{"nrhp_refnum":"83003581","name":"Public Service Building","other_names":["Libertyville Federal Savings and Loan Association Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"344-354 N. Milwaukee Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Libertyville","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.28658574900004,"lon":-87.95364939799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story mixed-use commercial, office and apartment building at 344-354 North Milwaukee Avenue in downtown Libertyville, Lake County, Illinois, designed in 1928 by Hermann Valentin Von Holst and built that year.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its architecture as the work of H.V. Von Holst, and for its link to utilities magnate Samuel Insull, who had it built for his Public Service Company and Libertyville Trust and Savings Bank. It was recognized as the largest and most attractive business block in Libertyville and, at the time, the largest single-unit building block in Lake County. It has kept its historic integrity and serves as a focal point for the village's central business district.","narrative":"Built in 1928 at a cost of $250,000, this L-shaped, two-story block in downtown Libertyville combined seven stores, seven professional offices and nine apartments. Architect Hermann Valentin Von Holst, assisted by Lawrence Buck, blended slate, cut stone, wood, stucco, copper, wrought iron and brick into a Tudor Gothic composition with Spanish Plateresque, Moorish and Asian touches. A corner tower, a domed arcade entrance with an illuminated clock, and a cut stone bank frontispiece mark its key points. Samuel Insull, the utilities magnate who lived in Libertyville, commissioned it as a showcase for his Public Service Company and Libertyville Trust and Savings Bank. Its frontage of 170 feet on Milwaukee Avenue and 80 feet on Church Street made it the largest single-unit building block in Lake County at the time. The 1950s brought alterations, including a replaced bank entry and a closed arcade, but a restoration beginning in 1982 rebuilt the stone entryway and repaired the exterior using the original drawings.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"H.V. Von Holst (Hermann Valentin Von Holst), with Lawrence Buck as associate architect","architectural_style":"Eclectic, primarily Tudor Gothic with Spanish Plateresque stone frontispiece and Old English, Moorish and Indian (Asian) elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; a restoration and rehabilitation of the exterior was carried out from 1982 and interior restoration was in progress at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.907733-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/8933/28893344/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/83003581.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003581/5861a48c0c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003581/5861a48c0c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Public_Service_Building_(8610934664).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Public_Service_Building_(8610934664).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100011737","name":"Libertyville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/libertyville-downtown-historic-district-100011737/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893344","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Service_Building_(Libertyville,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85794931"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/public-service-building-83003581/"}