{"nrhp_refnum":"82002574","name":"Pick, George, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"970 Sheridan Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.16960194200004,"lon":-87.77343102899994,"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 brick and stucco private residence at 970 Sheridan Road in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, built before 1916 and designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as one of Shaw's most fanciful works, an eclectic design drawing on Italian villas, English manors, Byzantine temples and Bavarian inns. It highlights the detailing, especially the carved limestone heroic birds in niches above the rear french doors. It also cites a 1917 Architectural Record description praising its simple design, attention to detail and choice of material.","narrative":"Set on a rolling ravine site on the west side of Sheridan Road in Highland Park, this three-story brick and stucco house was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and built before 1916. The east front features an arcaded entryway and a twin gable with a curved bargeboard, while the rear has large windows and symmetrical two-story porch wings. Above the french doors, niches hold a series of carved limestone heroic birds. The trim is painted in the same \"Ragdale\" green Shaw used at his own house. The design mixes Italian villa, English manor, Byzantine temple and Bavarian inn influences, and it is described as one of Shaw's most fanciful works. A 1917 Architectural Record article noted its simple design, attention to detail and choice of material. Interior changes were made around 1955-60, the coach house was demolished in 1981, and later subdivision of the property has left the rear sculpture hard to see from the street. It remains a private home.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Howard Van Doren Shaw","architectural_style":"Eclectic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated good; altered, with many interior changes circa 1955-60 and sliding glass doors at the rear probably replacing french doors. Still a private residence. The coach house was demolished in July 1981.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.499082-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/8912/28891216/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002574.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002574/19fb0266b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002574/19fb0266b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Pick_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:George_Pick_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891216","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pick_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85763155"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/pick-george-house-82002574/"}