{"nrhp_refnum":"80001343","name":"Building at 14-16 Pearson Street","other_names":["39-41 Pearson Street"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14--16 Pearson Street","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.89750549400003,"lon":-87.62787899999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-unit masonry residence at 14-16 East Pearson Street (originally 39-41 Pearson Street) in Chicago, built in 1885 and designed by Julius H. Huber for Edwin S. Hartwell. It is a three-story double town house with a unified Queen Anne facade.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture, not for its owners or residents. It is a rare masonry example of the Queen Anne style and a representative work of architect Julius H. Huber. It also illustrates the post-Fire North Side town house type, fitted as a double residence onto an odd-sized lot, and is now among very few surviving examples from its period in the area.","narrative":"Built in 1885 on Chicago's North Side, this three-story masonry building at 14-16 East Pearson Street holds two independent dwelling units behind one unified facade. Architect Julius H. Huber designed it for Edwin S. Hartwell, a lumber salesman who built it speculatively. The front combines red stone trim, patterned red pressed brick, terra cotta or stone relief plaques, slate roofing, and a mansard roof with decorative dormers. Two canted bays and two entrances mark it as a double residence, while shared detailing binds the pair together. The odd-sized lot produced a wider, shallower arrangement than typical row houses. The building is valued as a rare masonry interpretation of the Queen Anne style and as a surviving post-Fire town house type that was once common but is now very rare. Over recent decades it served as a rooming house, apartments, and offices, and it is now vacant. Alterations have been minimal, so its integrity is described as very good.","period_of_significance":"1885","architect_builder":"Julius H. Huber","architectural_style":"Queen Anne style rendered in masonry","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as vacant and unoccupied; formerly used as a rooming house, apartments, and commercial and office space. The front facade survives virtually unaltered, though painted near white.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.149735-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/8920/28892098/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80001343.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001343/b09462239f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001343/b09462239f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_14-16_Pearson_Street_(7349468672).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_14-16_Pearson_Street_(7349468672).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892098","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_14%E2%80%9316_Pearson_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46996813"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/building-at-14-16-pearson-street-80001343/"}