{"nrhp_refnum":"07000853","name":"Vial, Robert, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7425 S. Wolf Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burr Ridge","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.75487596900007,"lon":-87.89582809799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-dwelling farmhouse at 7425 S. Wolf Road in Burr Ridge, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1856 by farmer and civic leader Robert Vial. It is an upright-and-wing house with Greek Revival and Italianate elements, now relocated within Pleasantdale Park.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of an upright-and-wing vernacular dwelling, and under Criterion A for Robert Vial's early settlement in the area and his role in the community's development. It is described as the oldest surviving building of its kind in the community, with outstanding integrity after a ten-year restoration.","narrative":"Built in 1856 by farmer and civic leader Robert Vial, this upright-and-wing farmhouse in Burr Ridge, about fifteen miles west of downtown Chicago, combines Greek Revival and Italianate details. It has a two-story front gable, a one-and-a-half-story side wing with a columned porch, wood clapboard siding, a cut stone foundation, and bracketed eaves. Inside are original pine floors and plaster walls. After standing vacant and deteriorating, the house faced demolition for a housing development. A local heritage society and park district acquired it on the condition that it be moved, and it was relocated less than two miles to Pleasantdale Park, set back from the road as before. A ten-year restoration removed later additions and returned it to its original appearance using historic photographs and physical evidence. It is considered significant as a well-preserved example of a mid-nineteenth-century farmhouse and for Vial's role in early settlement and community development.","period_of_significance":"1856","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Other: Upright-and-wing (with Greek Revival and Italianate elements)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored to its 1856 appearance and moved less than two miles to Pleasantdale Park to avoid demolition; listed function is still a single dwelling and it is in public local ownership.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.026489-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/8924/28892402/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/07000853.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000853/d1f22dc339-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000853/d1f22dc339-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vial_House_1_(NRHP).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</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:Vial_House_1_(NRHP).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892402","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vial_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7350610"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/vial-robert-house-07000853/"}