{"nrhp_refnum":"09000780","name":"Calhoun, Mr. James Kent, House","other_names":["Javore, R. Scott and Barbara Kent, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"740 Greenwood Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glencoe","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.13626274000006,"lon":-87.76242436499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne style single-family house at 740 Greenwood Avenue in Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois, built 1894-1895 for James Kent Calhoun and his wife Alice.","why_significant":"The form marks Criterion A, with areas of significance in Community Planning and Development and Politics/Government, over a period of 1895-1959. The house is described as a high-style, largely unaltered spindlework Queen Anne, one of fifteen Queen Anne examples in Glencoe. It stayed in the Calhoun family until 1975.","narrative":"Built between 1894 and 1895, this two-and-a-half-story frame house at 740 Greenwood Avenue in Glencoe, Illinois, was the home of James Kent Calhoun and his wife Alice. No permit or plans survive, but it is believed to have been built from prize plans published in the Chicago Tribune for about $2,700. The architect is unknown. The house is a Queen Anne in the spindlework subtype, with turned porch supports, slatted balustrades and a small frieze on the front porch. It has yellow clapboard siding, a raised brick foundation and a gable roof with cross gable. A 1920 rear extension and enclosed second-floor porch are the main historic changes. A porch salvaged from a 1902 Glencoe house was added at the rear in 1993. The Calhoun family owned the property until 1975. It is listed under Criterion A for community planning and development and politics and government, with significance spanning 1895 to 1959, and remains a single-family residence.","period_of_significance":"1895-1959","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian/Queen Anne (spindlework subtype)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; historic alterations in 1920 and a salvaged 1902 rear porch added in 1993.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.206719-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/8925/28892596/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/09000780.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000780/50bd5fb556-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000780/50bd5fb556-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calhoun,_Mr_James_Kent_House_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Thshriver</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:Calhoun,_Mr_James_Kent_House_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892596","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._James_Kent_Calhoun_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104855419"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/calhoun-mr-james-kent-house-09000780/"}