Building name: Liberty Square

Ground Floor Use: Commercial

Upper Floor Use: N/A

Current Occupant: Mischief Brewing (725); Puchlski & Goodloe (731); Pierce & Associates (733); Improv Playhouse (735); Libertyville Accupuncture (737); Bennett Chiropractic (739); Great Rooms Designers & Builders, Inc. (741)

Zoning: C-1

Number of Stories: 1

Property Index Number: 1116300023

Within Local District?: No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?: NC

Local Landmark?: No

Year: No

Local Landmark Eligible?: No

Criteria: No

NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib: NC

Within District?: No

NR Landmark?: No

Year: No

NR Eligible?: No

Criteria: No

Alternate Address?: No

Category: Building

Condition: Good

Integrity: Major alterations and additions

Current Use: Commerce/Trade

Historic Use: Commerce/Trade

Secondary Structure: Commerce/Trade

NR Second: Commerce/Trade

Architectural Classification: Strip mall

Details: Neo-Tudor/Mansard

Other Year: 1976; 1987

Date source: Permits

Wall Material (Current): Stucco

Wall Material 2 (Current): Brick

Plan: Irregular

No of Stories: 1

Roof Type: Combination

Roof Material: Asphalt - single/not visible

Foundation: Not visible

Porch: Front

Window Material: Aluminum/vinyl

Window Material 2: Aluminum/vinyl

Window Type: Storefront

Window Configuration: 1-light

Significance: 1-light

Historic Features: permits show gas station built on site in 1952.

Alterations: Existing gas station expanded into strip mall some time in 1976, with faux mansard roof and decorative half timbering; east section of building dates from 1987; replacement storefront windows along south storefronts

Old Address (city dir.year: Existing gas station expanded into strip mall some time in 1976, with faux mansard roof and decorative half timbering; east section of building dates from 1987; replacement storefront windows along south storefronts

Building Moved?: Existing gas station expanded into strip mall some time in 1976, with faux mansard roof and decorative half timbering; east section of building dates from 1987; replacement storefront windows along south storefronts

Moved From: Existing gas station expanded into strip mall some time in 1976, with faux mansard roof and decorative half timbering; east section of building dates from 1987; replacement storefront windows along south storefronts

Original Owner: Existing gas station expanded into strip mall some time in 1976, with faux mansard roof and decorative half timbering; east section of building dates from 1987; replacement storefront windows along south storefronts

Original Architect: Existing gas station expanded into strip mall some time in 1976, with faux mansard roof and decorative half timbering; east section of building dates from 1987; replacement storefront windows along south storefronts

Architect Source: Existing gas station expanded into strip mall some time in 1976, with faux mansard roof and decorative half timbering; east section of building dates from 1987; replacement storefront windows along south storefronts

Builder: Existing gas station expanded into strip mall some time in 1976, with faux mansard roof and decorative half timbering; east section of building dates from 1987; replacement storefront windows along south storefronts

Surveyor: LR

Surveyor Organization: Ramsey Historic Consultants

Survey Date: May-June 2016

Survey Area: Downtown Libertyville

Old Address: Downtown Libertyville

Date of Construction: Downtown Libertyville

Moving Permit #: Downtown Libertyville

Date Moved: Downtown Libertyville

Building Permit #: 279

Date: 4/5/1952

Building Permit Description: one-story concrete block business

Cost: $5,000.00

Original Owner Occupied?: $5,000.00

Exterior Alteration Permits: Architectural drawings dated 1/26/1976 for strip mall in permit folder for 731 N. Milwaukee Avenue; Architectural drawings dated 3/16/1987 in permit file for 737 N. Milwaukee Avenue--1-story east addition

Other Permit Information: Architectural drawings dated 1/26/1976 for strip mall in permit folder for 731 N. Milwaukee Avenue; Architectural drawings dated 3/16/1987 in permit file for 737 N. Milwaukee Avenue--1-story east addition

COA Info: Architectural drawings dated 1/26/1976 for strip mall in permit folder for 731 N. Milwaukee Avenue; Architectural drawings dated 3/16/1987 in permit file for 737 N. Milwaukee Avenue--1-story east addition

Historic Info: Original permit for gas station dated 1952. Incorporated into Liberty Square strip mall in the 1970s. Assessor's photograph from the mid-1970s at Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/6679/rec/249

Other Sources: Sanborn maps--1948 (Sheet 9)

Historic Info Compiler: LR

Volunteer: LR