilwaukee725


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Photo Id:
NorthMilwaukee725(2)


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Photo Id:
MilwaukeeAveN725-745(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 #
279
Date
4/5/1952
Building Permit Description
one-story concrete block business
Cost
$5,000.00
Original Owner Occupied?
Exterior Alteration Permits
Architectural drawings dated 1/26/1976 for strip mall in permit folder for 731 N. Milwaukee Avenue; Architectural drawings dated 3/16/1987 in permit file for 737 N. Milwaukee Avenue--1-story east addition
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
Original permit for gas station dated 1952. Incorporated into Liberty Square strip mall in the 1970s. Assessor's photograph from the mid-1970s at Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/6679/rec/249
Other Sources
Sanborn maps--1948 (Sheet 9)
Historic Info Compiler
LR
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