{"nrhp_refnum":"79000851","name":"Millburn Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"U.S. 45, Millburn and Grass Lake Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Millburn","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.42693148950005,"lon":-88.00180107778414,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the unincorporated crossroads village of Millburn in Lake County, Illinois, centered on U.S. Route 45, Millburn Road and Grass Lake Road. It contains 18 major structures, at least 13 of them from the 19th century, and the earliest dated buildings are from 1856.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Millburn is one of very few northeastern Illinois settlements arrested in its first stage and preserved, never incorporated or grown into a suburb. It is a surviving example of the 19th-century rural crossroads settlement type. Four masonry buildings (Nos. 1-4) are also considered architecturally significant, ranging from Greek Revival to Italianate and early Queen Anne.","narrative":"Millburn is a small unincorporated village in Lake County, Illinois, about ten miles west of Waukegan, where U.S. Route 45 meets Millburn Road and Grass Lake Road. The district holds 18 major structures, most of them houses, plus a church and a former general store. At least 13 date from the 1800s. Scottish settlers led by the Strang brothers claimed the land in 1838, and the place was first called Strang's Corners; a church was organized in 1840. The earliest surviving dated buildings, the John Strang house and Robert Strang's store, were built in 1856. Other notable buildings include the 1867 Robert Strang House in Milwaukee cream brick, the 1880 John M. Strang residence, and the 1862 Pantall-Martin Store, later the last operating general store in Lake County. Railroads built in the 1880s and 1890s bypassed the village, so growth went elsewhere. The district is valued as a preserved example of an early rural crossroads settlement and for its mid-19th-century architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William Mavor, architect (Robert Strang House, 1867)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate and early Queen Anne, with more modest frame vernacular houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated good; mostly private residences, with one active store, a church and an antique shop in the former general store.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.462038-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/8933/28893350/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/79000851.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000851/eebc151f91-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000851/eebc151f91-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"porterhse","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Millburn_Historic_District_2012-09-29_18-52-21.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">porterhse</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:Millburn_Historic_District_2012-09-29_18-52-21.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893350","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millburn,_Illinois","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6858638"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/millburn-historic-district-79000851/"}