{"nrhp_refnum":"03000790","name":"Snite, John Taylor, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"225 N. Deere Park Ave. E","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.158187817000055,"lon":-87.76181642499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-08-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story white-painted brick residence at 225 North Deere Park Avenue East in the Braeside area of Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, built in 1937 on a bluff above Lake Michigan and designed by architect Jerome Cerny.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an eclectic French Renaissance Revival design that also uses Art Deco and Art Moderne elements, showing Cerny's shift from eclecticism toward modernism. It is described as a distinctive work among his many country houses, with ties to David Adler's influence, and it was published in Architectural Record in June 1940.","narrative":"Built in 1937 on a bluff above Lake Michigan in Highland Park's Braeside area, this two-story white-painted brick house wraps around a courtyard in a U shape. Architect Jerome Cerny, who had worked as a draftsman for David Adler, designed it for yachtsman John Taylor Snite. The design draws on small French manor houses, with a steep red Ludowici tile roof, symmetrical wings and French doors, and adds Art Deco and Art Moderne touches in its moldings, mantels and a diagonal-pattern stair balustrade. A central ship room reflects the owner's interest in yachting. Later owners extended the wings in 1970-71 to add an indoor pool and garage, and landscaping and a lake-access funicular tram were added to the 1.3-acre site. The property is considered significant as a transitional work in Cerny's career, moving from traditional eclectic styles toward modernism, and Architectural Record featured it in 1940 for its sparing use of moldings and decoration. It remains a private single-family home.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jerome Cerny (Jerome Robert Cerny), architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/French Renaissance; Modern Movement/Art Deco, Moderne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Continues in use as a single-family dwelling; the form describes additions of an indoor pool wing (1970-71) and renovations, including 1995 landscaping.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.778179-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/8912/28891223/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/03000790.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000790/bcd260ba8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000790/bcd260ba8e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Taylor_Snite_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Taylor_Snite_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891223","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Snite_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900308"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/snite-john-taylor-house-03000790/"}