{"nrhp_refnum":"00000950","name":"Noble-Seymour-Crippen House","other_names":["Norwood Park Historical Society Museum'"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5622-5624 N. Newark Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.984056373000044,"lon":-87.79544130099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame Italianate house at 5622-5624 North Newark Avenue in the Norwood Park area of Chicago. Mark Noble built the original part in 1833-1834, and Thomas Seymour added the two-story Italianate wing in 1868.","why_significant":"The part built by Noble is described as the oldest house within the present city limits of Chicago, tied to Noble's role as an early settler. It is also linked to Thomas Seymour, who led the growth of the suburban community of Norwood Park, and to Stuart and Charlotte Crippen, who were community leaders and ran the L.B. Allen Company, a local employer.","narrative":"This frame house at 5622-5624 North Newark Avenue in Chicago's Norwood Park began in 1833-1834 as a one-story dwelling built by English settler Mark Noble on a handmade brick foundation. In 1868 Thomas Seymour added a two-story Italianate wing and raised the roof of the older section. The house is described as the oldest within the present city limits of Chicago. Noble was an early settler who assembled nearly 600 acres. Seymour led the development of Norwood Park as a picturesque suburb until his death in 1915. Stuart and Charlotte Crippen bought the house in 1916, hosted concerts and church meetings there, and ran the L.B. Allen Company, a maker of solder fluxes and glues. Their family kept the house until 1987, when the Norwood Park Historical Society bought it. The society restored it from 1998 to 2000 to its 1920 appearance, and it now operates as a museum and archive.","period_of_significance":"1833-1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Restored 1998-2000 to its 1920 appearance and in use as the Norwood Park Historical Society museum; the second floor of the south wing is used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.764545-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/8926/28892619/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/00000950.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000950/31f49d3e1d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000950/31f49d3e1d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Zagalejo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noble_Seymour_Crippen_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Zagalejo</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noble_Seymour_Crippen_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892619","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble%E2%80%93Seymour%E2%80%93Crippen_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7045685"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/noble-seymour-crippen-house-00000950/"}