{"nrhp_refnum":"97000381","name":"Thorne, George R., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7 Cottage Row","address_restricted":false,"city":"Midlothian","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.63268106900006,"lon":-87.75075755199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story frame and brick summer house at 7 Cottage Row in Midlothian, Cook County, Illinois, designed in 1899 by Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw and altered in 1913-14 by architect N. Max Dunning.","why_significant":"The house is tied to George R. Thorne, a Montgomery Ward & Company partner who developed the Midlothian Country Club and the Cottage Row summer colony, and he kept this cottage for his own use. It is also a work by Howard Van Doren Shaw, with later alterations by N. Max Dunning. Its eclectic exterior and Arts and Crafts interior are described in detail. The truncated text does not state the criteria or period of significance.","narrative":"Seven Cottage Row in Midlothian, Illinois, is a large single-family house that began as a summer cottage in 1899. Chicago society architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed it for George R. Thorne, who chose this lot for his own use. It is one of the cottages built along Cottage Row, facing the Midlothian Country Club golf course. Thorne was a Montgomery Ward & Company partner and the key figure behind the club and the summer colony. In 1913-14 architect N. Max Dunning enlarged the house, enclosing the front loggia and adding brick sections and sunrooms. The exterior mixes Tudor Revival and Shingle Style forms with Classical Revival details, including half-timbering, parapeted gables, limestone plaques and dark red shingle siding. Inside, beamed ceilings, oak trim, built-in cabinetry, fireplaces and leaded glass reflect an English-influenced Arts and Crafts style. The house remains a single dwelling, and its association with Thorne, Shaw and the early country club community supports its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Howard Van Doren Shaw (original design, 1899); N. Max Dunning (1913-14 alterations)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival, Shingle Style, Other: Arts and Crafts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; a two-car garage built in 1987 is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.471381-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/8921/28892146/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/97000381.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000381/32f9e6f747-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000381/32f9e6f747-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08 at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Thorne_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08 at English Wikipedia</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:George_Thorne_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892146","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Thorne_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104855190"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/thorne-george-r-house-97000381/"}