{"nrhp_refnum":"82002570","name":"Maple Avenue Maple Lane Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Maple Ave. and Maple Lane between St. Johns Ave. and Sheridan Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.19482109200004,"lon":-87.79941599499995,"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 small residential historic district of about 9 acres along Maple Avenue, Maple Lane and part of Sheridan Road in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, containing twelve houses built between about 1907 and 1949.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its concentration of four houses designed by Prairie School architect George W. Maher, three of which originally had landscapes laid out by Jens Jensen. It also includes the Herman Pomper House by John Van Bergen, which closely resembles Frank Lloyd Wright's Ward Willits House, and a 1949 International Style house.","narrative":"This nine-acre residential district in Highland Park centers on Maple Avenue, Maple Lane and the first properties on Sheridan Road. Its main distinction is a cluster of four houses by Prairie School architect George W. Maher: the R. Smith House of 1912, the H. Scarborough House of about 1907, the D.W. Lamborn House of 1910 and the Samuel H. Bingham House of about 1907. Their features include canted walls, wide overhangs, ribbon windows and segmental arches. Landscapes for the Smith, Scarborough and Lamborn houses were originally laid out by Jens Jensen. The district also contains the Herman Pomper House of 1925 by John Van Bergen, whose massing and detailing derive from Frank Lloyd Wright's Ward Willits House. A second Henry Dubin House of 1949, in the International Style, has limestone and marble walls and a steel frame. Colonial, Tudor and English country houses fill out the streetscape and match its scale. Maple Lane is entered through two stone gateposts.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George W. Maher (Smith, Scarborough, Lamborn and Bingham Houses); John Van Bergen (Herman Pomper House)","architectural_style":"Prairie School, with Colonial, Tudor, English country and International Style houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Houses are described as largely preserved; the Smith House was remodeled in 1972 with original exterior detailing kept, and the Lamborn House had a 1969 fire that caused interior damage only.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.447332-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/8912/28891214/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002570.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002570/d4fa8b7f41-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002570/d4fa8b7f41-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_Avenue_Maple_Lane_Historic_District.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:Maple_Avenue_Maple_Lane_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891214","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Avenue/Maple_Lane_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894618"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/maple-avenue-maple-lane-historic-district-82002570/"}