{"nrhp_refnum":"11000048","name":"Greeley, Dr. Paul W. and Eunice, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"545 Oak St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winnetka","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.10670335200007,"lon":-87.72509515199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family brick house at 545 Oak Street in Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois, designed by architect Frank Polito in 1937 for Dr. Paul W. and Eunice Greeley in a Classical Revival style modeled on an early nineteenth-century Greek Revival house.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an unusual, literal Greek Revival interpretation within the Classical Revival style. It also has applied decorative finishes in the dining room designed by noted architect Fiske Sidney Kimball, and was originally accompanied by a landscape design by Root and Hollister. It is described as having excellent integrity, and the text also documents the career of architect Frank Polito.","narrative":"Built in 1937 at 545 Oak Street in Winnetka, this eleven-room brick house was designed by architect Frank Polito for Dr. Paul W. and Eunice Greeley. Though classed as Classical Revival, it is a literal take on an early nineteenth-century Greek Revival house. A two-story central block with a gabled roof and deep cornice returns is flanked by one-story wings whose extended eaves rest on four Ionic columns each. The white-painted brick walls carry subtle detail made by projecting and recessing bricks, including dentil molding, a fanlight in the front gable and corner quoining. Inside, an oval stairhall with an elliptical staircase connects the public and private rooms, and the dining room has applied decorative finishes designed by noted architect Fiske Sidney Kimball. Root and Hollister created the original landscape design, though how much survives is unclear. The house replaced an earlier Queen Anne residence on the lot and is described as retaining excellent integrity, with its major public spaces and key historic features unaltered.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frank Polito (architect); Fiske Sidney Kimball (dining room decorative finishes); Root and Hollister (landscape design)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently a single dwelling; the form says the house has excellent integrity with no alterations to major public spaces or critical historic features.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.098146-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/8919/28891959/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/11000048.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000048/7094550261-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000048/7094550261-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Zol87","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Eunice_Greeley_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zol87</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Eunice_Greeley_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891959","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Paul_W._and_Eunice_Greeley_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15215003"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/greeley-dr-paul-w-and-eunice-house-11000048/"}