{"nrhp_refnum":"82002561","name":"Geyso, Mrs. Frank, Houses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"450 and 456 Woodland Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.161467610000045,"lon":-87.77768972799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two neighboring Prairie School houses at 450 and 456 Woodland Road in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, designed by architect John S. Van Bergen. The 450 house is a stucco and wood cottage; the 456 house is a brick house dated 1930.","why_significant":"The houses are presented as typical examples of John S. Van Bergen's high phase and as fine Prairie School residences. The 450 house is compared to his Belle Bemis house of 1923-25 and to Frank Lloyd Wright's Ward Willits House, while the 456 house relates to other Van Bergen houses in Highland Park.","narrative":"Two houses at 450 and 456 Woodland Road in Highland Park, Illinois, represent the work of architect John S. Van Bergen in the Prairie School style. The house at 450 is a cottage-like building with stucco and wood detailing, comparable to Van Bergen's Belle Bemis house of 1923-25 and reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright's Ward Willits House. The house at 456, dated 1930, is a cubic brick mass with horizontal trim, elongated windows, a balcony around the living room, a projecting pavilion for the stair hall and entry, and overhanging eaves. It relates to Van Bergen houses at 344 Elm Place, 290 Cedar and his own home at 234 Cedar. Each house sits on about half an acre. Both remain in residential use, and the inventory marks them as unaltered and in good to fair condition. They were listed as typical examples of Van Bergen's high phase and as fine Prairie School residences.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John S. Van Bergen","architectural_style":"Prairie School Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residential; condition is marked good to fair and the property is marked unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.556224-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/8912/28891240/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002561.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002561/2aa200c898-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002561/2aa200c898-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Geyso_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</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:Frank_Geyso_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891240","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Frank_Geyso_Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85786845"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/geyso-mrs-frank-houses-82002561/"}