{"nrhp_refnum":"91001082","name":"Miller, Allan, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7121 S. Paxton Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.76576014300008,"lon":-87.57124804999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story single-family Prairie School house at 7121 South Paxton Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, built in 1915 (completed January 1916) to designs by John S. Van Bergen, with a later non-contributing garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C as a work of architect John Van Bergen and as an excellent example of Prairie School residential architecture. It derives from Frank Lloyd Wright's \"Fireproof House\" design and is one of only two known Van Bergen residences in Chicago. It survives virtually unaltered inside and out, apart from the kitchen.","narrative":"This two-story house at 7121 South Paxton Avenue in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood was designed by architect John S. Van Bergen and built in 1915-1916 by N.A. Pellinger at a cost of $5,000 for Allan Miller, an advertising executive. Its cube form is stretched by entry and screened porches, overhanging slab roofs, wood banding and rows of casement windows, all finished in tinted stucco and brown-stained wood. Inside, an open plan circles a central roman brick fireplace, with dark birch trim, leaded glass, built-in furniture and a wide staircase with tall landing windows. Van Bergen, who had trained with Walter Burley Griffin and worked in Frank Lloyd Wright's studio, adapted Wright's \"Fireproof House\" design. The house is one of only two known Van Bergen residences in Chicago, and it remains nearly unchanged, with original fixtures, colors and leaded glass. Only the kitchen has been altered. It was recognized for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1915","architect_builder":"Van Bergen, John S.; Pellinger, N.A.","architectural_style":"Prairie School","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Stands virtually as completed; no exterior modifications, original stucco never painted, and only the kitchen has been remodeled (three times). Still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.537907-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/8920/28892076/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/91001082.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001082/91b26f2bad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001082/91b26f2bad-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Arturo Duarte Jr.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allan_Miller_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Arturo Duarte Jr.</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:Allan_Miller_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892076","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Miller_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4730856"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/miller-allan-house-91001082/"}