{"nrhp_refnum":"92000496","name":"Thompkins, Jennie S., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"503 N. 4th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maywood","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.89101621400005,"lon":-87.83972742799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story vernacular gable-front house with weatherboard walls on a limestone foundation, at 503 North 4th Avenue in Maywood, Cook County, Illinois. It was built around 1872 on land sold by the Maywood Company to Jennie S. Thompkins that year.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant under Criterion C as Maywood's most intact remaining example of a vernacular three-bay gable-front house from the village's first development period. It closely resembles the homes in an 1875 illustrated book on Maywood. Unlike nearly every other 1870s house there, it has not been sided, and it still sits on a large corner lot.","narrative":"Built around 1872 at 503 North 4th Avenue in Maywood, Illinois, this two-story frame house is a surviving example of the village's earliest residential construction. It stands on a large corner lot on land the Maywood Company sold to Jennie S. Thompkins in 1872. The house is three bays wide with a low gable roof, weatherboard walls, a raised limestone foundation, and a one-story porch with turned posts and brackets. Windows are double hung with molded segmental arches. Inside, a curved stair with turned spindles rises from a small entry hall, though the interior has been considerably remodeled. The house was listed for its architecture. It closely matches the homes shown in an 1875 book on Maywood, and it is the most intact remaining example of its type there. Nearly every other 1870s house in the village has been covered in siding, while this one retains its original exterior and was being carefully restored when documented.","period_of_significance":"ca.1872","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Other: Vernacular gable front house","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Single dwelling in current use; the exterior was undergoing restoration at the time of the form, and the owners intended to continue exterior and interior work.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.09696-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/8908/28890829/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/92000496.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000496/8e1facedf2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000496/8e1facedf2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thompkins,_Jennie_S_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:Thompkins,_Jennie_S_House_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890829","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_S._Thompkins_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104853553"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/thompkins-jennie-s-house-92000496/"}