{"nrhp_refnum":"100011693","name":"Marshall Field and Company Store (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1136-1150 Lake Street","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oak Park","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":"2025-04-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story Art Deco department store at 1144 W. Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, built in 1929 as Marshall Field & Company's first permanent suburban store. It was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst and White.","why_significant":"It was the first permanent suburban store opened by a major downtown Chicago retailer, marking a milestone in department store history and the move toward suburban shopping centers. Its presence helped make Oak Park the main shopping center for the western suburbs. It is also a prominent, well-preserved example of Art Deco design by a firm known for department store architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1929 at the corner of Lake Street and Harlem Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois, this five-story department store was Marshall Field & Company's first permanent suburban branch. Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, successors to the firm that designed the company's State Street flagship, designed it with a steel frame, brick walls and a stone veneer of black granite, Tennessee marble and limestone. A slate-tiled mansard roof, bronze ornamentation and chevron and zigzag motifs give it an Art Deco character. It opened on October 19, 1929, and was the first time a major downtown Chicago retailer built a store in the suburbs. The store anchored Oak Park's Lake Street shopping district, which grew into the main retail center for the western suburbs and provided tax revenue for the village. The exterior remains largely intact, though the interior was altered over the decades, including a 1949 expansion into the neighboring Oak Leaves Building.","period_of_significance":"1928-29","architect_builder":"Graham, Anderson, Probst and White","architectural_style":"Art Deco (described in original accounts as a modern adaptation of the French Renaissance)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained and nearly intact on the exterior; a rehabilitation was under way, reconfiguring the interior for office and retail tenants.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.382576-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/8922/28892230/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/87002510.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892230","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/marshall-field-and-company-store-boundary-increase-100011693/"}