{"nrhp_refnum":"79000832","name":"Kenilworth Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"410 Kenilworth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kenilworth","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.08639840400008,"lon":-87.71583140599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Prairie School community clubhouse at 410 Kenilworth Avenue in Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1907 and designed by George W. Maher on land provided by the village's founder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the clubhouse is a well-preserved, early work by Prairie School architect George W. Maher. Its vertical ornament and tripartite window details anticipate patterns he used in later buildings such as Swift Hall at Northwestern. It is also one of his last structures to heavily emphasize the horizontal, marking a transition in his career.","narrative":"Kenilworth Club is a one-story clubhouse at 410 Kenilworth Avenue in the Chicago suburb of Kenilworth, Illinois. Completed in 1907 on land supplied by the village founder, it was designed by George W. Maher, a Kenilworth resident and Prairie School architect. White walls are divided by dark brown wooden posts and broad horizontal bands, while a low hipped roof projects over the auditorium and deep eaves extend beyond the facade. Inside, built-in seating, woodwork and stained glass repeat a symbol Maher created for the village, representing its lake and trees. Apart from a modernized kitchen and some enclosed office space, the building remains as built. Its significance rests on its place in Maher's career: the vertical ornament and three-part window design anticipate patterns he used in Swift Hall at Northwestern University, and it is among his last works to stress horizontal lines. A large elm once rose through the entrance eaves before dying of Dutch elm disease in 1976.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"George W. Maher","architectural_style":"Prairie School","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and unaltered apart from a modernized kitchen and some enclosed office space; occupied and used as a community club.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.595268-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/8920/28892068/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/79000832.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000832/e4c4985b80-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000832/e4c4985b80-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kenilworth_Club_3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Thshriver</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:Kenilworth_Club_3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892068","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenilworth_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24061975"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/kenilworth-club-79000832/"}