{"nrhp_refnum":"94001265","name":"Randecker's Hardware Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"112 S. Bloomingdale Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bloomingdale","county":"DuPage County","state":"IL","lat":41.956542383000055,"lon":-88.08143447199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story wood-frame commercial building at 112 S. Bloomingdale Rd. in Bloomingdale, DuPage County, Illinois, built in 1908-1909 by William Randecker as a hardware store.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the store is significant under Criterion A for commerce. It served local farmers and residents and was the only hardware store in Bloomingdale after the village was re-incorporated. It survived a period of fires and business turnover, and William Randecker was an active civic leader. It remains largely unchanged, with original showcases and fixtures.","narrative":"Randecker's Hardware Store is a one-and-a-half story wood building at the corner of Bloomingdale Road and Franklin Street in Bloomingdale, Illinois. William Randecker built it in 1908-1909 specifically to serve as a hardware store. The rectangular 24-by-54-foot building has a gambrel roof, a storefront with large show windows and a cornice with small brackets, and an unfinished attic used for storage. Inside, original display cases, shelving, a cash register and early records survive, and an entire wall still holds paint and hardware. The building has changed little apart from electricity in 1924, indoor plumbing in the late 1970s, a new roof and a replacement concrete porch that copies the original wooden one. It is significant for its role in local commerce from 1909 to 1944. It supplied farmers and villagers with goods ranging from nails to harnesses and served as a gathering place. Randecker also held several public offices, and the store stayed stable while neighboring businesses burned or closed.","period_of_significance":"1909 - 1944","architect_builder":"unknown (built by William Randecker, per the narrative)","architectural_style":"Commercial Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still in use as a specialty shop (antiques and old merchandise); the form lists current function as Commerce / Specialty Shop.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.284422-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/8927/28892786/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/94001265.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001265/2a25fe59a7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001265/2a25fe59a7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08 (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Randecker%27s_Hardware_Store.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08 (talk)</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:Randecker%27s_Hardware_Store.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892786","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randecker%27s_Hardware_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7291650"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/dupage-county/randeckers-hardware-store-94001265/"}