Architectural Resources in the Robbins Survey Area Hinsdale, Illinois A Summary and Inventory Village of Hinsdale, Illinois 19 East Chicago Hinsdale, Illinois 60521 George L. Faulstich, Jr., Village President Bohdan Proczko, Village Manager Trustees Elizabeth K. Barrow William K. Blomquist Richard A. Ciccarone John R. Ellis, D.D.S. Robert A. Lennox, Jr. Craig Milkint Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission Jean A. Follett, Chair Kimberly Beard Michael Culligan Brian Dolehide Janet Grisemer Stacee Hasenbalg Penny LeBlanc Cheryl Margason Robert Saigh Kristen Gundersen, Village Planner and Staff Liaison Prepared for the Village of Hinsdale by: Historic Certification Consultants 1105 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60622 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS Map of Robbins Survey Area and Historic Suburbs Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................1 The Robbins Survey Area..............................................................................................................................................1 Preservation Activities in Hinsdale................................................................................................................................3 Objectives of the Survey................................................................................................................................................4 Survey Methodology .....................................................................................................................................................5 Evaluation Criteria.........................................................................................................................................................6 History of the Robbins Area ..........................................................................................................................................9 The Arrival of the Railroad in Hinsdale ..........................................................................................................9 William Robbins and Hinsdale’s Residential Development............................................................................9 William Robbins and the Picturesque Railroad Suburb.................................................................................10 Other Real Estate Developers in the Robbins Survey Area...........................................................................13 Hinsdale Becomes a Maturing Community...................................................................................................13 Prominent Early Residents of the Robbins Survey Area ...............................................................................16 Prominent Architects and Builders in the Robbins Survey Area...................................................................16 Local Builders ...............................................................................................................................................19 Map of Robbins Survey Area Significance Ratings ....................................................................................................21 Architecture in the Robbins Survey Area ....................................................................................................................23 High-Style Architecture.................................................................................................................................24 Greek Revival .................................................................................................................................25 Italianate..........................................................................................................................................25 Gothic Revival ................................................................................................................................26 Queen Anne ....................................................................................................................................27 Shingle Style ...................................................................................................................................28 Romanesque Revival.......................................................................................................................29 Colonial Revival .............................................................................................................................30 Dutch Colonial Revival...................................................................................................................31 Classical Revival.............................................................................................................................32 Cape Cod.........................................................................................................................................33 Tudor Revival ................................................................................................................................33 Prairie School..................................................................................................................................35 Craftsman........................................................................................................................................35 Late Prairie......................................................................................................................................36 Later 20th Century Styles.................................................................................................................37 19th Century Vernacular House Types...........................................................................................................37 Gable Front ....................................................................................................................................37 Other 19th Century Vernacular Types .............................................................................................38 20th Century Popular House Types................................................................................................................38 American Foursquare ......................................................................................................................38 Other Popular Types .......................................................................................................................39 Commercial and Industrial Structures ...........................................................................................................40 Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................................41 Map of Robbins & Robbins Park Potential Historic District.........................................................................45 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................47 Credits..........................................................................................................................................................................51 Appendix A: Survey Inventory Form .........................................................................................................................53 Appendix B: Significant Rated Buildings ..................................................................................................................57 Appendix C: Inventory of Architectural Resources in the Robbins Survey Area ......................................................65 Hinsdale Robbins Survey Area and Avenue Historic Subdivisions Chicago Avenue Robbins Addition First Street Survey Area Boundary Third Street Fourth Street Sixth Street Robbins Park Addition N Legend Survey Boundary Historic Subdivisions Robbins Addition Robbins Park Addition INTRODUCTION Reconnaissance survey was completed, the Village of Hinsdale passed a Historic Preservation Ordinance and established a The Robbins survey area is one of the most Historic Preservation Commission. The exclusive neighborhoods in Hinsdale. commission has chosen the survey area as the Encompassing a residential area of larger, second area of intensive study. picturesque lots, it includes two early sections of the Village of Hinsdale, located south of Between April 2002 and August 2002, the Burlington Northern Railroad. The Historic Certification Consultants conducted William Robbins Addition, recorded in 1866, an intensive field survey of the Robbins and the William Robbins Park Addition survey area. The survey area lies south of the recorded in 1871, were both subdivided by Burlington Northern tracks, west of County Hinsdale founder, William Robbins. The Line Road, north of Fourth Street, and east of survey area contains some of the oldest Garfield Avenue. This area includes the housing in the village, representing a wide residential sections located east and to the range of architectural styles and some south of downtown in early additions to the vernacular and popular types spanning over original town. Two hundred and four 130 years. The architectural legacy is rich, properties were surveyed. with grand architecturally significant buildings