Downtown Hinsdale Historic District
Downtown Hinsdale Historic District | |
NRHP reference No. | 06000011 |
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Added to NRHP | May 30, 2006 |
The Downtown Hinsdale Historic District is a set of seventy-three buildings and one park in Hinsdale, Illinois.
History
The region was
U.S. Post Office
are on the north side.
An article entitled "Hinsdale the Beautiful" in Campbell's Illustrated Journal prompted city officials to further beautify the city. The first major project was a state-of-the-art train station, which was designed by CB&Q architect
Jewel Tea Company). A Piggly Wiggly and a Walgreens also moved in during this period. In the 1920s, the city of Hinsdale overhead plans by a local car dealership to build the largest automobile garage "east of the Mississippi". To curb this plan, the city bought the proposed site and constructed a building dedicated to those who served and died in World War I
. Construction on the Memorial Building finished in 1927.
Hinsdale is notorious for the aggressive
Renaissance Revivals featured in early 20th century buildings until the Hinsdale Plan of 1923 dictated the use of Georgian Revival architecture
. Eight of the properties were built after 1955. The district is served by three asphalt-paved parking lots.
Buildings
Contributing structures
These buildings are at least fifty years old and have had minimal alterations. They comprise the main core of the historic district.
- Hinsdale Memorial Building (1927) - Village Hall and public librarydesigned by Edwin H. Clark
- Railroad Park (1877) - A public park adjacent to the Hinsdale Memorial Building
- 8 W. Chicago Ave. (c. 1950) - gas station
- 10 W. Chicago Ave. (1926) - Classical Revivalcommercial block
- 24 W. Chicago Ave. (1915) - Garage
- 26-28 W. Chicago Ave. (c. 1940) - Modern Style commercial block
- Schweider & Mewherter Building (1944) - Classical Revival commercial block designed by R. Harold Zook
- 9 E. First St. (1904) - Colonial Revival commercial block
- 10-12 E. First St. (c. 1912) - Commercial Stylecommercial block
- Ostrum Building (1925) - Renaissance Revivalstyle commercial block
- 212-214 First Street Building (c. 1912) - Commercial block
- Police and Fire Station (1935) - Georgian Revival police and fire station designed by Philip Duke West
- Hinsdale Theater (1925) - Renaissance Revival movie theater designed by William Gibson Barfield
- Philip D. West Office (1950) - International Stylecommercial block designed by Philip D. West
- Ray J. Soukup Building (1929) - Renaissance Revival style commercial block
- Henry Reineke Building (1922) - Commercial block
- Papenhausen Building (1888) - Gablefront commercial block
- Buchholz Block (1895) - Renaissance Revival commercial block
- John Reineke Building/The Squire Shop (1941) - Classical Revival commercial block designed by R. Harold Zook
- 17 W. First St. (1887) - Gablefront commercial block
- 19 W. First St. (1887) - Gablefront commercial block
- Brewer Brothers Filling Station (1929) - Colonial Revival gas station designed by R. Harold Zook
- Hinsdale Trust and Savings Bank (1910) - Classical Revival temple-front
- Dieke Building (1920) - Commercial block
- LaGrange Gas Company (c. 1940) - Art Deco commercial block
- 16 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1890) - Gablefront commercial block
- 18 Edward F. Neidig Building (1907) - Prairie School commercial block
- railroad stationdesigned by Walter Theodore Krausch
- Mohr Building (1909) - Commercial style commercial block
- Clineff's Home Restaurant Building (1928–30) - Classical & Renaissance Revival style commercial block designed by Francis A. Flaks
- 32-34 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1912) - Commercial Style commercial block
- 36 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1924) - Commercial block
- 8 W. Hinsdale Ave. (c. 1927) - Colonial Revival commercial block
- Old Post Office (1926) - Colonial Revival commercial block
- 18 W. Hinsdale Ave. (c. 1902) - Commercial block
- 20 W. Hinsdale Ave. (1894) - Commercial block
- Fleck Automobile Building - Commercial Style commercial block
- McClintock Building/Auto Dealership (1922) Commercial block
- 53 S. Lincoln St. (1935) - Colonial Revival freestanding commercial building
- United States Post Office Hinsdale, IL (1939–40) - Georgian Revival United States Post Officedesigned by Louis A. Simon
- 33-35 S. Washington St. (1900) - Queen Anneand Classical Style commercial block
- Fox Building (1891) - Colonial Revival commercial block
- 39 S. Washington St. (1897) - Queen Anne commercial block
- William Evernden Building (1894) - Commercial block
- 41 S. Washington St. (1932) - Commercial style commercial block
- John Bohlander Building (1894) - Commercial block
- 43 S. Washington St. (1901) - Commercial style commercial block
- Olson's Dry Goods (1909) - Colonial Revival commercial block
- 46 S. Washington St. (1912) - Commercial block
- 47 S. Washington St. (1881) - Italianateand Colonial Revival commercial block
- Oswald Building (1889) - Colonial Revival commercial block, 1928 remodel designed by R. Harold Zook
- Karlson's Building (1898) - Commercial style
- 53 S. Washington St. (1927) - Classical Revival commercial block
- 54 S. Washington St. (1892) - Queen Anne commercial block
- Hinsdale State Bank (1927) - Classical and Renaissance Revival commercial block designed by William Gibson Barfield
- Papenhausen Building (1888) - Queen Anne commercial block
- 104-106 S. Washington St. (1910) - Commercial block
- Theidel Building (1925) - Renaissance Revival commercial block
- 112-114 S. Washington St. (1929) - Tudor Revivalcommercial block designed by Edward P. Steinberg
- 116-118 S. Washington St. (1915) - Commercial block
Non-contributing structures
These buildings are included as part of the listing, but are not of historical significance.
- John C. F. Merrill Building (1910) - Commercial block
- Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce (1978) - Commercial block designed by Philip Duke West
- Hinsdale Laundry Building (1894) - Gablefront commercial block
- Riccardo's Tailor Shop (1972) - Colonial Revival commercial block designed by Albert Nemoede
- Western United Gas and Electric Company (1909) - Temple-front
- 26-26.5 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1957) - Commercial block
- 40 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1998) - Neo-traditional commercial block
- 13 S. Lincoln St. (c. 1920) - Commercial block
- 40-46 Village Ct. (1908, 1960s) - Colonial Revival strip mall
- 45 S. Washington St. (1993) - Commercial block
- 48 S. Washington St. (1914/1919) - Commercial block
- 50 S. Washington St. (1988) - Commercial block
- 120 S. Washington St. (1965) - Colonial Revival commercial block
See also
- Robbins Park Historic District, also platted by William Robbins