{"nrhp_refnum":"86001047","name":"Barrington Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Octagon House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Chicago & Northwestern RR, S. Spring and Grove Sts., E. Hillside and W. Coolidge, and Dundee Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barrington","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.150568682000056,"lon":-88.13776153197318,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 92-acre residential historic district just south of the center of the Village of Barrington, Illinois, in Cook and Lake counties, about thirty-five miles northwest of Chicago. It contains houses built mainly between 1860 and 1930.","why_significant":"The district is argued to hold examples of all major American architectural styles from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century, showing how the residential area of a rural Midwestern town developed. Houses are linked by materials, scale and character, and streetscapes have consistent setbacks and mature plantings. About eighty percent of structures contribute, and none of the non-contributing ones are intrusive.","narrative":"South of Barrington's commercial center lies a 92-acre neighborhood of mostly wood-frame single-family houses, laid out on a grid with narrow streets crossing gently rolling ground. Lots are large, setbacks are uniform, and mature trees line the streets. Most houses are one to two stories with gabled or hipped roofs and open porches. Built between about 1860 and 1930, they show a range of styles: more than one hundred Vernacular examples, over a dozen Italianate houses, and several Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Octagon, Queen Anne, Neo-Classical and Craftsman buildings. The growth of the village was encouraged by the railroad, which brought building materials and made balloon framing practical. The district was listed for its association with the development of a rural Midwestern town and for its architecture. Roughly eighty percent of its buildings contribute to its character, and the few that do not are not intrusive. A few churches and small multi-family buildings are also included.","period_of_significance":"1860-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Octagon, Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Neo-Classical, and Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as occupied and in excellent to good condition, with a high degree of integrity; a few residences have been converted to boutiques or professional offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.378752-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/8921/28892148/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/86001047.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001047/55cc3935d3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001047/55cc3935d3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barrington_HD_Cook_Co.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barrington_HD_Cook_Co.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892148","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrington_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4863674"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/barrington-historic-district-86001047/"}