Building name: Gridley, John Seely House

Ground Floor Use: Residence

Upper Floor Use: Residential

Current Occupant: Residential

Zoning: R-7

Number of Stories: 2

Property Index Number: 1116304034

Within Local District?: No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?: C

Local Landmark?: No

Year: No

Local Landmark Eligible?: Yes

Criteria: A

NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib: C

Within District?: No

NR Landmark?: No

Year: No

NR Eligible?: No

Criteria: No

Alternate Address?: No

Category: Building

Condition: Good

Integrity: Minor alterations and additions

Current Use: Domestic - single dwelling

Historic Use: Domestic - single dwelling

Secondary Structure: Coach House

NR Second: C

Architectural Classification: Queen Anne

Details: Queen Anne

Other Year: Queen Anne

Date source: Daily Harold 2/26/2011

Wall Material (Current): Hardie board

Wall Material 2 (Current): Hardie board

Plan: Irregular

No of Stories: 2.5

Roof Type: Hipped

Roof Material: Asphalt - shingle

Foundation: Stone

Porch: Full Front

Window Material: Aluminum/vinyl

Window Material 2: Clad Wood

Window Type: Double Hung

Window Configuration: 1/1

Significance: Impressive turn-of-the-century Queen Anne residence with distinctive southeast corner tower. House was rehabilitated in 2011--although many materials are not historic, the replacement materials are historically appropriate.

Historic Features: Pyramidal hipped main roof; front and side gable-roof bays with cutaway corners; 3-story southeast corner bay with steeply pitched, flared hipped roof

Alterations: House converted to multi-family some time between 1933 and 1948, and converted back to single family in 2011. Recent alterations are historically appropriate, and include the full front porch (rebuilt in similar manner to original); Hardie-board siding; front door with sidelights; 1-story rear addition; windows are replacement, but historically appropriate type and configuration.

Old Address (city dir.year: House converted to multi-family some time between 1933 and 1948, and converted back to single family in 2011. Recent alterations are historically appropriate, and include the full front porch (rebuilt in similar manner to original); Hardie-board siding; front door with sidelights; 1-story rear addition; windows are replacement, but historically appropriate type and configuration.

Building Moved?: House converted to multi-family some time between 1933 and 1948, and converted back to single family in 2011. Recent alterations are historically appropriate, and include the full front porch (rebuilt in similar manner to original); Hardie-board siding; front door with sidelights; 1-story rear addition; windows are replacement, but historically appropriate type and configuration.

Moved From: House converted to multi-family some time between 1933 and 1948, and converted back to single family in 2011. Recent alterations are historically appropriate, and include the full front porch (rebuilt in similar manner to original); Hardie-board siding; front door with sidelights; 1-story rear addition; windows are replacement, but historically appropriate type and configuration.

Original Owner: Gridley, John Seely

Original Architect: Gridley, John Seely

Architect Source: Gridley, John Seely

Builder: Gridley, John Seely

Surveyor: LR

Surveyor Organization: Ramsey Historic Consultants

Survey Date: May-June 2016

Survey Area: Downtown Libertyville

Old Address: Downtown Libertyville

Date of Construction: 1904

Moving Permit #: 1904

Date Moved: 1904

Building Permit #: 1904

Date: 1904

Building Permit Description: 1904

Cost: 1904

Original Owner Occupied?: 1904

Exterior Alteration Permits: 4610 (8/9/1968)--remodel porch; JRA-10-0037 (1/5/2011)--rear addition; interior remodeling (convert from 2-family to single-family)

Other Permit Information: 4610 (8/9/1968)--remodel porch; JRA-10-0037 (1/5/2011)--rear addition; interior remodeling (convert from 2-family to single-family)

COA Info: 4610 (8/9/1968)--remodel porch; JRA-10-0037 (1/5/2011)--rear addition; interior remodeling (convert from 2-family to single-family)

Historic Info: 4610 (8/9/1968)--remodel porch; JRA-10-0037 (1/5/2011)--rear addition; interior remodeling (convert from 2-family to single-family)

Other Sources: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110226/news/702269911/; http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/submitted/705179827/ Historic photograph of building at Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of Libertyville Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): "Note on back: "Residence of J.S. Gridley, Brainard Ct. C H Boyes Contr.". A second note reads: "J S Gridley, 603 Brainerd" The address on the house in 2015 is 533 Brainerd Ct. Photograph by Beswick Photo Studio, Libertyville, Ill. The Beswick Photo Studio is listed in the Libertyville section of the Waukegan city directory between 1903 and 1913." http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/6503/rec/4

Historic Info Compiler: LR

Volunteer: LR