{"nrhp_refnum":"05001257","name":"Linn, Howard and Lucy, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"555 Shoreacres Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lake Bluff","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.298637427000074,"lon":-87.83444391399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story French Eclectic country house at 555 Shore Acres Drive in Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois, designed in 1927 by architect Walter Frazier of Frazier & Raftery. It includes a guest house, a dovecote and a pump house on a wooded lakefront site.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a well-preserved example of the asymmetrical subtype of French Renaissance Revival architecture, with a rustic, farmstead-like character inspired by small French manor houses. It also represents the estate houses built north of Lake Bluff village in the 1920s, and the form reports excellent integrity with few changes to the plan or interior.","narrative":"Built in 1927 for Howard and Lucy Linn, this lakeside country house at 555 Shore Acres Drive in Lake Bluff was designed by architect Walter Frazier of Frazier & Raftery. It sits on a heavily wooded 4.7-acre site facing Lake Michigan. The L-shaped, stucco-clad complex includes a main block, a service wing, a guest house and a dovecote, all joined by a covered brick walkway and a grassy courtyard. Heavy exposed timbers, steeply pitched flared roofs of wood shingle, and casement windows with plank shutters give it a rustic look modeled on small French manor houses and farmsteads. Inside, features include a walnut-paneled living room, Rococo-style fireplace mantels and woodwork, and an octagonal library with a domed ceiling. The house was listed as a fine example of the asymmetrical French Renaissance Revival style popular between the world wars, and as part of the estate-house landscape north of the village. The form notes excellent integrity, with the floor plan and most interiors unchanged.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Walter Frazier of Frazier & Raftery","architectural_style":"French Renaissance (French Eclectic / French Renaissance Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently in use as a single dwelling; the form reports excellent integrity with no changes to the floor plan or most interior spaces and exterior features.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.147027-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/8933/28893308/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/05001257.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893308","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_and_Lucy_Linn_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96381318"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/linn-howard-and-lucy-house-05001257/"}