{"nrhp_refnum":"82002560","name":"Florsheim, Harold, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"650 Sheridan Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.16420196000007,"lon":-87.77288089899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick French Chateau-style residence with a coach house and landscaped grounds at 650 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, built 1925-28 on about 3.5 acres. Ernest Grunsfeld designed the house and Jens Jensen the landscape.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the house one of Ernest Grunsfeld's larger works, though it says the house is not architecturally significant. The ravine landscaping, including rock work and sun openings, is described as some of Jens Jensen's best. Harold Florsheim, a former president and board chairman of Florsheim Shoes, was among the earliest wealthy Jewish businessmen to settle on the North Shore and a major donor to Highland Park Hospital.","narrative":"Built between 1925 and 1928 on Sheridan Road in Highland Park, this brick mansion in a simplified French Chateau style was designed by Ernest Grunsfeld for Harold Florsheim. It has a hipped roof, a gabled entrance, casement windows, scattered dormers and a two-story three-sided bay. Inside are an elaborate entrance hall with a curving stair, travertine floors and a wood-paneled library and dining room. Landscape architect Jens Jensen shaped the roughly 3.5-acre grounds, using native plants to create a secluded setting beside a busy road. He laid out an access road following a steep ravine, sun openings among the trees and footpaths descending into the ravine. His rock work here is described as among his best. Florsheim, a former president and board chairman of Florsheim Shoes, was one of the earliest wealthy Jewish businessmen to settle on the North Shore and a generous supporter of Highland Park Hospital. A 1927 coach house and a later pool house also stand on the property, which remains a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: Ernest Grunsfeld; Landscape: Jens Jensen","architectural_style":"Simplified French Chateau","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is rated excellent and altered, with remodeling before 1948; the present use is residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.381696-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/8912/28891268/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002560.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002560/b9228ab11f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002560/b9228ab11f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harold_Florsheim_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</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:Harold_Florsheim_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891268","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Florsheim_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85765801"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/florsheim-harold-house-82002560/"}