{"nrhp_refnum":"10000038","name":"Baker, George, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 S. 500 Taylor Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glen Ellyn","county":"DuPage County","state":"IL","lat":41.85262105700008,"lon":-88.05553718899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Greek Revival farmhouse of brick and limestone at 1 South 500 Taylor Road in unincorporated Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, Illinois. It was built in 1847 with a south wing added in 1853.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be locally significant under Criterion C for architecture, as a particularly fine Greek Revival farmhouse of the Gable Front and Wing subtype. It is one of the oldest residences in DuPage County and predates the area's more elaborate houses by more than two decades. It is also one of the few area buildings of its period built of brick and stone rather than wood.","narrative":"Built in 1847 on a sloping hillside in unincorporated Glen Ellyn, this three-story farmhouse of white-painted brick on a limestone foundation was once the center of a farm of more than 390 acres. George Baker, whose father Valentine assembled the land after arriving from Europe in 1843, built the house, and a two-story wing was added to the south in 1853, giving it an upright-and-wing form. Greek Revival details include a front gable, a center entry and wide trim in the principal upstairs room. Walls of six courses of brick leave an air gap for natural cooling and warming. After a period of neglect in the early 1900s, the house was rehabilitated in the 1940s with heating, plumbing and electricity, yet it kept its original framework. It is considered locally significant as one of DuPage County's oldest homes and a rare brick-and-stone farmhouse of its era. A shed and a garage on the one-acre lot do not contribute.","period_of_significance":"1847, 1853","architect_builder":"George Baker (assumed)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Other: Upright and Wing","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling; the interior and exterior are described as retaining integrity after modernization in the 1940s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.212609-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/8927/28892740/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/10000038.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000038/3bba1203fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000038/3bba1203fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GeorgeBakerHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08 at en.wikipedia</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:GeorgeBakerHouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892740","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Baker_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5536635"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/dupage-county/baker-george-house-10000038/"}