{"nrhp_refnum":"08001167","name":"O'Grady, Mr. J. William de Coursey, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"149 Kenilworth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kenilworth","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.09129005600005,"lon":-87.71129153999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story Classical Revival/Georgian Revival single-family house at 149 Kenilworth Avenue in Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1898 and designed by Franklin P. Burnham for developer Joseph Sears.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a distinctive example of Classical Revival/Georgian Revival architecture in a village where most houses are Queen Anne, Tudor or Prairie style. It was designed by Kenilworth Company architect Franklin P. Burnham and built as a speculative venture for village founder Joseph Sears. It is also tied to its first long-term owner, William de Coursey O'Grady, who bought it in 1901. The form states the house has excellent integrity.","narrative":"Set on the north side of Kenilworth Avenue, about 0.4 miles from the village train station, this two-and-a-half story house was built in 1898 as a speculative venture for Kenilworth founder Joseph Sears. Architect Franklin P. Burnham, who worked for the Kenilworth Company, gave it a symmetrical Classical Revival design with Georgian Revival features: white clapboard siding, fluted Ionic corner pilasters, a modillioned cornice with dentils, and a pedimented central entrance bay. William de Coursey O'Grady bought the home in 1901 and was its first long-term owner. A semicircular Corinthian portico was added in 1936, and a side porch was enclosed around the same time. The lot straddles the Skokie Ditch, which is unusual on its block, and includes a detached garage from about 1922. The house is considered distinctive because most Kenilworth residences are Queen Anne, Tudor or Prairie in style, and it retains excellent integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Franklin P. Burnham (architect, Kenilworth Company); built for Joseph Sears","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival/Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Remains in use as a single dwelling; the form states excellent integrity, with a rear covered porch added in 2000 and further window work planned on the sun porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.580321-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/8919/28891970/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/08001167.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001167/4300049c29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001167/4300049c29-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dannoel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noel-149KenilworthAveKenilworthIL.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dannoel</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:Noel-149KenilworthAveKenilworthIL.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891970","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._J._William_de_Coursey_O%27Grady_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104855404"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/ogrady-mr-j-william-de-coursey-house-08001167/"}