{"nrhp_refnum":"07000062","name":"Silhan, Mr. Robert, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3728 S. Cuyler Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berwyn","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.824407128000075,"lon":-87.78157263299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family Art Moderne house at 3728 South Cuyler Avenue in Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois, estimated to have been built in 1937 by original owner Robert Silhan and his son Robert Edward Silhan Jr. The property includes a rear Beaux-Arts style pool and cabana.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a high-style Art Moderne residence of original design, inspired by the 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair. It is built almost entirely of salvaged white and black glazed Tiffany Enameled Brick with racing stripes and rounded corners. The excerpt does not include the form's full significance statement, criteria or period.","narrative":"This Art Moderne house at 3728 South Cuyler Avenue in Berwyn was estimated to be built in 1937 by Robert Silhan and his son, Robert Jr. Silhan's design was original but drew on visits to the 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair. The house ranges from one to two stories and is faced almost entirely in white Tiffany Enameled Brick, accented with black glazed brick racing stripes, rounded corners, flat roofs with black metal coping, and a semi-circular bay on the south side. The bricks, stamped with a 1911 date, were acquired through a salvage sale. Inside, an open floor plan, built-ins and much of the original woodwork survive. The rear yard holds a concrete Beaux-Arts style pool, a small cabana and pine trees bought at a post office sale of unclaimed items. Neighborhood children once called the house the Castle, a nod to the white enamel brick of early White Castle restaurants. The house remains a single-family residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Robert Silhan (original owner) and his son Robert Edward Silhan Jr.","architectural_style":"Modern Architecture/Art Moderne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the current owners plan to reinstall the original front door, and the cabana cladding is deteriorated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.27874-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/8919/28891938/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/07000062.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000062/54e3a77329-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000062/54e3a77329-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mr._Robert_Silhan_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mr._Robert_Silhan_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891938","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Robert_Silhan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900214"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/silhan-mr-robert-house-07000062/"}