{"nrhp_refnum":"77000482","name":"Cluever, Richard, House","other_names":["Alcuin Montessori School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"601 1st Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maywood","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.893087395000066,"lon":-87.83360681399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Prairie style residence in Maywood, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1913-1914 and designed by architect John S. Van Bergen. It sits on about 3.5 acres between First Avenue and the Des Plaines River and now houses a Montessori school.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house reflects the full maturity of the Prairie School movement and shows Van Bergen's strong sense of proportion, to the point that it could be mistaken for a work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Its many verandas, balconies and casement windows tie it closely to the landscaped grounds and river. The landscaping, including a prairie river garden, is probably the work of Jens Jensen.","narrative":"Built in 1913-1914 in Maywood, Illinois, this two-story residence was designed by John S. Van Bergen for Richard Cluever. It occupies a long, carefully landscaped lot running from First Avenue to the Des Plaines River. Hollow tile walls covered in stucco, dark stained board trim, a red tile hip roof and a T-shaped plan with projecting and receding masses mark it as Prairie architecture. Ribbon-like groups of casement windows, a central fireplace of Roman brick and strong horizontal wood trim shape the interior. Verandas and balconies open the house to the outdoors, and the grounds include a prairie river garden of the kind associated with Jens Jensen, who probably collaborated on the design. Van Bergen had worked in the offices of Walter Burley Griffin and Frank Lloyd Wright, and the house was illustrated in Western Architect in 1915. It was listed for showing the mature Prairie School style, despite later enclosed porches and replaced windows.","period_of_significance":"1913-1914","architect_builder":"John S. Van Bergen","architectural_style":"Prairie style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, privately owned, and in educational use as the Alcuin Montessori School; some porches enclosed and some windows replaced.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.299398-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/8924/28892436/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/77000482.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000482/c5cf428e25-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000482/c5cf428e25-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Boscophotos","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_West_side_of_Cluever_House.jpeg\" 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_West_side_of_Cluever_House.jpeg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892436","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cluever_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97304454"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/cluever-richard-house-77000482/"}