{"nrhp_refnum":"87000098","name":"Schweikher, Paul, House and Studio","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"645 S. Meacham Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schaumburg","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.01414813700006,"lon":-88.04352299299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, flat-roofed house and studio of wood, brick and glass at 645 South Meacham Road in Schaumburg (formerly Roselle), Cook County, Illinois. Architect Paul Schweikher designed it as his own home and office, dated 1937-38, with additions in 1946 and 1947.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house embodies distinctive characteristics of its period through a synthesis of Prairie School, International Style, American vernacular and Japanese architecture. It also argues the house has high artistic value and has drawn praise since it was built. Schweikher is presented as an influential Chicago and Midwest architect whose work is gaining scholarly attention.","narrative":"Set on a 2.5-acre site that slopes toward Salt Creek in Schaumburg, this house and studio was designed by architect Paul Schweikher as his own home and workplace, with design dated 1937-38. It is a one-story, flat-roofed building of Oregon fir framing, redwood siding, common Chicago brick and glass, with no synthetic or imitative materials. A T-shaped plan separates living, sleeping and working zones, and a Japanese dry garden sits between the living and bedroom areas. Franz Lipp designed the planting, while Schweikher controlled the siting. A child's bedroom was added in 1946 and an office wing in 1947, both by Schweikher. The house was listed because it is seen as a distinguished blend of Prairie School, International Style, vernacular and Japanese ideas, and as a work of high artistic value by an architect who influenced Midwest architecture and later chaired architecture departments at Yale and Carnegie Mellon. The property remains a private residence in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":"1937-38","architect_builder":"Paul Schweikher","architectural_style":"Post-Prairie School, synthesizing Prairie School, International Style, American vernacular and Japanese influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as in excellent condition, carefully maintained, with its original design integrity excellent and additions also designed by Schweikher.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.395299-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/8920/28892088/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/87000098.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000098/b3a914972c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000098/b3a914972c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Roberts","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westside_of_Paul_Schweikher_House_and_Studio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Roberts</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:Westside_of_Paul_Schweikher_House_and_Studio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892088","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Schweikher_House_and_Studio","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97516137"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/schweikher-paul-house-and-studio-87000098/"}