Building name: Joseph's Flower Shop

Ground Floor Use: Commercial

Upper Floor Use: Commercial/Office

Current Occupant: Bleck & Bleck Architects

Zoning: C-1

Number of Stories: 1

Property Index Number: 1116411022

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: Addition

Current Use: Commerce/Trade

Historic Use: Commerce/Trade

Secondary Structure: Commerce/Trade

NR Second: Commerce/Trade

Architectural Classification: Neo-Expressionist

Details: Neo-Expressionist

Other Year: Neo-Expressionist

Date source: Permit

Wall Material (Current): Brick

Wall Material 2 (Current): Brick

Plan: Irregular

No of Stories: 1

Roof Type: 1

Roof Material: Not Visible

Foundation: Concrete

Porch: Concrete

Window Material: Metal

Window Material 2: Metal

Window Type: fixed

Window Configuration: fixed

Significance: Rare, post-World War II Expressionist design in Libertyville. The building is an early design by architect Rodney H. Wright, who lived and worked in Libertyville in the early-to-mid-1960s. Wright was later known for his work on passive solar design and the design of child care facilities.

Historic Features: Complex massing and butterfly roofline; pyramidal skylight jutting from center of the building; obscured entrance; vertical windows

Alterations: garage addition (1970)

Old Address (city dir.year: garage addition (1970)

Building Moved?: garage addition (1970)

Moved From: garage addition (1970)

Original Owner: garage addition (1970)

Original Architect: Wright, Rodney H.

Architect Source: Permit

Builder: Dugo, Joseph

Surveyor: LR

Surveyor Organization: Ramsey Historic Consultants

Survey Date: May-June 2016

Survey Area: Downtown Libertyville

Old Address: Downtown Libertyville

Date of Construction: 1962

Moving Permit #: 1962

Date Moved: 1962

Building Permit #: 3049

Date: 5/21/1962

Building Permit Description: Brick and block 1 story building

Cost: $30,899.00

Original Owner Occupied?: $30,899.00

Exterior Alteration Permits: 6096 (7/31/1970)--garage addition

Other Permit Information: 6096 (7/31/1970)--garage addition

COA Info: 6096 (7/31/1970)--garage addition

Historic Info: From Illinois Digital Archive: "Rodney Wright designed this building as a flower shop for Joseph's, a Libertyville floral shop."

Other Sources: From Illinois Digital Archive: "Rodney Wright designed this building as a flower shop for Joseph's, a Libertyville floral shop."

Historic Info Compiler: From Illinois Digital Archive: "Rodney Wright designed this building as a flower shop for Joseph's, a Libertyville floral shop."

Volunteer: From Illinois Digital Archive: "Rodney Wright designed this building as a flower shop for Joseph's, a Libertyville floral shop."