{"nrhp_refnum":"86001488","name":"Riverview Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Hickox House","Swannell House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by River and Eagle Sts., Wildwood Ave., and the Kankakee River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kankakee","county":"Kankakee County","state":"IL","lat":41.10787864300005,"lon":-87.85743808968323,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A triangular residential historic district in Kankakee, Illinois, bounded by the Kankakee River, Wildwood Avenue, and River and Eagle Streets. It covers 78.2 acres and 164 structures, mostly houses built from the 1890s to the 1930s, on land platted in 1853.","why_significant":"The district is a well-preserved early twentieth century neighborhood with few intrusions or exterior alterations. It includes two early Prairie style houses by Frank Lloyd Wright (Hickox and Bradley) and the Swannell House by Tallmadge and Watson. Most styles popular in Illinois from the 1890s to the mid-1930s are represented, and many houses are tied to local civic and business leaders.","narrative":"Riverview is a triangular neighborhood in Kankakee, Illinois, set between the Kankakee River, Wildwood Avenue, and River and Eagle Streets. The land was originally swampy lowland, later used as pasture and as the site of a resort hotel from 1887 to 1897. After the hotel burned, lots were sold for housing. Emory Cobb controlled most of the land until 1910, and Louis Beckman then continued residential development. Of 164 structures, 52 were rated significant, 120 contributing and 44 non-contributing. The district is best known for two early Prairie style houses by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Warren Hickox House of 1900 and the B. Harley Bradley House of 1901, along with the Charles Swannell House by Tallmadge and Watson. Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Mission and Tudor styles also appear. Generous setbacks, mature oaks, the river and Cobb Park give the area a cohesive character, with few alterations since development ended in the 1930s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frank Lloyd Wright (Hickox and Bradley Houses); Tallmadge and Watson (Swannell House); various local builders and contractors","architectural_style":"Prairie, Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Mission, Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Land use is almost exclusively residential, with a modern synagogue and the Bradley House as exceptions. The district is described as well preserved, and houses are occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.555028-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/8932/28893245/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/86001488.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001488/91397e1a45-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001488/91397e1a45-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riverview_Historic_District.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:Riverview_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893245","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverview_Historic_District_(Kankakee,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16932162"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/kankakee-county/riverview-historic-district-86001488/"}