{"nrhp_refnum":"03001463","name":"Robinwood","other_names":["Miller, George H., House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"208 Arlington","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elmhurst","county":"DuPage County","state":"IL","lat":41.897006539000074,"lon":-87.93728469099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Robinwood (also called the George H. Miller House) is a single-family house at 208 Arlington in Elmhurst, Du Page County, Illinois. It was designed in 1908 by New Jersey architect Joy Wheeler Dow for George H. and Bernice Porter Miller.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine local example of the revival styles and architectural movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries under Criterion C. It reflects Dow's aim to build houses that \"express history\" and carry an \"Anglo-Saxon home feeling.\" It is unusual for combining several revival styles, and it survives largely intact.","narrative":"Robinwood is a two-and-a-half-story house at 208 Arlington in Elmhurst, Illinois, designed in 1908 by New Jersey architect Joy Wheeler Dow for Chicago businessman George H. Miller and his wife Bernice. Built of hand-cut Indiana limestone with brick and wood detailing, it has a single sweeping gable, deep eaves, leaded-glass casement windows, bay windows and Flemish-topped dormers. A walled forecourt with a wrought iron gate fronts the house. Inside, red oak wainscot, beamed ceilings and Renaissance-style woodwork remain. The design drew on Dow's earlier \"Princessgate\" house in New Jersey and mixes several revival styles. It is listed for its architecture, as a local example of the period's historical revivals and of Dow's wish to create homes suited to educated middle-class suburban families. It contrasts with the nearby houses of Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Burley Griffin. Only two families have lived in it, and it remains largely unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1908","architect_builder":"Dow, Joy Wheeler","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals; Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements; Other: English Cottage Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; described as remarkably intact and exceptionally well cared for, with only minor exterior and interior alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.469147-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/8927/28892746/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/03001463.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001463/c35f79ae71-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001463/c35f79ae71-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"G LeTourneau","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robinwood_(Elmhurst,_Illinois)_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">G LeTourneau</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Robinwood_(Elmhurst,_Illinois)_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892746","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinwood","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353160"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/dupage-county/robinwood-03001463/"}