{"nrhp_refnum":"83000307","name":"Baldwin, Hiram, House","other_names":["Baldwin-Wackerle Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"205 Essex Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kenilworth","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.086798464000026,"lon":-87.70942759199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private residence at 205 Essex Road in Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1905 for Hiram Baldwin. It is a Prairie-style house of stucco with low hip roofs.","why_significant":"The house belongs to the formative period of Wright's prairie house development and reflects design ideas found in his 1901 to 1906 houses. It is also the only Wright-designed house in Kenilworth and shows Japanese influence in its wood screens.","narrative":"Built in 1905 for Hiram Baldwin, this house at 205 Essex Road in Kenilworth, Illinois, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is a Prairie-style residence with stucco walls, horizontal wood stripping at the sill lines, low-pitched hip roofs and wide eaves. Its plan follows a pinwheel form with a north-south axis and a curved living-room wing lit by continuous casement windows. Wood screens recalling Japanese devices define courtyards at the entry and separate the terrace from the kitchen yard. The nomination places the house in the formative period of Wright's prairie work, linking it to his 1901 Willits House and 1906 Robie House and to a design published in Ladies Home Journal. It is the only Wright-designed house in Kenilworth. The interior has been redecorated but follows the original plan, and the exterior remains largely unchanged. Roof and structural work has been completed, with further restoration planned.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Frank Lloyd Wright","architectural_style":"Prairie House","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition, altered, with a phased restoration under way (roofing, gutters and structural stabilization completed).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.463844-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/8920/28892074/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/83000307.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000307/0da8db4c02-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000307/0da8db4c02-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiram_Baldwin_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiram_Baldwin_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892074","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Baldwin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5769029"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/baldwin-hiram-house-83000307/"}