{"nrhp_refnum":"82002569","name":"Lichtstern House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"105 S. Deere Park Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.15472264700003,"lon":-87.76283995599994,"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":"A three-story, 13,000-square-foot natural stone residence at 105 South Deere Park Drive in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, built in 1919 and designed by Arthur Heun in an Italian Villa style.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a typical large home built for a prominent businessman on Highland Park's east side. Its basic villa design shows some unusual Prairie School traits, such as low gables, overhangs and grouped windows. It is also a work of Arthur Heun, described as a prominent traditional architect. The reviewer accepted it under Criterion C.","narrative":"Built in 1919 at 105 South Deere Park Drive in Highland Park, this large residence was designed by architect Arthur Heun (1867-1946) for M. Lichtstern, whose Italian travels inspired the idea for the house. Heun's reputation as a conservative designer probably earned him the commission. The three-story, 13,000-square-foot house has a rectangular plan, natural stone walls, a tile roof, four chimneys, copper gutters, many segmental arches and leaded glass windows. Two small balconies face the front, and the house has an elevator. Its basic villa design also shows some unexpected Prairie School features, including low gables, overhangs and windows grouped in banks. The house is typical of the large homes built for prominent businessmen on Highland Park's east side. The 2.5-acre property includes an unfinished beach-side structure that may have been a cabana, and a local source suggests the grounds were partly landscaped by Jens Jensen. The house remains a residence in excellent, unaltered condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Arthur Heun","architectural_style":"Italian Villa","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and unaltered; used as a residence both originally and at present.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.320459-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/8912/28891229/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002569.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002569/981984b068-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002569/981984b068-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lichtstern_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:Lichtstern_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891229","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtstern_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85776555"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/lichtstern-house-82002569/"}