{"nrhp_refnum":"79000834","name":"La Grange Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 12","address_restricted":false,"city":"La Grange","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.812107140500075,"lon":-87.87729882432313,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A non-contiguous historic district in La Grange, a western suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, containing more than 1000 mostly residential structures built from about 1870 to 1920. The Burlington Railroad tracks divide it into a smaller north sector and a larger south sector.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a well preserved suburban area with excellent examples of late 19th and early 20th century domestic architecture. Its development is tied to Chicago, the western suburbs and the Burlington Railroad. Buildings by architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, E. H. Turnock, J. C. Llewelyn and John S. Van Bergen survive largely intact and are still used as originally intended.","narrative":"La Grange Village Historic District covers a large part of a western Chicago suburb, with more than 1000 structures split into north and south sectors by the Burlington Railroad tracks. Most are two to two-and-a-half story houses of brick or wood frame, built from the late 19th to early 20th century in Victorian, Queen Anne, Prairie and vernacular styles. Mature maple, elm and oak trees line many streets. The town took shape after 1872 under developer Franklin D. Cossitt, who laid out streets, planted trees and donated land for churches and schools. Railroad service and later an electric commuter line tied the village to Chicago, and the population grew from about 500 in 1879 to over 10,000 by 1930. The district also holds churches, a school, a library and a water works. Three Frank Lloyd Wright houses stand here, along with work by E. H. Turnock. The overall consistency and preservation of the streetscape is the main reason for its recognition.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates circa 1870/1920)","architect_builder":"Frank Lloyd Wright, J. C. Llewelyn, E. H. Turnock, John S. Van Bergen (among architects named in the district)","architectural_style":"Victorian, Queen Anne, Prairie, Vernacular, with Bungalow, Italianate and others","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings are largely well preserved and still used for their original purpose; the district is occupied and mostly privately owned, with minor alterations to individual buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.550629-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/8921/28892152/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/79000834.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000834/e994430825-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000834/e994430825-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaGrangeHD.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08 at en.wikipedia</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:LaGrangeHD.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892152","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grange_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97656952"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/la-grange-village-historic-district-79000834/"}