{"nrhp_refnum":"84001006","name":"Loucks, Charles N., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3926 N. Keeler Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.95245432200005,"lon":-87.73290886499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Queen Anne style house with raised basement and attic at 3926 N. Keeler Avenue in the Irving Park neighborhood on Chicago's northwest side, built in 1889 for real estate developer Charles N. Loucks.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well designed and well preserved example of American Queen Anne architecture and the most distinctive of the several dozen Queen Anne houses remaining in Irving Park. Its original stained and leaded glass windows, strongly influenced by the English Aesthetic Movement and Japanese design, are unusual in Illinois and perhaps unique in the Chicago area. It also recalls the period when Irving Park grew from scattered dwellings into a developed community.","narrative":"Built in 1889 on Chicago's northwest side, this Queen Anne house at 3926 N. Keeler Avenue was designed by Clarence H. Tabor, the in-house architect for developer Charles N. Loucks's real estate firm. Loucks intended it as a showpiece for prospective clients as well as proof of his success. The first floor is orange pressed brick on a limestone foundation, and the upper story is shingled frame beneath gables and a pointed tower, with pressed tin and turned wood trim. Inside, fifteen stained and bevelled leaded glass windows carry asymmetrical floral and geometric designs, none repeated, showing English Aesthetic Movement and Japanese influence. Beech woodwork, oak parquet floors and two tiled fireplaces survive. The house is considered the most distinctive of the Queen Anne houses left in Irving Park, a neighborhood that grew after its 1869 platting and Loucks's later subdivisions. Changes include a 1927 garage, rear porches and replacement roofing and shingles.","period_of_significance":"1889","architect_builder":"Clarence H. Tabor","architectural_style":"American Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as having no major changes since 1889 apart from a 1927 garage and rear porches and wider replacement shingles; the present owner is described as pursuing restoration. Form marks the property as both occupied and unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.600644-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/8921/28892100/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84001006.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001006/c5154d6290-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001006/c5154d6290-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loucks,_Charles_N_House_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Thshriver</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:Loucks,_Charles_N_House_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892100","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_N._Loucks_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85751591"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/loucks-charles-n-house-84001006/"}