{"nrhp_refnum":"82002565","name":"Holmes, Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2693 Sheridan Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.20240073000008,"lon":-87.79733132499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story single-family Shingle Style house at 2693 Sheridan Road in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, built in 1926 and designed by Robert E. Seyfarth. It sits on about 2.5 acres directly on the lake.","why_significant":"It is one of very few Shingle Style houses in Highland Park, a style well suited to a lakefront house. Its rambling asymmetrical plan, steep roof and recessed dormers are typical of Seyfarth's larger houses. The grounds were designed by landscape architect Jens Jensen, and this is one of his few remaining works not drastically altered.","narrative":"Built in 1926 on the east side of Sheridan Road in Highland Park, this two-story single-family house was designed by architect Robert E. Seyfarth. It is clad in natural cedar shake on both walls and roof, with gray blue-green painted trim. The plan is rambling and asymmetrical, with a steep gabled roof, many recessed dormers and a heavy rustic canopy over the front door. The property sits directly on the lake, on irregular, partly wooded grounds with many levels and a meadow to the south. The house was listed because it is one of very few Shingle Style houses in Highland Park, a style especially suited to a lakeside setting, and because its form is characteristic of Seyfarth's larger houses. The grounds were designed by noted landscape architect Jens Jensen, once a Highland Park resident, and are among his few surviving works that have not been drastically altered. Changes are limited to the interior, where the living room ceiling was lowered and a picture window added in 1960.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Robert E. Seyfarth","architectural_style":"Shingle Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent and integrity unaltered; the only alterations are interior (a lowered living room ceiling and picture window added in 1960). The house remains a single-family residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.930194-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/8912/28891280/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002565.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002565/105949f33e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002565/105949f33e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Holmes_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:Samuel_Holmes_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891280","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Holmes_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85799405"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/holmes-samuel-house-82002565/"}