{"nrhp_refnum":"10001201","name":"Cermak, Anton, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2348 S. Millard","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.85033818800008,"lon":-87.71672934599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story brick single-family house at 2348 South Millard Avenue in the South Lawndale community area of Chicago, built in 1912 in the American Foursquare style with Craftsman influences.","why_significant":"The house is nominated under Criterion B for its association with Anton Cermak, Chicago's first and only foreign-born mayor, who lived there from 1923 until his 1933 assassination. It is described as the only property in Chicago closely associated with him, and it is where he lived during the most important years of his political career. The nomination argues local significance in politics and government.","narrative":"Built in 1912 at 2348 South Millard Avenue in Chicago's South Lawndale neighborhood, this two-and-a-half story house is a red-brown brick American Foursquare with limestone trim, a hipped roof, and a square footprint on a raised basement. Details include a front porch with brick piers and limestone bases, classically inspired wood brackets, and a Palladian-style attic dormer. Inside, a central hall, an oak staircase, oak floors, and rounded wall-to-ceiling corners survive. Anton Cermak, who became mayor of Chicago in 1931, lived here from 1923 until his assassination in 1933. Born in Bohemia, he rose from the Illinois legislature and the city council to lead the Cook County Board and the county Democratic Party. The nomination calls this the only Chicago property closely tied to him, and it was listed for that connection. A 1930s-era security alarm installed by Cermak remains on the wall, though it no longer works.","period_of_significance":"1923-1933","architect_builder":"Randak, Frank A., architect; Rezny, James B., architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Craftsman; Other: American Foursquare","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Retains high integrity and is still used as a single dwelling; a rear 1922 cottage is used as an office. The basement is used for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.704995-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/8926/28892643/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/10001201.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001201/a3925b88cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001201/a3925b88cf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Boscophotos","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_Cermack_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Boscophotos</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:Image_Cermack_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892643","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Cermak_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65054470"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/cermak-anton-house-10001201/"}