{"nrhp_refnum":"79000833","name":"Maher, George W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"424 Warwick Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kenilworth","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.090107301000046,"lon":-87.71321298899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story residence with a large attic at 424 Warwick Road in Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois, built about 1893 by architect George W. Maher for himself and his bride.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the house is one of the earliest statements of Maher's design values. It shows the strong influence of the Arts and Crafts movement on him. It also offers a rare example of architecture at the transition from Arts and Crafts principles toward the Prairie School.","narrative":"Built around 1893, this house at 424 Warwick Road in Kenilworth, Illinois, was designed by architect George W. Maher as a home for himself and his bride. It was one of his earliest residential designs and the first of many houses he produced in the village. The two-story house with a large attic is essentially rectangular, topped by a steep hipped roof that curves in a gambrel toward the eaves. Dormers, bays and windows of rounded, arched, pointed and diamond shapes are placed according to need rather than formal symmetry. The walls are light brown stucco over brick, and a wood-and-glass conservatory projects from the south side. The nomination argues the house is significant as an early statement of Maher's design values, showing Arts and Crafts influence and foreshadowing his later work and the Prairie School. It describes the house as well preserved, with massive interior wooden members and a strong sense of central massing.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"George W. Maher","architectural_style":"Arts and Crafts influence, described as transitional toward the Prairie School","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, a private residence, and described as unaltered and on its original site; the form notes it has been repainted several times in a color scheme consistent with the original.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.090855-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/8919/28891940/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/79000833.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000833/6ef0313565-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000833/6ef0313565-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maher,_George_W_House_1.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:Maher,_George_W_House_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891940","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Maher_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104846378"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/maher-george-w-house-79000833/"}