{"nrhp_refnum":"82002572","name":"Millard, Sylvester, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1623 Sylvester Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.18231890900006,"lon":-87.78400036199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A log house at 1623 Sylvester Place in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, built in 1893 on the shore of Lake Michigan and designed by W.W. Boyington.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Highland Park's first east side residence, built on the Lake Michigan shore. Its architect, Boyington, was mayor of Highland Park from 1874 to 1876 and designed other notable buildings. Millard joined Boyington and others in developing the Exmoor Country Club.","narrative":"Built in 1893, this log house at 1623 Sylvester Place in Highland Park, Illinois, sits on the Lake Michigan shore and is described as the city's first east side residence. W.W. Boyington designed it. He served as mayor of Highland Park from 1874 to 1876 and is credited with the Moraine Hotel, now demolished, the Chicago Water Tower and the first Exmoor Country Club. Sylvester Millard joined Boyington and others in developing Exmoor Country Club. The property once covered eleven acres including a ravine and lake frontage and now covers five. The house has two and three stories under gable roofs and once had many porches and balconies. Changes include a housekeeper's wing in 1918, an enlarged dining area in 1929 that still has bark walls from the original porch, and four upstairs rooms created in 1947. It was remodeled again after a 1977 fire. The living room is the only unchanged room. A gardener's cottage remains on the approach. The house is still a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"W.W. Boyington","architectural_style":"Log House, log cabin","criteria":[],"status_note":"Residential use, original and present. Condition is marked fair. The house has been altered several times, including after a fire in 1977.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.665108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/8912/28891270/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002572.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002572/8d2324fcda-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002572/8d2324fcda-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sylvester_Millard_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:Sylvester_Millard_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891270","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Millard_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895134"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/millard-sylvester-house-82002572/"}