cermak road architectural and historical survey

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CERMAK ROAD ARCHITECTURAL
AND HISTORICAL SURVEY
CIT Y OF BERWYN
FUNDED IN PART BY THE
ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY
PREPARED BY:
T h e L a k o t a Grou p
Ha r b o e Arc hitects
December 2010
Cermak Road Architectural and Historical Survey
Contents/Acknowledgements
Contents
BACKGROUND
SURVEY MISSION.......................................................................................1.1
HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN BERWYN..........................................1.2
SURVEY PROCESS......................................................................................1.3
CERMAK ROAD ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING FORMS......1.9
HISTORIC CONTEXT.............................................................................1.15
SURVEY SUMMARY + CONCLUSIONS.............................................1.22
APPENDIX
SURVEY FORM...........................................................................................2.1
CERMAK ROAD ARCHITECTURAL + HISTORICAL
SURVEY..............................................................................................3.1
Acknowledgements
City
of
Berwyn
Hon. Robert J. Lovero, Mayor
Rafael Avila, Alderman
Jeffrey G. Boyajian, Alderman
Nona N. Chapman, Alderman
Nora Laureto, Alderman
Margaret Paul, Alderman
Theodore J. Polashek, Alderman
Cesar A. Santoy, Alderman
Michele D. Skryd, Alderman
Brian Pabst, City Manager
Steering Committee
Scott Lennon, Vice-President,
Berwyn Development Corporation
Lance C. Malina, Attorney
Brian Pabst, City Manager
Dario Solano, Executive Director,
Berwyn Main Street
Lori Thielen, Chair,
Historic Preservation Commission
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Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, nor does the
mention of trade names or commercial products constitute
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Interior nor the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
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Background
Section 1: Background
Survey Mission
The City of Berwyn engaged The Lakota
Group and Harboe Architects to undertake
an Architectural and Historical Survey for the
Cermak Road commercial district. This survey
assignment was funded through a Certified
Local Government Grant (CLG) from the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and is
the first such survey to be undertaken by
the Berwyn Historic Preservation Commission
under the CLG Program. A Steering Committee
composed of representatives from the City
of Berwyn and its Historic Preservation
Commission, the Berwyn Development
Corporation and the Berwyn Main Street
program, provided technical assistance and
leadership to the survey project. Staff from the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA)
also provided technical support services during
the survey process.
Cermak Road looking west, circa 1950s
The primary purpose of the Survey is to
identify and document important historic and
architectural building resources for their longterm preservation within the Cermak Road Berwyn National Bank
commercial district, which comprises 18 blocks
of commercial, residential and institutional
buildings between Lombard and Harlem Avenues. An architectural and historical survey is also the
process of identifying and gathering data on Cermak Road’s resources and placing these resources within
a proper historic context. The Survey should also serve as an educational tool for promoting Cermak
Road’s history and architecture to the larger community. Cermak Road’s architecture documents the
experience of the ethnic and social groups that settled Berwyn, established businesses, and contributed
to the community’s growth and expansion. As the City seeks to preserve its important historic resources,
it is the intent of this Architectural and Historical Survey to serve as a model for future surveying projects in
other areas of the community.
The Cermak Road Architectural and Historical Survey is an opportunity for the City of Berwyn to accomplish
the following objectives:

Identify and document Cermak Road properties that are potentially eligible individually, or as a
district, for nomination and listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Properties will
also be identified for local designation individually, or as a district, under the Berwyn Historic
Preservation Ordinance.
Cermak Road Architecture + History
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
Serve as a baseline of information for future research and documentation activities on individual
Cermak Road properties. Additional research may yield new information and facts allowing other
buildings to become eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or designation
as a City of Berwyn Landmark.

Consider the impact of planning and development initiatives of significant and contributing
historic resources that have been identified in this Survey.

Establish priorities for the use of incentives and financial tools to facilitate the rehabilitation and
adaptive use of significant historic resources as identified in this Survey.

Identify the need for new design guidelines to encourage the use of appropriate historic
preservation and building rehabilitation methods and to ensure that new development is
compatible to Cermak Road’s existing architecture and character.

Encourage Cermak Road property owners to apply and receive Federal Historic Preservation
Tax Credits (HPTC), which can serve as a significant financial incentive for future building
rehabilitation projects. Significant and contributing historic buildings listed individually or as part
of a National Register Historic District would be eligible to receive the Tax Credit.

Promote a historic preservation “ethic” that promotes the long-term stewardship of Cermak Road
irreplaceable architecture on part of property and business owners and the citizens of Berwyn.
The Cermak Road Architectural and Historical Survey should be considered a work in progress and all efforts
should be made to update survey forms with additional information whenever possible by the Historic
Preservation Commission, the Berwyn Historical Society, the Berwyn Development Corporation, Berwyn
Main Street, interested volunteers and other entities. Survey information should also be made readily
available to property owners and the Berwyn public.
Historic Preservation In Berwyn
The City of Berwyn adopted its Historic Preservation Ordinance on November 28, 2006 in order to
promote and encourage the preservation of the Berwyn’s historical, architectural and cultural resources.
The Ordinance also seeks to protect important historic resources through the designation of historic
districts and individual landmarks, and to encourage their proper restoration and rehabilitation. The
Berwyn Historic Preservation Commission, consisting of seven members appointed by the Mayor,
was established in 2007 to administer the provisions of the Historic Preservation Ordinance including
ongoing survey and inventory projects, consider nominations for the designation of historic landmarks
and districts, and approve or deny Certificate of Appropriateness applications for building improvements
and alterations. It 2009, the City of Berwyn was granted Certified Local Government (CLG) status by
the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. The Certified Local Government Program, established by
the National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980 and managed by IHPA, provides Illinois
municipalities and counties the opportunity to apply for matching grants and participate in other state and
federal preservation activities.
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Prior to the formation of the Commission, a City of Berwyn Historic Preservation Plan was created by the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999 to guide the community in developing its municipal
historic preservation program. The Historic Preservation Plan outlined specific preservation planning goals
that included the initiation of survey and inventory activities, the designation of key historic districts
and landmarks, the development incentive programs that facilitate the rehabilitation and adaptive use
of historic resources, and the adoption of design guidelines for Certificate of Appropriateness review
proceedings. Various educational initiatives to raise the community’s awareness of the community’s
historic and architectural resources were also recommended within the Plan. The Plan also identified
Cermak Road as a potential historic district with approximately forty significant buildings.
Currently, the Berwyn National Bank Building at 6801 West Cermak Road is the only building to be listed
and designated as a National Register and local landmark. The Marik Funeral Home at 6507 West Cermak
Road is currently under consideration for National Register listing and designation as a Berwyn City
Landmark. There are currently no locally or National Register listed historic districts in Berwyn.
Previous Surveys
The Illinois Historic Structures Survey undertaken by the State of Illinois during the early 1970s identified
three buildings as significant including the Parthenon/Berwyn Theater (demolished), 6233 West Cermak
Road, and the Medical Arts Building at 6350 West Cermak Road.
Survey Process
The process for undertaking and completing this Historic Resources Survey involved five distinct tasks:
archival research and information collection, survey form development, the survey of all properties within
the Cermak Road commercial district, the mapping of all documented and surveyed resources, and the
preparation and completion of a Draft and Final Cermak Road Survey Reports. The specific tasks include
the following:
Survey Form Development
A survey form was developed to record on-site documentation and evaluation of each building along the
Cermak Road Study Area (see Appendix for Survey Form). The survey form documented the following:

Building Location — including street address and Cook County Property Identification
Number (PIN).

Building Evaluation — including its local significance rating and potential contribution to a
National Register Historic District.

General Information — including its overall building condition and integrity, current and
historic function and reason(s) for its significance. Secondary buildings such as garages were also
recorded if considered to be contributing to the primary building.

Architectural Description — including its overall architectural style and building form, date of
construction, building materials, significant architectural features and alterations.
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Historic and Archival Information — including data and maps that document dates of
construction, architect and building developer.
Photos — including front façade, side elevations, storefront and other architectural features.
The survey from was developed in consultation with the Steering Committee and is compatible with
the National Register Information System, the geographic information system of the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency.
Survey
The consultant team conducted the on-site survey of all buildings along Cermak Road from Lombard to
Harlem Avenues from mid June to mid July 2010. The team conducted additional surveying and fieldwork
from late July to October to confirm individual building evaluation ratings and conditions and assess
the potential historic district boundaries. Survey information for each building was then compiled in a
customized Microsoft Excel workbook sheet and individual databases developed for buildings according
to evaluation rating categories: Significant I, Significant II, Contributing, Non-Contributing/Investigation
Needed, and Non-Contributing. The evaluation ratings are explained in further detail below.
Archival Research
The consultant team conducted archival research to gain a broad understanding of the historical
development of Cermak Road with a principal objective of creating and drafting a context statement that
documents the people, social groups and principal historical forces that led to the growth and expansion
of Cermak Road. A second objective was to confirm field observations regarding building dates of
construction and alterations, architects and builders if known, if building resources were identified in
other previous surveys, and the location of historic photographs. Available building history information
from the City of Berwyn, Berwyn Historical Society, and the Berwyn Public Library were examined along
with previous National Register nominations, Cook County Tax Assessor records, newspaper articles, city
directories and Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. These sources are listed in the bibliography. Additional
information for several buildings were obtained through information solicited from owners by the
consultant team.
Mapping
A map documenting the significant, contributing, and non-contributing building resources along Cermak
Road was developed for this project assignment.
Draft Survey Report
A Draft Cermak Road Architectural and Historical Survey Report was prepared August 2010 and included
survey sheets for each building resource and a description of common Cermak Road architectural styles
and building forms. The Draft Survey Report was distributed to the Steering Committee for review and
comment.
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Final Survey Report
The Lakota Group and Harboe Architects prepared a Final Cermak Road
Architectural and Historical Survey incorporating the comments and revisions
from the City, the Steering Committee and the Historic Preservation
Commission. The Final Report was delivered in December 2010.
Survey Area
The Cermak Road Study Area comprises 18 block faces from Lombard
to Harlem Avenues, and approximately 155 principal buildings, the
majority of which are in commercial use. Only two buildings were
residential. Only buildings and structures within the Survey Area were
surveyed and evaluated as part of this assignment.
Evaluation Categories and Criteria
The categories used to evaluate and classify Cermak Road properties
according to the significance were developed by the consultant team
and the Steering Committee and were based on typical terminology
used in most historic and architectural surveys and on recommendations
provided in National Register Bulletin: Guidelines for Local Surveys, A Basis for
Preservation Planning. In addition, all buildings were evaluated for potential
individual listing in the National of Historic Places, which is categorized
as “Significant I” for the purposes of this survey project, and designation
as a City of Berwyn Landmark according to specific criteria outlined in the
Berwyn Historic Preservation Ordinance. Properties considered eligible
for City of Berwyn Landmark designation were classified as “Significant
II”. Buildings considered likely candidates for individual National
Register listing were noted on survey forms. Buildings not considered
good candidates for Significant I or II ratings but retained sufficient
historical and architectural integrity were classified as “Contributing”
properties. A more detailed explanation of the evaluation categories are
discussed below.
As noted above, surveyors recorded preliminary evaluation ratings on
individual survey forms, which were later confirmed in subsequent site
visits to Cermak Road and in archival research activities. The Steering
Committee, the Historic Preservation Commission and IHPA also
reviewed individual survey forms before the Final Cermak Road Survey
Report was completed.
6318-6324 West Cermak Road,
rated Significant I
Medical Arts Building, 63466350 West Cermak Road, rated
Significant I
The rating criterion used for this assignment includes the following:
Significant I (National Register). A “Significant I” rating
indicates a particular building is eligible for listing in the National
Register of Historic Places. The building may be significant for
Mid-Century Modern resource,
7120 West Cermak Road, rated
Significant II
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Former Ridgeland Federal Savings
Bank Building, 6650 West Cermak
Road, rated Significant II
Contributing resource at 6547 West
Cermak Road
Storefronts modified during the
1950s and 1960s may contribute
to a building’s architectural and
historical character, 6424-6436
West Cermak Road
Non-Contributing resource at 6548
West Cermak Road
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its architecture, overall design and craftsmanship, and association
with important people and social groups. In general, National
Register Criteria A and C (see below) has been considered in
making these evaluations. Other properties may be eligible for
the National Register under other criteria although more detailed
research on an individual property would be required. Properties
may also have outstanding integrity with minimal alterations to
facades and storefronts. However, the alterations to storefronts
and loss of some original materials such as windows and awnings
may not disqualify some buildings as Significant I if such
alterations are reversible. Buildings designated as Significant I
are also assumed to meet the eligibility criteria for Significant
II.
Significant II (Berwyn Landmark). A “Significant II”
rating indicates that a particular building may be architecturally
and historically significant but may not have enough overall
significance to qualify for a Significant I rating. Buildings
rated as Significant II may qualify for designation as a City of
Berwyn landmark, especially if they contribute to a broader
understanding of Cermak Road’s historical development.
Alterations and replacements of storefronts and upper facade
windows do not necessarily disqualify a property as Significant
II as long as the original pattern of openings is maintained and
alterations are reversible. Additional research may determine
new historical associations or an establishment of its original
architectural character that may elevate a Significant II building
to Significant I.
Contributing. A “Contributing” rating indicates that a building
contributes sufficiently to the broader architectural character
and historic context of a potential National Register or City of
Berwyn historic district. Alterations to facades and storefronts
that are considered reversible do not preclude such buildings from
being designated as Contributing. In some cases, contributing
buildings can be elevated to Significant I or II by the removal
of inappropriate alterations such as storefront modifications or
by additional research to determine their original architectural or
historical context along Cermak Road.
Non-Contributing — Investigation Needed. Buildings
rated “Non-Contributing — Investigation Needed” indicate
that significant alterations to facades and storefronts have taken
place and that additional investigation is warranted to determine
if such alterations are reversible. In several instances, building
facades and original building materials have been covered with
contemporary siding materials that are reversible in some cases. Further investigation should be
undertaken by the Historic Preservation Commission, in collaboration with property owner(s),
to determine if original building materials can be recovered and rehabilitation feasible. If
rehabilitation is feasible, some properties may deserve a reassessment of the evaluation rating as
Contributing or Significant buildings.
Non-Contributing. Non-Contributing buildings may have no notable aesthetic character or
historical associations, is less than 50 years old or has undergone significant irreversible alterations
to the façade and storefront. While many of these buildings are well-built and prominent along
Cermak Road, they do not warrant special protection as historically or architectural significant
properties.
As noted above, the evaluation criteria for both National Register of Historic Places and City of Berwyn
Landmark designation were utilized for this survey assignment. The criterion for both includes the
following:
National Register of Historic Places — A building, structure, or object that is at least 50 years
old and meets one of the following criteria:
A. the building resource is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the country’s history;
B. the resource may be associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; and
C. the resource is architecturally significant and embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type,
period, or method of construction, represents the work of a master, possesses high artistic
values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack
individual distinction.
A National Register eligible property must also possess integrity of location, design, setting,
materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Properties less than 50 years old may be
considered for eligibility if they are considered of exceptional importance or if they are integral
parts of a potential National Register Historic District. It should be noted that given the scope
of this survey assignment, properties were evaluated primarily according to Criterion C and their
architectural significance. Properties may also be significant for both Criteria A and B; however,
additional research will be needed to establish significance for historic events or persons for
particular properties.
City of Berwyn Landmark/District Designation Criteria — The City of Berwyn Historic
Preservation Ordinance outlines designation criteria for both districts and landmarks:
Historic District Criteria
—— A Historic District contains one or more landmarks along with other buildings that contribute
to the overall visual characteristics of a District
—— A significant number of buildings meeting any of the standards of landmark designation
criteria
—— Establishing a sense of time and place unique to the City of Berwyn
—— Exemplifying or reflecting the cultural, social, economic, political or architectural history of
the nation, the State or the City of Berwyn.
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Individual Landmark Criteria
—— Significant architectural, cultural, economic, historic or social development or heritage of the
City of Berwyn, the State of Illinois or the United States
—— Site of a historic event important to City of Berwyn, the State of Illinois or the United
States
—— Significant person or persons who contributed to the architectural, cultural, economic,
historic or social heritage of Berwyn
—— Existence in the National Register of Historic Places
—— Significant architectural type, or style or engineering specimen
—— Identification as the work of a significant builder, designer, architect, craftpersons, engineer
or landscape architect
—— Contains design elements, detail, material or craftsmanship that make property structurally or
architecturally innovative, rare or unique
—— Representation of an architectural, cultural, economic, historic or social theme, style or
period, expressed in distinctive areas, districts, places, buildings or structures that may or may
not be contiguous
Notes on Architectural Integrity
During the course of on-site survey work, all buildings within the Cermak Road Study Area were assessed
and evaluated for their overall condition and historic integrity. According to the National Register
evaluation guidelines, historic integrity is the “authenticity of a property’s historic identity, evidenced by the survival
of physical characteristics that existed during the property’s prehistoric or historic period”. Qualities of historic and
architectural integrity include:
Location
Design
Setting
Materials
Workmanship
Feeling
Association
In other words, historic integrity enables a property to illustrate significant aspects of the past.1 All
seven qualities are important to understanding a building’s integrity but they need not all be present. It is
recognized that changes occur over a particular building’s life span but its integrity can be maintained if
the “overall sense of past time and place are evident”2.
In general, a significant number of buildings along Cermak Road have retained a high to good level of
architectural integrity, which can be defined as buildings retaining most of their original façade materials,
storefronts and ornamentation. In some cases, alterations such as replacement windows and signs
installed along the upper facades did not impact integrity considerations as long as they were considered
reversible and did not significantly alter or obscure window openings. A majority of building alterations
occurred at the storefront level where original materials and window configurations were often removed
1 National Register Bulletin: How To Complete the National Registration Form. National Park Service, 1997.
2 IBID
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or significantly modified. Storefront changes that were observed as reversible were considered as
having moderate impact to a building’s overall architectural integrity. It should be noted that storefront
alterations, in materials and in layout, that occurred during the 1930s to the 1960s, and within the periods
of significance as discussed in this document, should be considered historically and architecturally
important and worthy of preservation. For example, vitrolite (structural glass), aluminum panels and
textured Roman brick were often installed to replace original materials such as terra cotta, wood, and
copper, in order to reflect changes in architectural styles and preferences at the time. These changes
should be recognized and respected as property owners consider building improvement projects.
Cermak Road Architecture and Building Forms
Cermak Road exhibits a range of architectural styles and building forms that were typical of many early
20th Century commercial corridors found in the inner-ring suburbs of the Chicago metropolitan area.
These corridors were extensions of Chicago’s thriving neighborhood business districts, connected and
served principally by the streetcar, trolley and railroad lines emanating from downtown Chicago. Lake
Street in Oak Park and Western Avenue in Blue Island are other typical linear commercial corridors that
extend neighboring business districts in Chicago. As such, much of the commercial architecture found in
Chicago’s neighborhood business corridors was also developed in adjacent inner-ring suburbs. Cermak
Road is no exception and many of its significant buildings reflect the architectural styles and building
forms found in neighboring Cicero and Chicago.
Cermak Road’s rich diversity of architectural styles is unique among most suburban commercial corridors.
However, Cermak Road in Berwyn is distinctive in its own right for the diversity of architectural styles
that document the evolution and growth of the street from the early 1900s to the 1960s. From its eastern
end at Lombard Street, highly ornamented early 20th Century Classical and Tudor Revival styled buildings
showcase Cermak Road’s early prosperity as Czechs, Poles, Greeks, Bohemians, and other ethnic groups
arrived in a newly incorporated Berwyn to settle and establish new business enterprises. Terra cotta and
brick were common building materials along with storefronts constructed in copper and wood. Towards
Harlem Avenue, post World War II Mid-Century Modern architecture predominates as simpler one-story,
more transparent building facades were constructed in aluminum panels and glass curtain walls. These
buildings document Cermak Road’s continued importance as a commercial corridor that serviced the
needs of Berwyn’s residents and beyond from the post-World War II years to the present.
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For the purposes of this survey assignment, buildings within the Cermak Road Study Area were classified
according to their vernacular building forms and their “high style” counterparts, which generally reflect
a defined architectural style. The vernacular building type is typically defined by a building’s overall
massing and shape, interior space configuration and function, and materials used in its construction. For
example, one of the more common vernacular building type along Cermak Road is “Early 20th Century
two-part commercial” — with two distinct horizontal divisions between the lower part, where commercial
activities often took place, and the upper part often reserved for private functions such as office space
and residential apartments. Vernacular commercial buildings were often built by the property owner or
contractor who often relied on local materials and resources to erect buildings that were consistent in scale
and appearance with adjacent buildings. Although many commercial vernacular buildings along Cermak
Road were constructed with spare ornamentation, several buildings incorporate stylistic features and
embellishments, such as cornices and friezes that are associated with high-style designed buildings. The
building at 6220-6224 West Cermak Road is one such example.
A “high-style” commercial building is one that exhibits a defined architectural style in relation to its
overall exterior design, material use, ornamentation and façade articulation. Common architectural styles
found along Cermak Road include Tudor and Gothic Revival, Beaux Arts, Art Deco and Moderne, and
Mid-Century Modernism. The Revival and Beaux Arts styles were built before World War II and are
concentrated along Cermak Road between Lombard and Oak Park Avenues. Mid-Century Modern
buildings were constructed primarily after World War II with a majority located from Oak Park Avenue
west to Harlem. In some cases, high-style buildings were designed by a professional architect with
materials considered popular at the time such as terra cotta for Tudor Revival buildings and limestone for
Mid-Century Modern examples.
The main publications and architectural guidebooks used to determine building forms and architectural
styles of Cermak Road’s historic resources included The Buildings of Main Street: A Guide to American
Commercial Architecture by Richard Longstreth (The Preservation Press of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation, 1987), and American Vernacular Design: 1870 — 1940 by Herbert Gottfried and Jan Jennings
(The Iowa State University Press, 1988). The Illinois Preservation Series publication, Storefronts on Main
Street: An Architectural History (Number 19, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency), by Mike Jackson, FAIA,
was also consulted regarding the history and design of storefronts for traditional commercial buildings.
Other sources including various design guidelines for historic urban commercial districts in other
communities were also reviewed to gain a thorough understanding of common architectural styles and
building materials found along Cermak Road.
Vernacular Building Types
One-Part Commercial
The one-part commercial building is one of the two most common vernacular building types found along
the entire length of Cermak Road. The other most common building form is the two-part commercial
building. The one-part commercial building type is typically one story with a narrow street frontage
dedicated to a commercial storefront of glass windows, transoms and recessed entryway. A façade
wall area between the storefront level and the roof or cornice line was sometimes used for signage and
advertising and may vary in height to promote the appearance of a two story building rather than one story.
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One-Part Commercial, 6220-6224 West Cermak Road (left) and 6635 West Cermak Road (right).
Along Cermak Road, most one part commercial buildings have simple, unornamented brick facades with
one storefront entry. Others were designed and constructed with more elaborate ornamentation and in a
specific architectural style such as Tudor Revival and Art Deco. After World War II, with the advent of
Modernism, one-part buildings became even more simplified with little or no ornamentation, facades of
plain or textured brick and “open fronted” storefronts of large sheets of plate glass providing clear views
of the store’s interior. It has been suggested
by architectural historians that one-part
commercial buildings were often constructed
as an interim development until commercial
district land values appreciated enough to
support a larger, more profitable building on
the particular site.
Two-Part Commercial
Two-part commercial buildings are considered
one of the most common vernacular building
types in the commercial districts of small towns
and urban neighborhoods. These buildings
are typically two to four stories in height
and have two distinct divisions — the lower
commercial storefront zone and an upper zone
containing private uses such as office space,
hotels or apartments. The visual distinction
and relationship between the lower and upper
zones vary from building to building with some
having clear changes in architectural features
and styles while others have no differences and
are harmonious in style and materials. Distinct
divisions between the commercial and upper
zones were sometimes accomplished by stone
or terra cotta banding or storefront cornices in
wood and other materials.
Two-Part Commercial, 6841-6843 West Cermak Road.
Two-Part Commercial, 6424-6236 West Cermak Road .
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Many contributing resources along Cermak Road are two-part commercial blocks with some of the more
significant ones designed in the high Revival styles or with Modern glass curtain walls. However, most twopart buildings were simply ornamented, which reflected the trend during the early 20th Century among
developers and builders to design commercial buildings that contributed to an overall visual unity of a
business district rather than ones that stood out for mere ornament sake. These buildings are classified
in the survey as “Vernacular Brickfront” and are generally located along the eastern end of Cermak Road.
Vernacular Brickfront Commercial Building, American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940 .
Apartment Block
One of the more significant building types along Cermak Road was the multi-story apartment block
designed with commercial storefronts and a U-shaped enclosure around a recessed entrance court and
garden often oriented to the side street. Apartment blocks were developed in many urban commercial
districts between 1910 and 1930, especially in neighborhood districts that were served by streetcar lines.
Architects and builders of apartment blocks sought to achieve a harmonious balance between the adjacent
Apartment Blocks, 6226-6232 West Cermak Road (left); courtyard entrance at 6500-6512 West Cermak (right).
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residential neighborhood with the commercial street by incorporating
a variety of design elements such as sunrooms, bay windows, halftimbering, casement windows and geometric ornamentation. Several
of Cermak Road’s apartment block buildings contain highly distinctive
surface ornamentation of Tudor, Classical and Renaissance Revival
architectural styles. These buildings, generally located from Lombard
to Oak Park Avenues, constitute some of the most architecturally and
historically significant buildings along Cermak Road.
Classical Revival, 6626-6628 West
Cermak Road
Architectural Styles and Elements
Tudor, Classical
and
Renaissance Revival
Cermak Road’s first period of significant development and growth occurred
during the 1920s and 30s when many of its commercial buildings were
designed and constructed in the Tudor, Gothic, Renaissance and Classical
Revival styles. These styles became popular during the late 1800s and the
early decades of 20th Century as the first modern skyscrapers, such as the
Woolworth Building in New York, and the Fisher Building in Chicago,
were built using terra-cotta glazed ornament and detailing reflecting such
styles. Early skyscrapers played important influences on the design of
neighborhood commercial architecture including the predominant styles
and materials used by wealthy businessmen to construct impressive,
visually appealing buildings that met the commercial needs of growing
neighborhoods and suburban downtowns.
The majority of these higher-style Revival buildings are located along
Cermak Road between Lombard and Oak Park Avenues. Along Cermak
Road, the Berwyn Building at 6438-6450 West Cermak and the chapel
addition for the Marik Funeral Home at 6507 West Cermak exhibit
typical Tudor Revival style detailing. Ornamentation typical of the Tudor
Revival styles include upper façade terra cotta bandings, crocket finials,
diamond shaped pediments at the cornice line, and quoin frieze bands
and hoods surrounding upper story windows. The terra cotta used for
the construction of these buildings may have been manufactured by the
Midland Terra Cotta Company based in Cicero at the time. The buildings
at 6220-6224 and 6908-10 West Cermak Road exhibit richly detailed
Classical Revival ornamentation in terra cotta façade treatments, window
mullions, and upper façade spandrel panels. Characteristics of Classical
Revival buildings include columns and pilasters topped with capitals
made in terra cotta or stone. The American State Bank Building (Berwyn
National Bank) has typical Classical Revival elements although its central
dome is also distinctive of the Beaux Arts style, a more elaborate and
lavish design version of classical precedents featured in many of buildings
of the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893.
Classical Revival ornamental frieze,
6220-6224 West Cermak Road
Classical/Renaissance
Revival
Apartment Block, 6908--6910 West
Cermak Road
Tudor Revival ornamentation,
Berwyn Building at 6438-6450 West
Cermak Road
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Art Deco
Terra cotta tiles above corner
entrance, 6743--6747 West Cermak
Road
and
Art Moderne
A common commercial architectural style from the 1925 to the 1940s, Art
Deco originated in France as part of the famous 1925 Paris Exposition
Internationale des Arts Decoritif Industriels Modernes, which brought
together the latest innovations in modern architecture and the decorative
arts. Art Deco was first utilized as an architectural style for skyscrapers
in New York and Chicago but was readily adapted to commercial
buildings in small towns and urban commercial districts alike. The style
is characterized by smooth surface walls; flat roofs; geometric ornament
such as zig-zags, parallel lines, and chevrons with intense colors in terra
cotta and glazed brick and hard-edged low relief ornamentation around
door and window openings. The building located at 6743-6747 West
Cermak Road is a definitive example of Art Deco architecture. Several
buildings along Cermak Road have modified storefronts designed with
structural pigmented glass or vitrolite that updated a building’s appearance
to the more modern, Art Deco style. Structural glass represented the
latest building material innovations as it could be sculpted, cut, laminated,
colored and textured to meet the design style preferences of the time.
Art Moderne followed Art Deco as a significant architectural style
during the 1930s and 1940s and shares the Art Deco stylistic features
of geometric based ornament and smooth surface walls. However,
the Art Moderne style emphasizes a streamlined façade look and other
characteristics including rounded edges and curved windows, glass block walls, stone string courses,
and aluminum and stainless steel window trim and doors. The emphasis on the streamlined look was
influenced by the streamlined design of ships, airplanes and automobiles at the time. An excellent example
of the Art Moderne style is the Berwyn Post Office at 6625 West Cermak Road
Art Deco detailing, Marik Funeral
Home, 6507 West Cermak Road
Mid-Century Modern
The architectural diversity of Cermak Road is underscored by the rich collection of Mid-Century Modern
commercial buildings designed in both vernacular and high-style forms from one end of the street to
the other. It can be said that the Modern design style was initiated during the years when the Art Deco
and Moderne style movements introduced simple, streamlined building articulation and ornamentation.
However, Modernism, as a style that emphasized simplification of building form and the elimination
of all ornament, can be traced to the beginnings of the International Style, which was practiced by the
leading European architects during the 1920s and 30s, such as Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier. Mies
van der Rohe, who designed the Federal Center in downtown Chicago and the campus of the Illinois
Institute of Technology, was a leading practitioner of the style in the United States. The International
Style stressed a radical simplification of building form, the rejection of ornamentation and historicism,
and the adoption of glass, steel and concrete as preferred building materials. The Land of Lincoln
Savings and Loan Association (now Harris Bank) at 6655 West Cermak is a good example of a high style
Modernist commercial building. Although substantially altered since its development, Cermak Plaza was
also designed in a distinctive, sleek Modern style. The present Service Merchandise storefront is the last
remnant of its original design.
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Two of the most significant Mid-Century Modern resources, former Land of Lincoln Saving and Loan Bank at 6655 West Cermak
Road (left) and Olympic Federal Savings and Loan Bank at 6201 West Cermak Road (right).
Beyond some of the more significant Modernist buildings along Cermak Road, there are many other
smaller scale one and two part commercial buildings that reflect the important developments in style,
design, building materials and technologies that are key elements and characteristics of Mid-Century
Modernism. Several of these buildings are early 20th Century vernacular buildings with storefronts that
have been modified in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. These characteristics of Cermak Road Modern resources
include asymmetrical and angled storefronts where the front plane of the store was angled towards the
store entrance, fixed canopies of steel and aluminum, and channel-set back-lit signage. Building facades
were often constructed with textured brick and rough-faced stone veneer surfaces to promote a more
rustic, “suburban” building appearance. Storefronts were often designed with aluminum, nickel-silver and
stainless steel materials.
Upper Story Window
Band
Metal Canopy
Slanted Storefront
Mid-Century Modern commercial building at 6538 West Cermak Road
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Historic Context
Like many historic inner-ring suburbs in the Chicago metropolitan area, the City of Berwyn and its major
commercial corridor, Cermak Road, resulted from the cross-currents of different economic and cultural
forces as well as the collaborative actions of different groups including developers, builders, merchants,
politicians, and investors. The contributions of these respective groups have given Berwyn and Cermak
Road its unique identity and character. The history of Cermak Road can be divided into two periods of
significance: from 1910 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1965.
1910 to 1940: Cermak Road — The Quintessential Streetcar
Commercial District
Berwyn’s origins can be traced to the 1840s and 1850s when developers and speculators first purchased
land to take advantage of the area’s location between the growing settlement of Chicago and the
communities in the hinterland to the west. First among them was Theodore Doty who received land in
1846 from the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission and proceeded to build the eight-foot wide Plank
Road, now Ogden Avenue. James Cochran, another speculator purchased land bounded by Ridgeland,
Harlem, Roosevelt and Cermak, which he later resold. In 1856, Thomas Baldwin, a Cincinnati oil and
leather merchant, purchased approximately 347 acres of land that was later platted as LaVergne, Berwyn’s
first subdivision. LaVergne was generally bounded by Ridgeland, Harlem and Ogden Avenues and 31st
Street and was located within Cicero Township, which was formally incorporated in 1857. Baldwin
envisioned LaVergne as an upper middle class residential community although few homes were built from
its initial platting until the turn of the century.3
By the 1900’s, other settlements began taking root near and around the LaVergne subdivision and further
north near today’s Oak Park. One settlement, “North Berwyn” was bounded in an area between 12th
and 16th Streets and Ridgeland and Oak Park Avenues and was once considered part of a subdivision in
adjacent Oak Park. Between this settlement to LaVergne further south were large expanses of farmland,
open space and swamps connected by dirt roads, which would become Harlem and Ridgeland Avenues.
Between 31st Street and Ogden, and Lombard and Harlem Avenues, three separate communities had
developed including LaVergne, Berwyn, which was named after Berwyn, Pennsylvania, and Upsala,
otherwise known as “Swedetown”. Berwyn was developed as a result from its subdivision from LaVergne
in 1890 and was bounded by Wesley, Kenilworth, 31st and Ogden Avenue. Swedetown was settled by
Swedish immigrants during the 1890s as a result from the establishment of the Illinois Central Railroad.
All four communities, LaVergne, Berwyn, Upsala, and North Berwyn were later incorporated as the Village
of Berwyn in 1901 and then as a City in 1908.4
The development of new transportation systems, such as the railroad and streetcar lines, continued land
speculation and increased immigration were significant factors in the rapid development of Berwyn and
Cermak Road in the early decades of the 20th Century. The introduction of elevated railroads and the
electric powered streetcars, in particular, facilitated a “golden” period of city and suburban expansion
as they opened up land for commercial development allowing more people to travel farther distances to
3 Stories of An Earlier Berwyn Revisited: Celebrating Berwyn’s Centennial 1980-2008. Berwyn: Berwyn Historical Society, 2008, page 3.
4 Stories of An Earlier Berwyn Revisited: Celebrating Berwyn’s Centennial 1980-2008. Berwyn: Berwyn Historical Society, 2008, page 9
and Berwyn National Bank, National Register Nomination, 2005.
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purchase goods and services.5 It is estimated that by 1902, 34,404 miles of streetcar tracks were servicing
American cities. Berwyn was no exception as multiple streetcar lines and trolley systems serviced Cermak
Road (22nd Street until 1933) and other developing commercial arterials in the growing community. At the
turn of the century, two streetcar lines serviced Cermak Road, the earliest of which was built in 1895 by
the Suburban Railroad Company and later operated by the Chicago and West Towns Railway. A second
line, originally operated by the Chicago Riverside and LaGrange Railway, serviced Cermak Road and other
communities to the west including Riverside, Brookfield and LaGrange. By the 1920s, the West Towns
Railway Company operated a 70 mile streetcar system that transported people to Cicero, the Western
Electric Hawthorne Works plant, the Chicago Zoological Gardens (Brookfield Zoo) and other suburbs to
the west. Cermak Road’s wide “boulevard” appearance from Lombard to Wesley Avenue/Riverside Drive
was due in large part to the right-of-way needed to accommodate the streetcar rail lines. The West Towns
streetcar system remained in operation until 1949 when the last of the streetcars were replaced with buses.
In addition to the streetcar lines, Cermak Road was served by the Metropolitan West Side Elevated
Railroad Company (the “Met”), which in 1892 was given a 50-year franchise to operate a four elevated
railroad lines between downtown Chicago and its West Side. Three of the lines included the Northwest
branch to Logan Square, the Garfield Park line to Cicero Avenue, and the Humboldt Park branch to
Lawndale Avenue. The fourth line, the Douglas branch, which ultimately served three stops along Cermak
Road at Lombard, Ridgeland and Oak Park Avenues, was first constructed in 1896 with stops between
Chicago’s Loop and 18th Street. The rest of the line’s extensions were constructed in different phases
with the final stop at Oak Park Avenue opening on March 16, 1924. The Douglas branch line in Berwyn
was built at grade to make the construction costs much cheaper. Property was purchased to extend the
line to Harlem Avenue but was never constructed. The Met’s train service to Cermak Road continued
along the Douglas line until the 1952 when the Chicago Transit Authority, which had taken over Chicago’s
entire rapid transit system in 1947 and had implemented a “rationalization” program to streamline transit
operations, suspended branch services between 54th Avenue in Cicero and Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn.
This service was largely replaced by new bus lines. Along the north side of Cermak Road and behind the
commercial buildings are parking lots where the right-of way for the Douglas Branch line existed. The
parking lots, as well as the greenway and park space from Oak Park to Harlem Avenue of the abandoned
extension, are the only visual clues and reminders of the Met’s rapid transit rail line along Cermak Road.
The combination of new transportation technologies and Chicago’s and neighboring Cicero Township’s
dramatic population growth fueled the momentum for continued residential and commercial development
from the 1890s to the 1930s, especially along Cermak Road, transforming it into one of Berwyn’s most
important retail districts. In 1910, Berwyn’s population was 5,841; by 1930, Berwyn’s reached 47,027,
a remarkable increase of over nine times in just twenty years. Perhaps the most important factor for
this increase was the “exceptional” migration of Czechs from Chicago’s Pilsen into Berwyn during this
period. Pilsen, named after “Plzen”, the fourth largest city of the Czech Republic, was once estimated
to have more than 60,000 Czech settlers by the 1890’s, as well as other ethnic groups including Slovaks,
Poles, Lithuanians, Greeks and Germans.6 As other immigrant groups settled in Pilsen, the large Czech
population began moving slowly westward along both 22nd and 26th Streets to other neighborhoods
further west such as South Lawndale and eventually to Cicero, Berwyn and Riverside. New employment
opportunities, especially along the developing industrial corridors in Lawndale and Cicero, including the
5 National Register Bulletin: Historic Residential Suburbs: Guidelines and Documentation for the National Register of Historic Place. National
Park Service, 2002 Page 18.
6 Berwyn National Bank, National Register Nomination, 2005
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Grant Locomotive Works and the sprawling Western Electric Hawthorn Electrical Works Plant, drew
many Czechs to settle in Chicago’s Lower West Side and the newly growing inner-ring western suburbs.
As Berwyn grew in population, Cermak Road’s first commercial buildings began to be developed along the
6200, 6300 and 6400 blocks at around the early to mid 1920s. The majority of the buildings were one and
two-part vernacular Vernacular Brickfronts that housed a variety of retail and service businesses from dry
goods stores, banks, delicatessens and groceries, bakeries, hardware stores, meat markets, millineries and
doctors and dentist offices. By 1927, approximately 68 businesses existed along Cermak Road. One of
the more notable business establishments included the Troy Dry Goods Store at 6217 West Cermak Road,
which would later relocate to 6401 Cermak Road and become the long-operating Troy Department Store.
The arrival of Czech families in Berwyn at the time is certainly reflected in the names of the many Cermak
Road businesses including Soukop and Sons Hardware, Hlava’s Brothers Grocery Store, F..J. Krasik Meat
Market, and Edward Stuchlik’s Drug Store, among others. Berwyn’s first City Hall was also located at 6721
West Cermak Road.
In addition to the goods and merchandise, Cermak Road became the preferred location for several banks
and financial institutions from the 1920s and 1930s, later to be known as the “Bohemian Wall Street”.7
These banks helped to service and bankroll Berwyn’s rapid residential and commercial development at the
time. The first two banks to locate along Cermak Road included the American State Bank of Berwyn, at
the southwest corner of Oak Park Avenue and Cermak Road, and the First National Bank of Berwyn at
6307 Cermak Road. Both banks were designed in the Beaux Arts/Classical Revival style, a style influenced
by the Neoclassical architecture of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 and which became the
predominate design style for banks from the 1890s to the 1920s. The American State Bank (Berwyn
National Bank) is currently listed in the National Register of Historic Places; however, the First National
Bank building was demolished in 1973. The American State Bank, which later became the First American
National Bank and Trust had assets of $1.9 million by 1929 and functioned at its location until 1932 when
the bank was placed in receivership due to the Great Depression.8 The bank was led during the 1920s by
prominent banker and realtor Frank Topinka. While most Berwyn banks failed during the 1930’s, Cermak
Road would reemerge as the community’s banking center after World War II.
Other notable Cermak Road businesses and institutions established during this time period included the
Parthenon Theater and two funeral homes, Svec Funeral Home at 6227 Cermak Road, which has been in
continuous operation since 1910, and Marik Funeral Home at 6507 Cermak Road. Svec Funeral Home
was first established in Chicago by James Svec who moved his business to Cermak Road in 1915. The
current building was constructed in the mid 1920s with substantial alterations dating from the 1940s and
later in the 1960s. The Marik Funeral Home complex was originally constructed in 1929 as a three story
brick building with refined Art Deco styling and two residential apartments located above a first story
retail space. In 1963, the Czech American architect B.T. Moravec was engaged by the Mariks to conduct
an expansion and remodeling project that included a new one-story Tudor Revival chapel to the west and
alterations to the existing building’s first floor.9 The chapel was designed with Tudor Revival features
including a slate tile roof, carved wood doors, rooftop spire, leaded stained glass windows and arched entry
foyer. The Lannon stone cladding used for the exterior surface of the chapel was extended across the first
story of the original funeral home building.
7 Berwyn National Bank, National Register Nomination, 2005
8 IBID
9 Marik Funeral Home, National Register Nomination, listing pending.
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Perhaps the most significant building architecturally to be constructed along Cermak Road during the
1920s was the Parthenon Theater located at the northwest corner of Ridgeland Avenue and Cermak
Road. The Theater, which sat over 2,200 people and contained a big 4/16 Barton organ, was renamed the
Berwyn Theater in 1930 as its management was assumed by Balaban and Katz, the well-known Chicago
area theater builders and operators. The Parthenon’s architecture was Classical Revival with a large
and highly ornamented terra cotta arch over the canopy marquee as well as terra cotta cornices, string
courses, pilasters, window arches and cupolas. The theater was damaged by fire in 1990 and subsequently
demolished. Several well-known business were once located in the Berwyn Theater’s first floor storefronts
including Berwyn Jewelers, today known as Hurst Jewelers located at 6418 West Cermak Road.
In addition to the merchant and bank buildings, as well as funeral homes, several of Cermak Road’s
highly designed apartment blocks were also constructed during the 1920s. These prominent, mostly three
story buildings were designed in the Classical, Tudor and Renaissance Revival styles with commercial
storefronts fronting Cermak Road and courtyard garden entrances to the apartments located on the
side streets. In some instances, storefronts were extended along the side street as is the case with 6226
West Cermak Road. A total of seven apartment block complexes were developed along Cermak Road,
principally along the northern halves of the 6200 to 6500 blocks, and were designed and constructed in
a variety of materials including terra cotta, limestone and brick. The Tudor Revival apartment blocks at
6438 and 6500 Cermak Road have outstanding architectural features including terra cotta quoins, string
courses and friezes, gargoyles and shields and tile spandrel panels. Although the upper facades of these
apartment blocks remain largely intact and well cared for, the storefronts in several buildings have been
largely modified from the 1930’s onwards. For instance, the storefronts of the Classical Revival apartment
block at 6300 Cermak Road were altered with aluminum framing and doors, flat glass and colored terrazzo
flooring, which were typical materials used in storefront remodelings of the 1950s. The remodelings were
undertaken to “freshen up” the storefront appearance in the age of the shopping mall and are considered
architecturally and historically significant in their own right as they testify to Cermak Road’s continued
commercial importance after World War II.
Despite the Great Depression, which halted commercial building for most cities and communities around
the country, Cermak Road continued to experience new building construction, although sporadically, up
until the advent of World War II. Rather than Vernacular Brickfronts and the richly ornamented Revival
styles of the 1920s, Art Deco and Art Moderne became the preferred architectural styles during the 1930s.
Both styles were characterized by the use of new materials such as colored vitrolite (structural) glass and
terra cotta, stainless steel, glass block and chrome, ornamental motifs such as sunbursts, chevrons and
zig-zags, and building forms that emphasized smooth curves, ziggurats and trapezoids. Both 6743 West
Cermak Road and the Karavitis Store Building at 6800 West Cermak Road represent outstanding examples
of the Art Deco style with curved corner bays and entrances, colored terra cotta bands, and glass block
and metal framed storefronts. Other than a layer of paint that currently obscures the original terra cotta
colors, and the EIFS along the storefront kneewalls, 6800 West Cermak, designed by well-known Chicago
architect Jens J. Jensen Sr., is an exact duplicate of 6743 Cermak Road, perhaps both constructed by
the same builder/developer in 1938. Jens J. Jensen Sr., was a prominent designer of many commercial
buildings around the Chicago area.
Other examples of Art Deco/Moderne buildings include 6814, 6725, and 6544 West Cermak Road, the
Marik Funeral Home, as well as the Berwyn Post Office, constructed in 1940, and the former Medical
Arts Building at 6340 West Cermak Road. Built in 1931, the Medical Arts Building was designed by the
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architecture firm of Conley and Carlson and constructed in Bedford limestone with carved panels along
the upper story by the French artist and sculptor Edouard Chassaing. The Post Office, at 6625 West
Cermak Road is notable not only for its intact façade but also for the WPA mural, “The Picnic,” painted
by artist Richard Haines in 1942.
By World War II, Cermak Road became the quintessential “streetcar” commercial district providing a
wealth of goods and services to a burgeoning residential population that sought an improved quality of
life away from the hustle and bustle of the inner city. The influx of Czech and Bohemian immigrants,
businessmen and developers left an indelible mark on Berwyn and Cermak Road. Berwyn’s association
with this particular ethnic group certainly influenced its renaming in 1933 from 22nd Street to Cermak
Road in memory of Anton Cermak, the assassinated Czech-born Mayor of Chicago. After World War
II, Cermak Road would again grow and be transformed with an entirely different architectural style that
would set apart the thoroughfare from any other in the Chicago area.
1945 to 1960: Cermak Road — Modernism Comes to Main Street
Following World War II, like many other inner-ring streetcar suburbs around the country, Berwyn began
to be affected by larger development and economic trends. As the streetcar and railroads spurred the
suburbanization of large cities during the 1890s through the 1920s, the automobile also had an increasing
impact as new roads and highways opened new markets and spurred development further away from the
inner city. During the “golden age” of highway building from the 1920s to the early 1940s, approximately
420,000 miles of new roads were built in the United States connecting once undeveloped farmlands to
an ever expanding metropolitan region. New roads and highways facilitated the development of selfcontained, more “modern looking” shopping centers, which began luring shoppers away from the older,
pedestrian oriented commercial districts such as Lake Street in Oak Park, Central Street in Evanston and
Cermak Road in Berwyn. Shopping centers became the new norm in America as 720 of them were
developed by the end of the 1950s according to Urban Land Institute.10 Cermak Road would get its own
shopping center with Cermak Plaza in 1957.
Despite the new economic forces at play, Cermak Road continued to grow and develop, leaving right
off from when World War II began. By the late 1950’s, the entire length of Cermak Road was mostly
developed as vacant land was filled in with new, largely one story, commercial development designed in
a straightforward Modernist expression. With the advent of the modern shopping mall, developers and
local shop owners built new buildings and remodeled existing storefronts to match the shopping center’s
sleek, modern design styles. Some of the earliest storefront remodelings that occurred during the 1930s
involved the installation of Vitrolite glass to promote a streamlined, Art Moderne style. During the 1950’s,
however, many storefronts were altered with a new set of materials including metal canopies, pictureframed and cantilevered display boxes, channel set neon signs, brushed aluminum storefront framing and
doors, and textured and colored stone surfaces. Instead of the typical 1920s era symmetrical storefront
with a recessed central entranceway, remodeled Modern era storefronts were asymmetrical and slanted to
one side to provide additional display space and “to sweep the customer into the store.”11 Roman brick, textured
stone and Permastone was also used quite extensively to promote a “suburban, rustic feel” to the storefront.12
10 The Pleasant Family Shopping Blog: The Art and History of Cermak Plaza
11 Dyson, AIA, Carol, How to Work with Storefronts of the Mid-Twentieth Century: A Mid-Twentieth Century Storefronts Components Guide.
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. 2008 National Main Streets Conference, Philadelphia.
12 IBID.
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Apart from remodeled storefronts, the majority of the commercial buildings constructed along Cermak
Road during the late 1940s through the early 1960s were designed in three variants of Modernism. One
design variant, as represented 6737 and 7120 West Cermak Road included a stone or granite faced façade
with open-fronted storefronts of glass and aluminum. The building at 7120 West Cermak in particular has
high integrity and should be considered one of Cermak Road’s best examples of Mid-Century Modernism.
The second design variant featured red Roman or textured brick as the primary façade material with an
asymmetrical enframed storefront consisting of a stone surround and an “open fronted” storefront of
aluminum and glass. The best examples of this variant include the two-part 6311 and 6841 West Cermak
Road. Smaller scale versions of this design include 6844 West Cermak, which may have been developed
first as an office building, and 7000 West Cermak Road, which has projecting Roman brick piers defining
its respective storefront openings. The third variant features an emphasized horizontal massing, long
curtains wall of glass and a thinly stone cut facing underneath a flat roof. These features are evident in
6929 and 7100 West Cermak Road, which is the home of Berwyn Western Plumbing, one Cermak Road’s
oldest businesses. In general, the majority of the buildings built west of Oak Park Avenue were one-part
Modern commercial buildings suited to both retail and service uses. The one-part commercial building
form was preferred as it emphasized horizontality in relation to the one-story shopping malls being
developed at the time.
Modernism’s high point along Cermak Road came with the construction of Cermak Plaza in 1957, one
of the first outdoor strip shopping malls to be developed in the Chicago area. The Plaza was built on
a 30-acre site that once included the Gage Farm, which had been owned by the City of Chicago at one
time.13 Cermak Plaza was developed by New York-based National Plaza, Inc., and its owners Emil Muller
and David Bermant, who would both later develop Prospect Plaza, a shopping center nearby Randhurst
Shopping Mall in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The architects included R.E. Alstyne from New York and
Anthony J. Zelenka of Cicero, who designed the Plaza’s store pavilions as spare, two story boxes with
window bands punctuating the upper façade corners and simple channel lettered business signs.14 The
Plaza’s only detached building, the Sears Roebuck and Company Store, was designed as a low-slung, one
story L-shaped building with an open-fronted centered storefront entrance. When it first opened, Cermak
Plaza included such recognizable stores as Walgreens, Sears, Jewell and JC Penny’s, along with other,
lesser known merchants including Plaza Men and Boys, Hillman’s Grocery, Western Tire and Two Sisters
Women’s Wear.
Over the succeeding years, Cermak Plaza would become known for its collection of avant-garde public
art that included the famous Spindle, designed by Los Angeles-based artist Dustin Shuler in 1989. The
majority of the Plaza’s art work was funded by its developer, David Bermant, who was an active arts patron.
In addition to the public art, a “floating” McDonald’s store prototype was constructed in 1983, designed by
James Wines of the New York City SITE architecture firm.15 This building has an elevated roof structure
that appeared to “float” above the rest of the structure. Cermak Plaza remained a vital shopping center
until the mid-1970s when several of its anchor tenants left to relocate to the new North Riverside Mall,
constructed west across Harlem Avenue. Cermak Plaza is currently undergoing a renovation project that
has significantly altered the original storefronts. The Service Merchandise storefront is the only one that
currently retains its original appearance. Other public art installations have also been removed and the
McDonalds has been altered with a layer of masonry that infilled the floating windows.
13 The Pleasant Family Shopping Blog: The Art and History of Cermak Plaza
14 IBID
15 The David Bermant Collection website
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As Berwyn and its neighboring suburbs continued to grow through the post World War II years, Cermak
Road continued to serve as a center for banking and financial services. Although Berwyn lost many of
its banks during the Great Depression, Cermak Road rebounded with the development of several new
banking facilities including the Land of Lincoln Savings and Loan at 6655 West Cermak Road, Olympic
Federal Savings and Loan at 6201 West Cermak, and the Ridgeland Savings and Loan at 6650 West
Cermak. All three buildings were designed in their own distinctive forms of Modernism and represented
the shift in bank design preferences from the dignified, conservative Classical and Beaux Arts styles of
the 1910s and 1920s to the progressive, technological style exemplified by Modernism. Banks needed
to be appealing to the largest number of people as possible in order to capture market share during an
unprecedented boom in mortgages and auto and personal loans as returning World War II veterans settled
in suburbia.16 Modern designs, with sleek, glassy exteriors and interior layouts that emphasized openness
and a “retail store-like” feel, promoted a sense of progressiveness and “newness”, much like the new shopping
malls of the day.17
The Olympic, Land of Lincoln and Ridgeland Savings and Loan buildings each display their own unique
Modernist design expression. The Olympic Federal Savings and Loan (now Charter One Bank) was
designed with aluminum spandrel panels above and below the second-story window band extending
around the perimeter of the building. At the first floor level, a two-story entrance bay of granite stone
within an aluminum frame along the north elevation punctuates the bank’s glass wall storefront. The
building was originally constructed for the Hudson Motor Company in the early 1920s and was remodeled
in its current design sometime during the 1950s (further research needed). The Land Of Lincoln Federal
Savings and Loan Building (now Harris Bank) at 6655 West Cermak Road was constructed in 1957
and displays much of same design characteristics as the Olympic Federal Savings Building; however, its
asymmetrical footprint, circular glass wall entrance atrium and west elevation of projecting stone piers
and glass wall and aluminum spandrel panels, makes this building quite distinctive and prominent. A
Lincoln statue created by well known sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks was once located along the building’s
west front lawn but was removed in the late 1990s. Ridgeland Savings and Loan (now National City Bank)
at 6650 West Cermak Road is of a sleeker, angular design with red granite panels as the primary building
material. Constructed in the mid-1950s, the building served as the Bank’s main headquarters for many
years. Despite the installation of EIFS around portions of the building, it retains a good level of integrity.
From the Late 1960s to the 1970s, Cermak Road continued to see the development of its remaining empty
lots with new mixed use buildings of a spare, utilitarian design that were common during the waning days
of Modernism. One example is the three-story building 6918 West Cermak Road, which is constructed
in dark brown brick with narrow window bands punctuating the upper stories and simple glass storefronts
with knee walls at the first level. Built in the early 1970s, 6918 West Cermak is representative of its time
period and other similar buildings should become a contributing resources in their own right as time moves
forward. Although newer strip mall developments have occurred along various segments in recent years,
much of Cermak Road’s important architectural resources remain intact and a testament to the forces of
history that helped shape it.
16 Rubano, Anthony and Dyson, AIA, Carol. Banking and the Future: Modernism and the Local Bank. Preserving the Recent Past 2
Association of Preservation Technology International. 2000.
17 IBID
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Survey Summary and Conclusions
The survey of Cermak Road documented a range of commercial buildings dating from the 1920s through
the early 1970s and has attempted to place these resources within their historical and architectural contexts.
The initial development of Cermak Road occurred during the 1920s to the early 1940s, before the advent
of World War II, and then resumed westward to Harlem Avenue between the 1950s and 1960s. Cermak
Road’s architecture largely reflects the building forms and design styles that were popular during these two
significant periods of growth and development: the vernacular buildings and Revival styles of the earlier
20th Century and the Modernism of mid-century.
A total of 155 properties were surveyed as part of this assignment. All buildings, including contemporary
ones built in the last 15 years were evaluated and rated for their significance. It should be noted that
Cermak Plaza was evaluated as one property with the exception of the McDonald’s at 7181 West Cermak
Road, which was individually evaluated for its significance. Table 1 lists the number of properties
documented by date of construction.
Table 1
Cermak Road
Number of Properties by Date of Construction
Date of Construction
1910-1920
1921-1930
1931-1940
1941-1950
1951-1960
1961-1970
1971-1980
1981-1990
1991-2000
2001-2010
Number of Properties
1
48
18
5
46
9
11
9
4
4
Cermak Road remains a largely intact commercial corridor with very few empty lots. The majority of
historic building resources retain a high level of integrity and every effort should be undertaken to assist
property and business owners maintain and improve their buildings according to accepted preservation
and rehabilitation standards and guidelines. A comprehensive set of design guidelines that illustrate
appropriate building rehabilitation procedures, including material maintenance and replacement, window
and storefront rehabilitation and signage and awnings, should be developed by the Historic Preservation
Commission, Berwyn Main Street and the Berwyn Development Corporation. A new set of financial
incentives should also be developed to assist property owners with more substantial building maintenance,
rehabilitation and restoration projects. Table 2 lists the number of properties documented according to
their significance and are referenced in enclosed map at the end of the survey.
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Table 2
Cermak Road
Number of Properties by Significance
Significance
Significant I
Significant II
Contributing
Non-Contributing/Investigation Needed
Non-Contributing
Number of Properties
15
12
70
27
31
Significant I Properties
The survey has inventoried 15 properties that may be individually eligible for listing in the National
Register of Historic Places and designation as City of Berwyn Landmarks. These buildings were evaluated
primarily under Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places eligibility criteria as they embody
a distinctive architectural style and/or building type, method of construction, possess high artistic or is
a distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. These properties are generally
located along the eastern end of Cermak Road, from Lombard to Oak Park Avenues and include buildings
designed both in the Revival and Modernism styles. These properties should receive high priority for
individual National Register nomination and for additional research and documentation activities to be
conducted by the building owner and/or the Historic Preservation Commission. They should also receive
high priority for rehabilitation and restoration. National Register multiple property nominations could be
also be considered for the apartment block and bank buildings rather than individual nominations.
Address
Building Form/Architectural Style
6201 West Cermak Road 6226-6232 West Cermak Road 6300-6308 West Cermak Road
6318-6324 West Cermak Road 6346-6350 West Cermak Road
6424-6436 West Cermak Road 6438-6450 West Cermak Road 6500-6512 West Cermak Road 6507 West Cermak Road 6621 West Cermak Road
6625 West Cermak Road
6626-6628 West Cermak Road 6655 West Cermak Road 6743-6747 West Cermak Road 6801 West Cermak Road Two-Part Commercial: Mid-Century Modern
Apartment Block: Classical Revival
Apartment Block: Tudor Revival/Sullivanesque
Two-Part Commercial: Art Moderne
Apartment Block: Tudor Revival
Two-Part Commercial: Tudor Revival, Art Deco addition
One-Part Commercial, Tudor Revival*
One-Part Commercial: Art Moderne
Two-Part Commercial: Mid-Century Modern
One-Part Commercial: Art Deco
Vaulted Commercial: Classical Revival/Beaux Arts**
*National Register listing pending
**Already listed in the National Register of Historic Places
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Significant II Properties
The survey has inventoried 12 properties that may be individually eligible for designation as potential
City of Berwyn Landmarks under the Individual Landmark Criteria of the Berwyn Historic Preservation
Ordinance. These properties should receive priority for designation and for additional research and
documentation to be conducted by the building owner(s) and/or the Historic Preservation Commission.
Additional research may determine if a Significant II building qualifies for Significant I status. New
historical associations or an establishment of its original architectural character may not have been
determined through this survey process. Significant II buildings should also receive priority for
rehabilitation and reuse.
Address
6220-6224 West Cermak Road
6227 West Cermak Road 6327 West Cermak Road 6515 West Cermak Road 6544 West Cermak Road 6634 West Cermak Road
6642 West Cermak Road 6650 West Cermak Road
6800-6810 West Cermak Road 6908-6910 West Cermak Road 7100 West Cermak Road 7120 West Cermak Road One-Part Commercial: Classical/Renaissance Revival
Two-Part Commercial: Art Deco
Two-Part Commercial: Classical Revival
One-Part Commercial: Renaissance Revival
One-Part Commercial: Art Deco
Two-Part Commercial: Tudor Revival/Sullivanesque
Two-Part Commercial/Enframed: Tudor Revival
One-Part Commercial: Mid-Century Modern
One-Part Commercial: Art Moderne
Apartment Block: Classical/Renaissance Revival
One Part Commercial: Mid-Century Modern
Contributing Properties
The survey has inventoried 70 properties that may contribute to a potential National Register Historic
District or City of Berwyn Landmark District. These properties should be preserved in order to maintain
the integrity of potential historic district boundaries. Additional research and documentation activities
may be undertaken by the property owner(s) and/or Historic Preservation Commission to determine
if a contributing building may quality for Significant I or II status. Additional research may reveal new
historical associations or establish its original architectural character that has not been determined through
this survey process.
Address
6210 West Cermak Road 6212 West Cermak Road 6234 West Cermak Road 6237 West Cermak Road
6239 West Cermak Road 6241 West Cermak Road 6243 West Cermak Road 6311 West Cermak Road One-Part Commercial
Two-Part Commercial: Vernacular Brickfront
One-Part Commercial: Early Mid-Century Modern
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6333 West Cermak Road 6335 West Cermak Road 6337 West Cermak Road 6420 West Cermak Road 6513 West Cermak Road 6514 West Cermak Road 6516 West Cermak Road 6533 West Cermak Road 6534 West Cermak Road 6536 West Cermak Road 6538 West Cermak Road 6539 West Cermak Road 6545 West Cermak Road 6547 West Cermak Road 6608 West Cermak Road 6610-6614 West Cermak Road 6611 West Cermak Road 6615 West Cermak Road 6616 West Cermak Road 6617 West Cermak Road 6619 West Cermak Road 6635 West Cermak Road 6710 West Cermak Road
6716-6724 West Cermak Road 6719 West Cermak Road
6725 West Cermak Road 6727 West Cermak Road 6735 West Cermak Road 6737 West Cermak Road 6738 West Cermak Road 6739 West Cermak Road 6741 West Cermak Road 6814 West Cermak Road 6820 West Cermak Road 6827 West Cermak Road 6830-6834 West Cermak Road
6833 West Cermak Road 6835 West Cermak Road 6840 West Cermak Road 6844 West Cermak Road 6841-6843 West Cermak Road 6846 West Cermak Road 6850-6854 West Cermak Road 6905 West Cermak Road 6907-6909 West Cermak Road Two-Part Commercial: Vernacular Brickfront
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial: Vernacular Brickfront/Art Deco
One-Part Commercial: Vernacular Brickfront
Two-Part Commercial: Beaux Art/Classical Revival
One-Part Commercial: Mid-century Modern
One-Part Commercial: Art Deco elements altered
One-Part Commercial: Late Modernism
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial: Art Moderne Vernacular
Two-Part Commercial: Colonial/Georgian Revival
Apartment Block: Mid Century Modern
Two-Part Commercial: Vernacular
Two-Part Commercial: Vernacular Tudor Revival
Enframed Commercial: Mid-Century Modern
Courtyard Apartments: Mid-Century Modern
Two-Part Commercial
6911 West Cermak Road 6913-6915 West Cermak Road 6912-6816 West Cermak Road
6917 West Cermak Road 6929 West Cermak Road 6931 West Cermak Road 7000-7002 West Cermak Road
7008 West Cermak Road 7016 West Cermak Road 7034 West Cermak Road 7038 West Cermak Road 7040 West Cermak Road 7044 West Cermak Road 7050 West Cermak Road 7108 West Cermak Road One-Part Commercial: Mid-Century Modern
Apartment Block: Mid-Century Modern
Two-Part Commercial: Mid Century Modern
One and Two-Part Commercial: Mid-Century Modern
One-Part Commercial: Colonial Revival
Non-Contributing/Investigation Needed Properties
The survey has inventoried 27 properties as Non-Contributing but that further investigation is needed to
determine if original architectural elements and features can be recovered, rehabilitated or restored. For
example, several building facades have been covered with EIFS (Dryvit), which could be removed if the
material had not been applied directly to the original façade materials. In most cases, EIFS can be removed
without significant damage to the underlying façade materials. Investigations should be conducted with
the property owner(s) by the Historic Preservation Commission and a qualified historic preservation
architect. Additional research may also reveal new historical associations that have not been identified
through this survey.
Address
6214 West Cermak Road 6217 West Cermak Road 6233 West Cermak Road 6236 West Cermak Road 6310 West Cermak Road 6312 West Cermak Road
6323 West Cermak Road 6339 West Cermak Road 6326-6342 West Cermak Road
6431 West Cermak Road 6518 West Cermak Road 6535 West Cermak Road 6537 West Cermak Road 6543 West Cermak Road 6604 West Cermak Road 6613 West Cermak Road 6700 West Cermak Road One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
Two-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
Two-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
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6711 West Cermak Road 6721 West Cermak Road
6728-7630 West Cermak Road 6732 West Cermak Road 6733 West Cermak Road 6842 West Cermak Road 6947 West Cermak Road 7036 West Cermak Road 7132 West Cermak Road 7150 West Cermak Road One-Part Commercial: Gas Station
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
Two-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
Non-Contributing Properties
The survey has inventoried 31 properties as Non-Contributing, which are properties less than 50 years
old, do not possess any distinguishing aesthetic characteristics or have been altered to such an extent that
restoration or rehabilitation is not possible.
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Address
6200 West Cermak Road 6240-6246 West Cermak Road 6301 West Cermak Road 6347 West Cermak Road 6400 West Cermak Road 6401 West Cermak Road 6418 West Cermak Road 6425 West Cermak Road 6447 West Cermak Road 6531 West Cermak Road 6532 West Cermak Road 6548 West Cermak Road 6601 West Cermak Road
6714 West Cermak Road 6736 West Cermak Road 6752 West Cermak Road 6836 West Cermak Road
6845-6847 West Cermak Road 6900-6904 West Cermak Road 6918-6924 West Cermak Road 6925 West Cermak Road 6930 West Cermak Road 6932-6948 West Cermak Road 6935 West Cermak Road 7020 West Cermak Road 7026 West Cermak Road 7030 West Cermak Road One-Part Commercial: Corporate Franchise Design
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial: Corporate Franchise Design
Two-Part Commercial
Two-Part Commercial
Two-Part Commercial: Late Modernism
One-Part Commercial
One and Two-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One Part Commercial
Two-Part Commercial
Apartment Block: Late Modernism
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
One-Part Commercial
7112 West Cermak Road 7134 West Cermak Road 7181 West Cermak Road
One-Part Commercial/Cermak Plaza
Two-Part Commercial
Two-Part Commercial: Spanish Colonial Revival
Buildings Less Than Fifty Years Old
Generally, buildings that are less than fifty years old are not assessed for historical and architectural
significance and have been classified as non-contributing for this survey. However, for the purposes of
this survey assignment, an exception was made to note distinctive buildings that are associated with late
Modernism. When these buildings reach fifty years of age, they should be considered and re-evaluated
for their significance and potential contribution to a National Register and/or Berwyn Landmark District.
These properties include:
6531 West Cermak Road 6532 West Cermak Road 6616 West Cermak Road 6735 West Cermak Road 6900-6904 West Cermak Road 6918-6924 West Cermak Road 6925 West Cermak Road 7181 West Cermak Road
One-Part Commercial: Late Modernism
Districts
The majority of the Cermak Road survey retains sufficient enough integrity to warrant listing as a National
Register and City Landmark District although with a relatively high number of non-contributing buildings
(36 percent), establishing a regular set of boundaries may prove to be somewhat challenging. It may be
possible to establish a National Register and City of Berwyn Landmark District that would encompass
the blocks between Lombard and Clinton Avenue, excluding the southern blocks between Gunderson
and Ridgeland Avenues, which offers the best concentration of resources with the highest architectural
integrity. Further consultation with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency is suggested to determine
feasibility for National Register district listing. Alternatively, if a National Register District listing is
not feasible, strong consideration should be given to multiple property nominations for specific sets of
resources, most notably the apartment blocks and bank buildings. These resources represent some of
the most significant historical and architectural resources in Berwyn and should be preserved for future
generations.
Bibliography
Berwyn National Bank. National Register Nomination, 2005.
Chicago Transit Authority Operations Website.
1926, 1941, 1951 Berwyn City Directories.
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The David Bermant Collection Website.
Deuchler, Douglas. Berwyn Vintage Postcards. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia, 2005.
Dyson, AIA, Carol, How to Work with Storefronts of the Mid-Twentieth Century: A Mid-Twentieth Century
National Register Bulletin: Historic Residential Suburbs: Guidelines and Documentation for the National Register of
Historic Place. National Park Service, 2002
National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. National Park Service,
1997.
National Register Bulletin: How To Complete the National Registration Form. National Park Service, 1997.
National Register Bulletin: Guidelines for Local Surveys. The Basis for Preservation Planning, National Park Service,
1985.
National Register Bulletin: Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating Properties That Have Achieved Significance Within
the Past Fifty Years. National Park Service, 1998.
National Register Bulletin: Researching a Historic Property. National Park Service, 1998.
Storefronts Components Guide. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. 2008 National Main Streets Conference,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gottfried, Herbert and Jennings, Jen. American Vernacular Design: 1870 — 1940. The Iowa State University
Press, 1988.
Jackson, FAIA, Mike. Storefronts on Main Street: An Architectural History. Number 19, Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency, 1995.
Jackson, FAIA, Mike. “Storefronts of Tomorrow”: American Storefront Design from 1940 to 1970. Preserving the
Recent Past 2. Association of Preservation Technology International, 2000.
Longstreth, Richard. The Buildings of Main Street: A Guide to American Commercial Architecture.
Preservation Press of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1987.
The
Marik Funeral Home. National Register Nomination, listing pending.
The Pleasant Family Shopping Blog: The Art and History of Cermak Plaza.
Rubano, Anthony and Dyson, AIA, Carol. Banking and the Future: Modernism and the Local Bank. Preserving
the Recent Past 2. Association of Preservation Technology International, 2000.
1927, 1957, 1968 Sanborn Maps. Berwyn Historical Society
Stories of An Earlier Berwyn Revisited: Celebrating Berwyn’s Centennial 1980-2008. Berwyn: Berwyn Historical
Society, 2008.
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Appendix
Section 2: Appendix
Sample Survey Form
2.1
Cermak Road Historic Resources Survey
Section 2: Appendix
2.2
Architectural + Historical Survey
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7181
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number:
Neighborhood Information
Local Significance Rating: Non-Contributing
Potential Contributor to a NR District? No
Potentially contributing secondary structure? No
Listed on existing survey? No
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Medium
Storefront Integrity: Medium
Secondary Structure: No
Current Function: Retail/Restaurant
Historic Function: Retail/Restaurant
Reason for Significance: James Wines/SITE designed
"floating" McDonalds prototype that has been
altered
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification: One-Part Commercial
Details: Corporate franchise design/James Wines
designed prototype
Begin Year: 1983
Other Year:
Date Source: David Bermant Collection
Current Wall Material: Brick
Current Wall Material 2:
Original Wall Material:
Original Wall Material 2:
Plan: Rectangle
Number of Stories: 1
Roof Type: Hipped
Roof Material: Shingle
Foundation: not visible - unknown
Porch:
Window Material: Metal
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed/Storefront
Window Configuration: Single Light
Significant Features: A James Wines SITE designed "floating MacDonald's prototype with an elaborate
structural design employed to separate the roof and foundation, which made the roof and building "float"
Alterations: The building has been significantly altered in which the "floating" features between the foundation
and building and roof structure and building has been filled in with new masonry- upon observation.
Storefront Features:
Storefront Alterations:
2
Historic and Architectural Information
Historic Name:
Common Name: McDonalds
Cost:
Architect: James Wines/SITE Architecture Organization
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: Building should be re-evaluated
for its historic and architectural significance as time goes
forward.
Photo 2
Permit:
Landscape/Streetscape:
Photo 3
Preparer: Nick Kalogeresis, AICP
Preparer Organization: The Lakota Group/Harboe
Architects
Survey Date: August 16, 2010
Survey Area: Cermak Road, Berwyn
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7181-01, Front Façade
7181-03, 1983 Photo
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7150
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-324-028-0000;
16-19-324-038-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Local Significance Rating: NC/Investigation Needed
Potential contributor to NR district? No
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Building Integrity: High
Storefront Integrity: High
Current Function: ABC Automotive Electronics
Historic Function: Commercial
Reason for Significance: Building may fall within
Cermak Road's second period of significance between
1945-1965 but additional investigation is needed.
Architectural Classification: One-Part commercial
Details: Building complex may contain the original
1940s-50s gas station.
Y
Year
off C
Completion:
l i
Circa
Ci 1940s,
1940 1988 additions
ddi i
Other Year:
Date Source: Cook County Assessor's Office
Current Wall Material: Metal
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
R
Rooff M
Material:
i l Not
N visible
i ibl - unknown
k
Foundation: Not visible - unknown
Porch: No
Window Material: Glass Block
Window Type: Fixed
Window Configuration: Single light transom
Significant Features: Additional investigation needed to determine if circa 1940s - 1950s gas station has been
incorporated as part of the building complex/eastern portion..
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Bay of glass block windows on office massing, garage doors on other 2 masses.
4
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1957, 1968 Sanborn Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer: Jennifer Feucht
Preparer Organization: Harboe Architects,
The Lakota Group
Survey Date: June 1, 2010
Survey Area: Cermak Road, Berwyn, IL
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7150-3, Side Elevation
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7134
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-324-029-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Building Integrity: Low
Storefront Integrity: Low
Current Function: Mi Tierra Restaurant
Reason for Significance: This building has been
substantially altered and has little or nor architectural
significance
Architectural Classification: Two-Part Commercial
Details: Spanish Colonial Revival elements most likely
building
not original to building.
Year of Completion: 1955
Other Year:
Current Wall Material: Stucco
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Not visible - unknown
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed, assorted
Significant Features:
Alterations: Significant alterations including additions of tile shed canopies, changes in window
configurations, and possible third story addition. First story storefront has also been significantly altered.
6
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7132
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-324-030-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Potential contributor to NR district? Yes
BETTER PHOTO NEEDED
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Building Integrity: Fair to Good
Storefront Integrity: Fair to Good
Current Function: Vacant
Reason for Significance: Associated with Cermak
Road's second period of significance between 19451965
Details: Mid-Century Modern storefront
Other Year: Appears on 1957 Berwyn Sanborn map
Current Wall Material: Vertical wood boards
Current Wall Material 2: Stone
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Wood
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Window Configuration: Single Pane
Significant Features: One-part commercial building with Mid-Century Modern elements. Additional research
should be undertaken to determine what alterations had taken place to the façade..
Alterations: Metal awning may not be original to the building- further investigation needed.
Storefront Features: Wood doors and band of short windows, corrugated metal awning. The storefront is
comprised of vertical wood boards and a stone base.
Storefront Alterations: Unknown
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1957 Sanborn Map
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7120
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-325-023-0000,
16-19-325-024-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Local Significance Rating: Significant II
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Medical Offices/Chic. Eye Con.
Historic Function: Medical Offices
Reason for Significance: Outstanding example of
Mid-Century Modern commercial architecture and
retains a high level of integrity.
Architectural Classification: Mid-Century Modern
Details: Stone paneled right bay with office wing,
cantilevered metal canopy and stone planters
Year of Completion: Circa 1957
Other Year:
Current Wall Material: Roman brick
Current Wall Material 2: Stone panels
Original Wall Material: Roman brick
Original Wall Material 2: Stone, brick
Plan: Rectangular
Number of Stories: 1 story office wing, 20 story east bay
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Not visible- unknown
Foundation: Not visible, unknown
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Window Configuration: Single
Significant Features: Original brick and stone panels, windows, metal cantilevered canopy and planters.
This building appears to have not been altered and retains a high level of integrity.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Bands of fixed windows along one-story office wing, Roman brick in staked bond, stone
planters.
Storefront Alterations: Signage to the left of the storefront entrance way has been added.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7120-2, East Elevation
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7112
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-325-027-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Two-Part Commercial Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Fifth-Third Bank
Reason for Significance: Building was
constructed after Cermak Road's second period of
significance between 1945-1965.
Architectural Classification: Colonial Revival
Details: Gabled-fronted, columned portico
entrance brick façade and side elevations
front entrance,
Other Year:
Original Wall Material: Brick
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Front Gable
Roof Material: Composite shingles
Porch: Front portico
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Window Configuration: Multi light
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Storefront has a double door with broken pediment and two large 8 light windows. The
entry is protected by a portico.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7108
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-325-030-0000,
16-19-325-029-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Local Significance Rating: Contributing
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Storefront Integrity: Medium.
Current Function: Retail and offices
Details: Brick façade with metal/aluminum storefront
Plan: Rectangular
yp Flat
Roof Type:
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed/ Storefront
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with a brick base and piers with a large canopy above
storefront windows. Wall mounted signage is located above the awning.
Storefront Alterations: Original storefront may have been replaced at one point. Awning is not original
to eth storefront.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
p
JJennifer Feucht
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7100
Suffix: Rd
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-325-033-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Berwyn Western Plumbing
Historic Function: Berwyn Western Plumbing
Reason for Significance: A significant Mid-Century
Modern building that retains a high level of integrity.
One of the oldest businesses along Cermak Road
Architectural Classification: Mid-Century Modern
Details: Curtain glass storefront walls, projecting
aluminum canopies,
p , backlit signage
g g
Other Year:
Date Source: 1968 Berwyn Sanborn Maps
Current Wall Material:
Current Wall Material 2: Brick
Original Wall Material 2: Brick
Plan: Rectangular
yp Flat
Roof Type:
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: Single large
Significant Features: Large original metal canopies on both the first and second level. Combination
neon and plastic backlit signs. Bands of large display windows which give the building transparency.
Alterations: There appears to be minimal alterations to building facades
Storefront Features: Bands of large display windows in a metal/aluminum frame.
Storefront Alterations: There appears to be minimal changes to storefronts
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Historic Name: Western Plumbing Building
Common Name: Western Plumbing Building
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
One of the oldest operating businesses along Cermak
Road
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
p
JJennifer Feucht
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7100-2, Front Elevation
7100-4, Sign
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7050
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-326-026-0000,
16-19-326-025-0000; 16-19-326-024-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Building Integrity: Medium
Current Function: Back to Bed retail store
Reason for Significance: Building associated with
1945-1965.
Details: Colonial Revival front gabled pediment with
façade
stonework reflective of Modern style
ç
y
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type:
yp Gable above storefronts
Roof Material: Composite shingles on gable
Porch: No
Window Type: Fixed/ storefront
Window Configuration: Single light
Significant Features: Gabled center storefront entrance, turreted corner bay and cupola, mix of materials
between brick and stone.
Alterations: Appears to have been altered, but still retains original elements. Stone and the brick below the
storefronts are most likely original.
Storefront Features: Metal framed displayed windows with original brick kneewalls.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront framing beyond the kneewalls may not be original
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
p
JJennifer Feucht
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7050-1; Front Façade
7050-2, Corner Storefront
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7044
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-326-027-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: H&R Block
Details: Good vernacular example of Mid-Century
Modern storefront
Year of Completion: Circa. 1957
Current Wall Material: Stone
Original Wall Material: Stone
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Pitched, Gable above storefront
Roof Material: Composite shingles on gable
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Layered stone façade typical of Mid-Century Modern commercial architecture. Exhibits a
high level of integrity.
Alterations: Large signage on roof is not original to the building and obscures view of gabled roof.
Storefront Features: Original metal door and metal windows with a stone base and piers- storefront
is slanted towards entrance- typical of Mid-Century Modern storefronts.
Storefront Alterations: No alterations visible.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7044-2, Storefront
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7043 Cermak
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-100-015-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Cermak Plaza Shopping Center
Historic Function: Cermak Plaza Shopping Center
Reason for Significance: The first shopping center
to be built in Berwyn and designed in the Mid-Century
Modern style. Has been significantly altered.
Details: Designed in Mid-Century Modern style.
Cermak Plaza has been significantly altered
Begin Year: 1956
Other Year: Appears on 1957 Sanborn Maps
Date Source: Archival Research
Current Wall Material: Brick, stone, steel roof
Plan: L-shaped + Irregular
Number of Stories: 1 - 2
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Much of Cermak Plaza's original buildings have been significantly altered and is currently
under renovation. Original Plaza signage and art work is located at the north and west parking lot entries.
Alterations: All storefronts are currently being renovated. A new Walgreens has been added to the
site within the last 10 years.
Storefront Features: Bays of metal display windows. The central, 2 story storefront (Service Merchandise)
currently remains unaltered, but will most likely be renovated in the next phase of construction.
Storefront Alterations: All storefronts are currently being renovated.
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Historic Name: Cermak Plaza
Common Name: Cermak Plaza
Cost: $5 million approximately
Architect: RE Van Alstyne and Anthony J. Zalenka
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1957, 1968 Sanborn Maps;
"The Art and History of Cermak Plaza", by Dave
Aldrich, Pleasant Family Website, 2010; Berwyn-Images
of America Series , Douglas Deuchler, 2005
Photo 2
Permit:
Landscape/Streetscape: Paved parking lots,
original signage and some artwork, including windmills
remain.
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7043-03, Cermak Plaza Sign
23
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7040
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-326-028-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Fair
Road's second period of significance between
1945-1965.
Details: Mid-Century Modern building with typical
faced brick work and storefront materials
Current Wall Material: Roman Brick
Current Wall Material 2: Stone, Permastone
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original Roman brick façade with upper-story stone frame, roof coping and pier bases.
Alterations: Backlit sign on façade not original
Storefront Features: Original metal framed display windows, door, and stone base. Permastone kneewall.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
p
JJennifer Feucht
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7038
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-326-029-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Fernando's Hair Studio
Details: Mid-Century Modern commercial building
with altered storefront
Current Wall Material 2: Permastone
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Two-story side pier and slanted storefront-typical features of a Mid-Century Modern
storefront.
Alterations: Metal storefront materials and aluminum-paneled kneewall may not be original to the storefront.
Awning obscures upper façade.
Storefront Features: Metal storefront materials and aluminum-paneled kneewall may not be original.
An original terrazzo floor is in front of the storefront.
Storefront Alterations: Large awning above storefront is not original and may be hiding the original brick
façade and aluminum awning.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7038-2, Storefront
7038-3, Storefront Entrance
27
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7036
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-326-030-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Potential contributor to NR district?
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Family Medical Center
Road's second period of significance but has been
significantly altered.
Details: Mid-Century Modern- brick upper façade
with two sets of window bands
bands, slanted storefronts
Year of Completion: Circa mid to late 1950s
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Replacement windows
Window Material:
Window Type: Double Hung
Window Configuration: 1/1
Significant Features: Slanted storefronts. Building may have been built at the same time as the building to
the east at 7034 West Cermak Road
Alterations: The entire façade appears to have been reclad and the windows on the second level are not
original to the building.
Storefront Features: Metal doors and metal framed display windows with an EIFS base. The storefront
configuration is original to the building.
Storefront Alterations: The EIFS below the storefront is not original. Metal storefront may not be the original
storefront. Awning is not original to the building.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
29
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7034
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-326-031-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Metropolitan Dental
Details: Mid-Century Modern building with typical
storefront
Year of Completion: Circa mid to late 1950s
Original Wall Material: Roman Brick
Original Wall Material 2: Stone
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Casement
Significant Features: Original brick and stone façade. Original storefront. Neon signs/picture windows
below the second floor windows.
Alterations: Large signage above and between second floor windows.
Storefront Features: Original metal framed display windows with a brick base and piers.
An original awning clad in standing seam metal is located above the storefront.
Storefront Alterations: One of the doors on the storefront has been replaced.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7034-02, Picture Windows
31
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7030
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-326-035-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Vacant/under renovation
Historic Function: Auto Repair
Reason for Significance: Building associated with
1945-1965 but has been significantly altered.
Details: EIFS upper façade with wrap-around
aluminum storefront.
Other Year:
Date Source: 1968 Berwyn Sanborn Map
Plan: Rectangular
Number of Stories: 1 storefront behind storefront 2
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: N/A
Window Material:
Window Type: N/A
Window Configuration: N/A
Alterations: All facades have been completely altered. Only original feature remains is the brick base below
the storefront.
Storefront Features: Band of metal display windows on a brick base and EIFS (Dryvit) above. Brick knee wall
is original to the building.
Storefront Alterations: With the exception of the brick base, the entire storefront has been replaced.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
p
JJennifer Feucht
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
33
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7026
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-327-023-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Orthodontist
Historic Function: Olson Rug Store
Reason for Significance: Building dates from Cermak
Road's second period of significance between 19451965 but has been significantly altered.
Details: Storefront bays in brick, upper story bays
in EIFS
Other Year:
Current Wall Material: Brick and stone
Current Wall Material 2: EIFS
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Window Configuration: Single light with transom
Significant Features: Original façade has been significantly altered with EIFS material on upper façade and
new masonry.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Aluminum storefront windows, brick base and surround, EIFS above storefront level.
Storefront Alterations: The original storefront has been completely altered.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
7026-04, Photo, circa 1970
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7020
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-327-024-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: James & Williams Jewelers
Reason for Significance: Building dates from Cermak
Road's second period of significance between 19451965 but has been significantly altered..
Details: A Mid-Century Modern resource that has been
altered/modified.
/
Year of Completion: Circa 1950s
Other Year: 1979 alterations
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building has been significantly altered. Exterior has been refaced with new brick and
the storefront replaced. This building exhibits overall massing/features associated with Mid-Century Modern style
Alterations: Building was refaced with new brick, other alterations may have taken place in the late 1970s.
Storefront Features: Recessed storefront typical of the Mid-Century Modern resources.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
p
JJennifer Feucht
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
37
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7016
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-327-025-0000 through
16-19-327-029-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Building Integrity: 2 story - high, 1 story - low
Storefront Integrity: 2 story - high, 1 story - low
Current Function: Czech Plaza Restaurant
Architectural Classification: One and Two-Part
Commercial
Details: Mid-Centuryy Modern
Year of Completion: circa late 1950s
Other Year: 2 story appears on 1957 Sanborn Map
Current Wall Material: Wood siding
Current Wall Material 2: Roman Brick, stone
Original Wall Material 2: Roman Brick, stone
Plan: Rectangular
Number of Stories: 1 on west, 2 on east
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Two story portion is an example of commercial structure from the second period of
significance on Cermak Road, the façade is in near original condition.
Alterations: Awning covers façade of one-story commercial building to the south. Awning placed over one of
second story window band not original to the building..
Storefront Features: The storefront on two story portion is original and has metal display windows with a
brick base and brick and stone piers and metal doors with transoms.
Storefront Alterations: Wood cladding on one story portion, large fabric awning that stretches across on one
and two story portions of structure.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
p
JJennifer Feucht
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
39
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7008
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-327-030-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: The Back Center
Road's second period of significance between 1945-1965
and retains a high level of integrity.
Details: Mid-Century Modern with zig-zag storefront
canopy and stonework
Year of Completion: Circa late 1950s
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Patterned glass
Window Type: Sliding
Significant Features: Original brick façade, zig-zag canopy, aluminum storefront and window framing.
Alterations: Large backlit sign across top of second floor is not original.
Storefront Features: Original metal and patterned glass windows in the storefront, original stone below
windows and brick surround. Original zig-zag awning retaining original materials and lights.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
41
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 7000-7002
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-327-035-0000,
16-19-327-034-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Vacant, American Career College
1945-1965.
Details: Mid-Century Modern commercial building
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Significant Features: Original brick façade with recessed storefront bays, brick piers in dark brown brick and
original wood canopy. It retains a high level of integrity.
Alterations: Back lit and wood signs on upper facades/parapet walls are not original.
Storefront Features: Bays of original metal storefront windows with brick base and surround. Wood awning
above storefront is original. Storefronts appear to have a high level of integrity.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
p
JJennifer Feucht
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
43
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6947
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-101-002-0000, 16-30-101-004-0000
16-30-101-001-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Laundry World
Historic Function: Laundry
Reason for Significance: Some Modern design
elements visible but additional investigation needed to
determine is original materials can be rehabilitated.
Details: Mid-Century Modern style elements
Other Year:
Current Wall Material: Concrete block
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Large metal signage band wraps around top of building. Laundry World sign in
parking lot.
Alterations: Additional investigation needed to determine if original building materials under (EIFS) alterations to the
current façade signage band.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront windows and doors have been replaced.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
Preparer Organization:
Survey Date:
Survey Area:
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6947-01 Front Façade
6947-02 West Elevation
6947-02 Sign
45
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6935
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-101-006-0000,
16-30-101-007-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Popeye's
Historic Function: N/A
Reason for Significance: Building of recent
construction with little or no architectural significance.
Details: Corporate Franchise Design
Other Year:
Current Wall Material: EIFS
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Dryvit (EIFS) facades.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Bands of metal windows with metal awnings above.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
47
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
16-19-328-029-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Commercial strip mall
Reason for Significance: This building retains little
or no architectural significance and was constructed after
1965
Details: One-story commercial strip mall
Other Year:
Original Wall Material: EIFS
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: Single light with a transom
Significant Features: One-story commercial strip mall with aluminum storefronts and EIFS (Drivit) front façade.
Brick east and west side elevations.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Aluminum-framed display windows and metal doors.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
49
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6931
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-101-010-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Cermak Dental Center
1945-1965. It retains a high level of integrity.
Details: Mid-Century Modern building with slanted
storefront and Roman brick façade
façade.
Year of Completion: Circa mid 1950s
Other Year: Appears on 1957 Sanborn maps
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Building exhibits a high level of integrity and is a good example of Mid-Century Modern
commercial bulling..
Alterations: Large awning obscures view of the upper storefront/facade
Storefront Features: Band of metal and glass windows with a tall brick base and brick surround.
Storefront Alterations: Large awning stretching across entire length of façade is not original to the building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
51
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6930
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number:16-19-328-030-0000,16-19-328-033-0000;
16-19-328-032-0000, 16-19-328-031-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Jiffy Lube; auto repair facility
Reason for Significance: This building retains little or
no architectural or historical significance and was
constructed after 1965.
Details:
Other Year:
Current Wall Material: Concrete
Original Wall Material: Concrete
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: One-story Jiffy Lube with three service bays.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Three garage bays, a single metal and glass door, and metal window.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
53
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6929
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-101-011-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Potentially contributing secondary structure?
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Secondary Structure: Yes - garage
Current Function: Vacant commercial, apartments
Road's second period of significance between 19451965. Retains a high level of integrity.
Details: Mid-Century Modern with brick and stone
façade materials, fixed canopy/awning
Current Wall Material 2: Stone, Wood
Original Wall Material 2: Stone, Wood
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original façade materials - multiple colors of brick, wood siding, wood board
and batten, fixed metal canopy/awning, offset planes from second story
Alterations: There appears to be very few alterations.
Storefront Features: Original storefronts with metal framed display windows with a brick base, storefront doors
are wood with a single light. A large canopy hangs over the storefront on the east façade.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1957, 1968 Sanborn Map
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6929-01; Side Elevation
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6925
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-102-001-0000,
16-30-102-002-0000
Evaluation Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Cermak Road Medical Center
Historic Function: Commercial/Residential
Reason for Significance: This building should be
re-evaluated for potential contributing status as time
goes forward.
Architectural Classification: Apartment Block
Details: Late Modernism
Other Year:
Plan: Square
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Casement, fixed
Window Configuration: Single
Significant Features: This building should be re-evaluated for potential contributing status as time goes forward.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: One large metal framed window per bay. One storefront window is arched.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6925-03, Window Detail
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City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-329-032-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Commercial, apartments above
re-evaluated for its significance as time goes forward.
Details: Late Modernism, mixed-use commercial
buildingg
Other Year: 1971 - Cook County Assessor's Office
Date Source: 1968 Sanborn Maps
Plan: U-shaped
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Glass block
Window Type: Horizontal Sliding
Significant Features: This building falls outside second period of significance but should re-evaluated for
possible contributing status as time goes forward.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Original metal framed display windows, original stone base and brick surround.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6918-03, West Elevation
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6917
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-102-003-0000,
16-30-102-004-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Building Integrity: Fair
Current Function: Family Practice Offices
Historic Function:
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with altered
storefront; altered possibly within POS
Plan: Square
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Significant Features: Wire-cut brick on upper façade and retains early wood windows. Storefront has been
altered with different materials but retains stylistic features from the Mid-Century Modern era.
Alterations: Masonry repairs may have taken place on upper façade but there appears to be minimal
alterations to the upper façade.
Storefront Features: Band of metal framed windows in a stone surround, stone curves back to a
band of glass block storefront windows in a stone surround. Retains early storefront windows.
Storefront Alterations: Earlier storefront was refaced with original storefront windows intact. Storefront
alterations may have occurred within Cermak Road's second period of significance.
60
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6917-02, Upper Story Windows
6917-03, Storefront Windows
6917-04, Storefront Window
61
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-102-006-0000,
16-30-102-005-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Retail and apartments
Road's second period of significance between 19451965 and retains a high level of integrity.
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with
commercial storefronts and glass curtain wall bridge atrium
Plan: U-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No/balconies on east elevation
Window Material: Patterned glass
Window Type: Fixed and sliding
Significant Features: Commercial storefront on first floor with apartment court behind. Front façade features
include pilasters, brick spandrels, and glass wall bridge atrium on 2nd and 3rd floors with original windows.
Alterations: There appears to be minimal alterations.
Storefront Features: Metal and glass storefront system in a brick surround.
Storefront Alterations: Small awnings between stone pilasters that are not original to the buildings.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6913-02, Atrium
6913-03, Courtyard
63
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-329-027-0000,
16-19-329-026-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Offices
Reason for Significance: The building dates from
the later period of development along Cermak Road
but has been significantly altered.
Architectural Classification: One Part Commercial
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with mansard
roof obscuring upper façade
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Unknown, slate on awning
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: Single Light with a transom
Significant Features: Exhibits characteristics of Mid-Century Modern massing and features including slanted
storefronts. Removal of mansard canopy could reveal upper facade.
Alterations: Mansard awning/canopy is not original to the building.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with transoms above, granite base and original stone
piers at the ends of the storefront. Mansard awning above storefront is covered in slate.
Storefront Alterations: Original storefront windows and configurations have been changed/removed.
64
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6912-02, Storefront
6912-03, Doorway
65
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6911
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-102-007-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Cermak Animal Clinic
Road's second period of significance between 19451965 and retains a high level of integrity
Details: Simple, early vernacular Mid-Century Modernism
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Original brick and stone façade with no visible alterations
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Two windows and one door surrounded by brick.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront door and windows have been replaced.
66
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
67
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-329-028-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Historic Function: Commercial, apartments above
Road's first and second periods of significance from
1910 - 1940 and 1945 - 1965.
Details: Classical/Renaissance Revival
Other Year: Appears in 1941 Berwyn City Directory
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Classical/Renaissance Revival upper façade with original windows, ornamentation,
quoins and brickwork, stone storefront piers.
Alterations:
Minimal alterations to upper façade although brick and stone needs
cleaning and maintenance.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with a brick base and original stone piers.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront windows and doors are not original and a brick base and Permastone
divider were also added. An awning was added above the eastern storefront.
68
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1941 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6908-03, Ghost Sign
6808-03, Upper Façade Detail
6808-04, Courtyard
69
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6905
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-102-009-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Medical & insurance offices, apts
Historic Function: Commercial/apartments
Road's second period of development between 19451965 and has a high level of integrity.
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with stone piers,
brick façade and metal storefront
storefront.
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed and Double Hung
Significant Features: Possesses original brick and stone façade and storefront.
Alterations: Windows on the second floor are not original and has been replaced..
Storefront Features: Original storefront materials and configuration with cantilevered kneewalls,
original metal fixed windows and metal and glass doors.
70
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6905-02, Storefront
71
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-102-008-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Retail with apartments above
Historic Function: Retail, offices, apartments
Reason for Significance: Associated with
Cermak Road's first period of significance between
1910-1940 and retains a high level of integrity.
Details: Classical Revival upper façade with MidCentury Modern storefront.
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brick upper façade with stone Classical Revival pilasters and dentiled string course.
Original windows appear intact.
Alterations: Entire storefront was significantly altered with materials typical of the Mid-Century Modern era.
Storefront Features: Three bays of metal framed display windows with a Roman brick base and surround. A
band of ribbed metal separates the upper and lower façade.
Storefront Alterations: Entire storefront level has been replaced but dates to the Mid-Century Modern period/
Cermak Road's second POS. Awnings are not original.
72
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1927, 1957, 1968 Sanborn Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6907-02, Upper Façade
73
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-329-033-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: offices with apartments above
Historic Function: Apartments
Reason for Significance: This is an excellent
Modern mixed-use apartment block. Building falls
outside second period of significance, 1945-1965
Details: Late Modernism Two-Part Commercial and
Residential Block
Other Year:
Plan: U-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Brick facades with alternating bays/spandrel panels of white/brown colors. The building
is crowned with a projecting metal cornice. This building could attain contributing status as time goes forward.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal and glass storefront system with brick surround.
Storefront Alterations: Regular bays of metal storefront windows.
74
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
75
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
16-19-330-032-1019
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Kenilworth Arms Apartments
Historic Function: Residential
Road's second period of development between 19451965 and retains a high level of integrity.
Architectural Classification: Courtyard Apartments
Details: Mid-Century Modern apartment complex with
textured masonry surfaces and Chicago-style windows
Y
Year
off C
Completion:
l i
Circa
Ci Mid-1950's
Mid 1950'
Current Wall Material: Brick, glazed brick
Current Wall Material 2: Plaster panels
Original Wall Material: Brick, glazed brick
Plan: L-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
R
Rooff M
Material:
i l Not
N visible
i ibl - unknown
k
Porch: No
Window Material: Vinyl replacement windows
Window Material:
Window Type: Sliding, Fixed, Double Hung
Significant Features: Brown glazed/textured Roman style brick with plaster spandrel panels and Chicago style
on Cermak Road elevation.
Alterations: Windows were replaced but appear to have original Chicago style configurations
Storefront Features: N/A
Storefront Alterations: N/A
76
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6850-03; West Elevation
77
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6846
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-330-024-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Storefront Integrity: Good
Current Function: Overseas China Restaurant
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with brick
storefront slanted façade and stone planting bed
storefront,
Current Wall Material: Textured Roman Brick
Original Wall Material: Textured Roman Brick
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Stone planter below storefront windows and a fixed metal awning that stretches the
length of the front façade.
Alterations: Large A-Frame for backlit sign.
Storefront Features: Two large fixed metal windows and a separate single metal and glass door.
Storefront Alterations: Door may not be original to building.
78
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
79
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-103-001-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Reason for Significance: New construction/falls
outside second period of significance with little or no
architectural significance
Details:
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed and casement
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with transoms above.
80
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
81
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-103-003-0000,
16-30-103-002-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Retail
Historic Function: Grocery store
Road's second period of development between
1945-1965 and retains a high level of integrity
Architectural Classification: Enframed Commercial
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with upper
window panel and recessed/enframed storefront
Other Year: Appears on 1957 Sanborn Map
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Classic Mid-Century Modern resources with Roman brick façade with stone enframed/
recessed storefront.
Alterations: With the exception of several signs, there appears to be minimal alterations to the building façade.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows. Original terrazzo floor in front of storefront windows.
82
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6841-02, Storefront
83
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6844
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-330-025-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Reason for Significance: Associated with second
period of Cermak Road's development between
1945-1965.
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with Roman
brick façade and stone window bay
Year of Completion: Circa mid-1950's
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Roman brick façade with stone window bay and recessed entranceway. A simple expression
of Mid-Century Modernism.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Single metal and glass door with sidelights. One fixed, single light window located in the
bank of stone to the left side of the door. A small, thin band of windows is located to the right of the door.
84
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
85
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6842
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-330-026-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Advanced Medical Services
Road's second period of significance between 19451965, but may have been altered.
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource that has been
altered
Current Wall Material: Light and Dark Brown Brick
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Mid-Century Modern building with typical massing and storefront configuration but
façade has been significantly altered.
Alterations: Building façade may have been refaced with new brick- additional investigation needed to make
determination.
Storefront Features: Metal/aluminum-framed display windows in brick surround.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront doors and windows are not original. The large awning above
storefront is not original.
86
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
87
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6840
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-330-027-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Wagner's Bar
Road's first period of significance between 1910-1940.
Details: Vernacular Brickfront with altered storefront
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original storefront surround, original second floor window surrounds and ornamentation
Alterations: Coping/cornice stone line is missing in the center of upper façade bay. Upper-story double
hung windows are not original.
Storefront Features: Original brick and stone storefront surround. Original terra cotta storefront kneewall and
mosaic tile floor.
Storefront Alterations: The display windows have been covered with wood paneling and only small squares of
glass remain visible. Doors are not original. Storefront can be rehabilitated.
88
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6840-02, Terrazzo Floor
89
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6836
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-330-028-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Berwyn Masonic Lodge
Reason for Significance: This building retains little or
no architectural significance.
Details:
Year of Completion:
Date Source:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: N/A
Significant Features: This building has been substantially altered with no original material visible. Building
alterations are irreversible.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: One set of metal and glass doors
90
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
91
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6835
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-103-006-0000
Photo 1
Evaluation/Rating
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Reason for Significance:
Associated with Cermak Road's first period of
significance between 1910-1940.
Details: Vernacular Tudor Revival Brickfront
with altered storefront
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original stone window surrounds at storefront and upper facade, original brick piers
and diamond shaped parapets.
Alterations: Second floor windows have been replaced and are not original to the building
Storefront Features: Original brick piers and stone storefront surround. Metal framed display windows.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront windows and doors were replaced and are not original to the building.
92
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1927, 1957, 1968 Sanborn
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
93
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6833
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-103-007-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Fair
Current Function: Law office, apartments
that dates to a later period of development.
development
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brick and stone upper level and early wood windows. Original brick piers on
storefront.
Alterations: Part of the parapet wall and cap is missing.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with brick base and piers. The storefront has a recessed
metal door and the apartment entry door is wood. The transom above has been filled with a metal panel.
Storefront Alterations: Large wood shingle awning above storefront. The storefront windows, door and brick
base are not original to the building but date to Cermak Road's second period of development.
94
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
95
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-330-031-0000,
16-19-330-030-0000, 16-19-330-029-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Convenient Store, Hair Salon
1945 and 1965.
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource
Current Wall Material: Textured Roman brick
Current Wall Material 2: Siding, stone
Original Wall Material: Textured Roman brick
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: single light
Significant Features: Displays typical features of a Mid-Century Modern building with textured Roman
brick façade and metal canopy
Alterations: Siding on center bay may not be original- further research is needed to determine what is underneath.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with a brick base and surround, metal awnings above
storefront windows.
Storefront Alterations: The only original awning is the metal awning on the building's east bay, the west bay awning
is a replacement with the fabric awning not original. Permastone piers may also be an alteration but significant.
96
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6830-02, Storefront
97
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6827
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-103-010-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Storefront Integrity: N/A
Current Function: Apartments
Historic Function: Residential
Road's second period of development between 1945-.
1965
Year of Completion: Circa mid-1950s
Plan: U-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Sliding and fixed
Significant Features: Residential apartment building fronting Cermak Road with alternating stone piers and brick
spandrel bands.
Alterations:
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6827-03, North Elevation
99
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6820
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number:16-19-331-021-0000,16-19-331-024-0000
16-19-331-023-0000, 16-19-331-022-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Storefront Integrity: N/A
Current Function: Linhart Funeral Home
Historic Function: Linhart Funeral Home
Details: Funeral home with Colonial/Georgian
Revival elements
Other Year:
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Hipped with a front gable
Roof Material: Asphalt Shingles
Porch: Front
Window Material:
Window Type: Double Hung and Fixed
Significant Features: Front façade with central-columned portico and central pedimented gable, roof cupola
Alterations: Vinyl/aluminum siding in gable.
100
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6820-04, Sign
101
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6814
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-331-026-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Storefront Integrity: Fair
Current Function: Guadalajara Grill & Bar
Road's second period of development between 19451965
Details: Late Art Moderne vernacular storefront
building with vitrolite panels
Current Wall Material: Vitrolite Panels, Stone
Original Wall Material: Vitrolite Panels, Stone
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building with stone storefront and vitrolite panels on upper facade.
Alterations: Backlit channel letter sign on upper façade installed on vitrolite panels.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront windows and doors are not original to the building.
102
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6814-01, Front Facade
103
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6801
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-104-008-0000
Local Significance Rating: Significant I
Listed on existing survey? IL State Historic Survey
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Storefront Integrity: Secondary Structure: No
Historic Function: Berwyn National Bank
Reason for Significance: It retains a high level of
integrity and is associated with Cermak Road's
first period of significance between 1910-1940
Architectural Classification: Vaulted Commercial
Details: Classical Revival/Beaux Arts dome
Other Year:
Date Source: National Register Nomination Form
Current Wall Material: Indiana Limestone
Current Wall Material 2: Granite, brick
Original Wall Material: Indiana Limestone
Original Wall Material 2: Granite, brick
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat with dome
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Window Configuration: Single light, fan light, varies
Significant Features: The building retains its original ornamentation and roof dome. The panels and fan light
above the entry doors are also original. Building already listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Alterations: The windows and doors have been replaced and a door has been added on the western edge of
the north façade.
104
Historic Name: American State Bank
Common Name: Berwyn National Bank
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
See American State Bank National Register of Historic
Places Nomination.
1927 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6801-04, Frieze
105
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-331-027-0000
Photo 1
Evaluation/Rating
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Commercial
Road's first period of development between 1910-1940
Details: Significant example of Art Moderne style
along Cermak Road
Y
Year
off C
Completion:
l i
1936
Date Source: University of Minnesota
Current Wall Material: Terra cotta
Original Wall Material: Terra Cotta
Plan: L-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
R
Rooff M
Material:
i l Not
N visible
i ibl - unknown
k
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed/storefront
Significant Features: Significant example of a streamlined Art Moderne building clad in terra cotta. Terra
cotta is largely intact although storefronts have been modified
Alterations: Terra cotta has been painted.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with an EIFS base and surround. EIFS can be removed and
storefronts properly rehabilitated.
Storefront Alterations: The entire storefront level has been covered with EIFS or replaced. Awnings are not
original to the building.
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Historic Name: Karavitis Store Building
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect: Jensen, Jens J., Sr.
Architect 2: Teutsch, C. M.
Builder: A. Bakken
Architect Source: University of Minnesota
Historic Information: see http://snuffy.lib.umn.edu/
image/srch/bin/Dispatcher?mode=600&id=atc4667
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6800-02, Corner Entry
6800-04, Historic Photo
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City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-040-0000, 1
16-30-200-001-0000; 6-30-200-002-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Fair
Current Function: Commercial/ medical offices
Details: Excellent example of Art Deco/Art Moderne
commercial architecture
Current Wall Material: Terra Cotta
Plan: L-shaped
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Significant Features: Original continuous bands of terra cotta and original art deco terra cotta ornamentation.
Original storefronts and terra cotta surrounds.
Alterations: Upper façade retains a high level of integrity but terra cotta needs maintenance.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with terra cotta base and surround.
Storefront Alterations: Some storefronts have replacement doors and windows. The metal header strips
above most of the storefront windows have been removed. Awnings have been added above the storefronts.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6743-01, Northeast Corner
6743-03, Storefront Capital
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6741
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-041-0000
Evaluation/Rating
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General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Regal Drapery
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with slanted
storefront and stone panel upper façade.
façade
Current Wall Material: Faux stone panels
Original Wall Material: Faux stone panels
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Mid-Century Modern resource with original stone and faux stone panel façade and
storefront configuration.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Original metal framed display windows.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6739
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-005-0000
Evaluation/Rating
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General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: State Farm Insurance
Road's second period of significance between.
1945-1965
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with relatively
new storefront
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building contains original textured stone upper façade with original storefront replaced
Alterations: Backlit signage has been added to the upper façade
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows and kneewalls
Storefront Alterations: Storefront windows and doors are not original and were installed at a later date.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6752
Direction: W
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-424-017-0000
Evaluation/Rating
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General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Burger King
Reason for Significance: Corporate Franchise Design
constructed in 1981.
Other Year:
Current Wall Material 2: Angled wood boards
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed windows with a brick base and surround.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6738
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-424-018-0000
Evaluation/Rating
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General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Medical Offices
Historic Function: Commercial; Tea Store
1910- 1940; storefront from second period 1945-1965.
Details: Vernacular Brickfront upper story/storefront
may have been modified in 1950s-1960s
Current Wall Material: Brick, Stone
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Metal replacement windows
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brick and stone on the upper façade dating to first construction; lower
storefront was modified in the 1950s - 1960s approximately.
Alterations: Windows are replacements and not original to the building. First level has been completely
replaced circa 1950s - 1960s.
Storefront Features: Storefront is Permastone with two metal and glass doors on either end and a band of two
single light fixed metal windows separated by signage. Ribbed metal awning and panel above.
Storefront Alterations: The entire storefront was replaced with Permastone and dates from Cermak Road's second
period of significance.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
117
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6737
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-006-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Retail
Reason for Significance: Association with Cermak
storefront
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Buildings retains much of its original features and building materials including stone
façade and storefronts. Façade needs cleaning and maintenance.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows and wood doors are original to the building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
119
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6736
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-424-023-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: La Aduana Restaurant
Historic Function: Ben Franklin Store
Road's first period of significance between 19101940 but has been significantly altered.
Details: Building has been significantly altered and retains
little architectural integrity.
integrity
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: Single Pane with transom
Alterations: Original façade has been entirely covered or replaced and no original building material is visible.
Storefront Features: Metal framed displayed windows with transoms above that slope back into façade.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront windows and the door have been replaced and are not original to the
building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
121
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6735
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-007-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Commercial/ Apartments
Details: Late Mid-Century Modern resource with
slanted storefront
Other Year: 1968 Sanborn Map
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building retains much of its original features and materials including its brick
and stone façade and slanted storefronts.
Alterations: Sliding windows on second story are not original to the building.
Storefront Features: Original metal framed display windows and doors with original standing seam metal
awning above.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6733
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-008-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Palenteria
Historic Function: Berwyn Food Shop
Reason for Significance: Building has been
significantly altered but additional investigation is needed
to determine if original materials can be rehabilitated.
Details: Façade has been refaced with EIFS
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building has been significantly altered with EIFS (Dryvit) on façade and storefronts.
Additional investigation needed to determine if EIFS can be removed and original building materials rehabilitated
Alterations: Entire storefront has been altered/replaced with no original material visible.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows and kneewalls.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront system is not original and entire storefront surround has been covered
or altered.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6732
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-424-025-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Accounting, Insurance
Historic Function: Savings and Loan, Real Estate
Details: Building was refaced with EIFS
Other Year: 1965 addition - 1968 Sanborn map
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations: Original façade has been entirely refaced and covered with EIFS (Dryvit). Investigation needed to
determine if EIFS can be removed and original façade/building materials can be recovered/rehabilitated
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows and door.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront windows and the door are both replacements and not original to the
building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-424-022-0000,
16-19-424-021-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Details: Façade has been altered with EIFS
Other Year: Appears in 1941 Sanborn Map
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Although upper storefront facade has been altered and storefront windows and
doors have been replaced, the building retains its overall form and integrity on its side elevations.
Alterations: Upper façade has been entirely covered with EIFS. Further investigation is needed to
determine if EIFS can be removed and original building materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows and one metal door in each bay.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront windows and doors are both replacements and not original to the
building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
129
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6727
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-042-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Discount Furniture Store
Road's second period of significance between 19451965 and retains a high level of integrity
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with stone
façade
façade.
Current Wall Material: Limestone
Current Wall Material 2: Faux stone panels
Original Wall Material: Limestone
Original Wall Material 2: Faux stone panels
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Classic Mid-Century Modern building façade with glass storefront. Building retains a
high level of integrity although façade is in need of cleaning and maintenance
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Single large fixed original window and recessed entry with side lights and transom.
Entrance has faux stone surround and base.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6725
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-012-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Fair
Current Function: Chimbombo
Historic Function: Real Estate Office
Road's first period of significance between 19101941
Details: Art Deco building with features partially
removed/obscured/altered
Current Wall Material 2: EIFS, ceramic tile
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Art Deco style building with some features altered and obscured. Partial original stone
decorative elements include pilasters and reliefs near the top of parapet wall. Parts of façade have been painted
Alterations: Large fabric signs and glazed tile have been installed above and around the storefront.
Storefront Features: 1 bay of 3 large metal framed display windows surrounded by tile.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront windows, door, and surround tile are not original to the building. Tile could be
removed to rehabilitate original storefront.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6725-02, Cornice Relief
6725-03, Pilaster
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6723
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-013-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Historic Function: Berwyn Shoetorium
Road's first and second period of significance
between 1910-1940 and 1945-1965
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building was constructed in the 1940s although its storefront was altered during the
1950s or 1960s.
Alterations: Some masonry repointing/repair above the storefront.
Storefront Features: Storefront was altered in the 1950s. Metal framed display windows and a recessed door.
Storefront Alterations: Yes
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
135
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6721
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-014-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Cermak Road's first period of development but has
been significantly altered.
Details: Front façade has been altered with EIFS.
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building has been significantly altered with EIFS (Dryvit) on façade and storefront.
Investigation is needed to determine if EIFS can be removed and original materials removed/rehabilitated.
Alterations: Original façade has been altered with EIFS and no original materials are visible.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront is not original and the storefront surround has been completely covered/
altered.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
137
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6719
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-015-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Fair
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building retains a high level of integrity with its original brick and stone façade.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Original metal and glass storefront system. Original brick base and piers.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
139
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-425-022-0000,
16-19-425-020-0000; 16-19-425-021-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Cermak Road's second period of significance
between 1945-1965 and retains a high level of integrity
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with multiple
storefronts
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original textured stone façade and storefront configurations. This building has a
high level of integrity although façade stone and storefront materials need to be cleaned and maintained.
Alterations: Signage above storefronts is not original.
Storefront Features: Storefronts have original metal and glass storefront windows with original wood doors.
Roll out awning is also original.
Storefront Alterations: Bubble awning over corner entrance and signs on upper facade are not original
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6716-03, Storefront
6716-04, Roll-Out Awning
141
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6714
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-425-023-0000.
16-19-425-029-0000; 16-19-425-023-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
Evaluation/Rating
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Ixtapa Restaurant
Road's first and second periods of significance
but buildings have been significantly altered.
Architectural Classification: One/Two-Part Commer.
Details: Building was developed in different phases
altered
Year of Completion: 1931, 1953- addition to the west.
Other Year: 1 story portion appears on 1957 Sanborn
Current Wall Material 2: Concrete Block
Plan: Rectangular (was originally 2 buildings)
Number of Stories: 1 story
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: Multi-light
Significant Features: Building was developed in different phases but facades have been significantly
altered with EIFS (Dryvit) and concrete block.
Alterations: Original façade materials have been covered/replaced with no original material visible.
Storefront Features: Original storefront configurations have been altered. Current configurations include
recessed doors and a bay of arched windows.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront windows and doors are replacements and not original to the building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
143
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6711
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-200-043-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Building Integrity:
Storefront Integrity:
Secondary Structure: Yes - fuel pump canopy
Current Function: Mobil Station
Historic Function: Site retains gas station function,
but building is not original to site.
Reason for Significance: Building is not original to
the site
Architectural Classification: One-Pt. Com/Gas Stat.
Details:
Year of Completion:
Other Year:
Date Source:
Current Wall Material: Wood
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations:
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
Preparer:
Preparer Organization:
Survey Date:
Survey Area:
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
145
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6710
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-425-030-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Bar, Resale shop
Historic Function: Beauty parlor, tavern
Road's first and second periods of significance between
1910-1940 and 1945-1965.
Details: Early commercial building altered/refaced
during the 1950's-1960's
1950 s-1960 s
Current Wall Material: Painted Permastone
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Façade was refaced with Permastone during the 1950's-1960's and storefront modified
in a Art Deco style.
Alterations: Original façade has been refaced in Permastone.
Storefront Features: Storefront consists of glass block and fixed windows in a Permastone surround. Retains
early wood doors and much of its Art Deco storefront configuration
Storefront Alterations: Permastone is not original to the storefront.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6710-03, Storefront
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6700
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-425-025-0000,
16-19-425-026-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Just Tires
Historic Function: Tire Sales and Service
Reason for Significance: Building dates from
Cermak Road's second periof of significance
Details: Front façade has been substantially altered
integrity
although east elevations exhibits some integrity.
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Front façade has been significantly altered although investigation is further needed to
determine if EIFS (Dryvit) can be removed and original materials recovered/rehabilitated.
Alterations: Original façade has been entirely covered/refaced with EIFS.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows and door may be original to the building but further
investigation is needed.
Storefront Alterations: Large bubble awning and EIFS storefront surround are not original to the building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
149
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6655
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-202-028-0000,
16-30-202-029-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Harris Bank
Historic Function: Land of Lincoln Savings & Loan
1945-1965 and retains a high degree of integrity
Details: Excellent example of Mid-Century
Modern architecture
Year of Completion: Circa mid 1950's
Other Year:
Current Wall Material 2: Ribbed metal panels
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: Multiple configurations
Significant Features: Grand example of Mid-Century Modern design along Cermak Road. Mix of window
configurations, projecting stone pilasters, glass enclosed staircase and curtain wall.
Alterations: Large Harris Bank signs added to metal panels at north and south ends of buildings.
Storefront Features: Vertical bands of metal framed windows.
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Historic Name: Land of Lincoln Savings and Loan
Association
Common Name: Harris Bank
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Arvard Fairbank's Lincoln statue removed in late
1990's; Land of Lincoln Savings Loan originates from
1925
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6655-01 West Elevation
6655-02, Staircase
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6650
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-426-021-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Secondary Structure: Yes - drive-thru canopy
Current Function: National City Bank
Historic Function: Ridgeland Savings and Loan
1945-65
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with sleek
design and red granite façade
Current Wall Material: Red granite
Original Wall Material: Red granite
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Good example of Mid-century Modern resource with fairly good integrity- red granite
provides sleek, modern design look. EIFS (Dryvit) was installed as band around façade
Alterations: Bands of EIFS installed around façade. EIFS should be removed to determine if original
materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
Storefront Features: The metal framed display windows located on the corner of the building has an original
terrazzo base and red granite surround and entrance canopy. The storefront could be original to the building.
Storefront Alterations: EIFS is not original.
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Historic Name: Ridgeland Savings and Loan Bank
Common Name: National City Bank
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Ridgeland Savings Bank was incorporated in 1921;
When constructed, Cermak Road branch served as
bank's headquarters
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6650-02, Corner Elevation
6650-03, Entrance
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6642
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-426-023-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Dentist office, apartments above
Historic Function: Commercial/Apartments
Reason for Significance: Retains a high level of
integrity and is associated with Cermak Road's first
period of significance between 1910-1940.
Architectural Classification: Two-Part/Enframed
Details: Tudor Revival with substantial ornamentation
Current Wall Material 2: Terra cotta
Original Wall Material 2: Terra cotta
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Casement w/ transom above
Window Configuration: 8 light, 4 light transom
Significant Features: Original windows, original ornamentation on second floor, original storefront surround
and base.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Replacement metal framed display windows, original terra cotta surround and stone base.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront doors and windows are not original.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1941 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6642-01: Front Façade
6642-03: East Elevation
6642-04: Parapet
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6635
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number:
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: CEDA
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with textured/
colored stone.
stone
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Textured/colored stone façade typical of Mid-Century Modern resources. Ribbed
metal panels above storefront match materials from adjacent bank building.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with metal panels above. Entry door protrudes from
the rest of the facade.
Storefront Alterations: Red marquee awning above entrance way may not be original.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
157
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6634
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-426-025-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Secondary Structure: Yes - attached garage
Current Function: Vesecky's Bakery, apartments
Historic Function: FJ Krasik Meat Market
Road's first period of significance between
1910-1940; storefront:1945-1965.
Details: Tudor Revival with Sullivanesque terra cotta
ornamentation storefront altered in 1950s
ornamentation,
1950s.
Current Wall Material 2: Terra Cotta
Original Wall Material 2: Terra Cotta
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brick and terra cotta ornamentation and wood windows on upper façade.
Alterations: Storefront level has been significantly altered but materials may date to the 1950s; further investigation
is needed to determine storefront material date of installation and integrity.
Storefront Features: Band of metal framed windows with a mosaic tile base and surround. Two doors are
located on the left side of the elevation. Backlit sign may date to the 1960s, roll-out awning has good integrity.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront level has been altered and retains no original materials; however, the
storefront could date from the 1950s and Cermak Road's second period of significance.
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Historic Name: FJ Krasik Meat Market
Common Name: Vesecky's Bakery, a long-time
Cermak Road business
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps, 1926-1927 City Directories
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6634-02, Sullivanesque Orn.
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City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-426-026-0000,
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Realtors, Clinic, Apartments
Road's first period of significance between 1910-1940
Details: Classical Revival commercial architecture.
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original terra cotta façade, ornamentation and storefront surrounds. Original recessed
apartment entry, mosaic tile floor, and door on first level.
Alterations: Windows on the second floor have been replaced and are not original to the building. Signage
above upper floor windows.
Storefront Features: The original terra cotta storefront surround is still extant. Metal framed display windows
with corrugated metal or awnings above.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront windows and doors, metal panels, and awnings are replacements and
not original to the building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1957, 1968 Sunburn Map
1927-1928 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6626-04, Front Entrance
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City of Berwyn
Architectural and Historical Survey
Street Number: 6625
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: NA - tax exempt
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Berwyn Post Office
Historic Function: Berwyn Post Office
and 1945-1965 and retains a high level of integrity
Details: Excellent example of Art Moderne
architecture
Other Year: 1965 - addition to south of Post Office
Date Source: Cornerstone
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Stacked awning
Window Configuration: Double light
Significant Features: Original brick façade and stone pillars, metal awning windows and metal panels below.
Original flagpole. WPA murals in the interior adds to the building's significance.
Alterations: 1965 addition to rear of the building.
Storefront Features: Five sets of tall metal windows (center has door below) in a brick surround. Pillars are
located between each window. A metal eagle is located above the entry door.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1957, 1968 Sanborn Maps,
cornerstone, WPA mural by Richard Haines
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6625-03, Front Entrance
6625-04, Cornerstone
163
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6621
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-203-001-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Building Integrity: Good
Storefront Integrity: NA
Current Function: part of Karco Auto
Historic Function: Filling Station (1957 Sanborn)
Details: Intact garage/service station from the 1920's;
castle turret and tile roofs are unique to Cermak Road
Other Year:
Plan: L-shaped (attached to building at 6619)
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type:
Window Configuration:
Significant Features: Two garage doors are located on both garage bays, each bay is capped with tile roof/
canopies. Castellated tower/turret between middle bay and south wing of complex.
Alterations: There appears to be minimal alterations.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Filling Station w/ greasing and battery service 1927, 1957, 1968 Sanborn Maps
A unique gas station/car repair facility from the 1920s.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6619
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-203-002-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: part of Karco Auto, Apartments
Historic Function: Winfield Service Station
Reason for Significance: Associated with the Cermak
Architectural Classification: Two-Part
Commercial
Details: Vernacular Brickfront
Plan: L-shaped (Connected to garage on next lot)
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Vinyl Replacement
Window Material:
Window Type: Double Hung and Fixed
Window Configuration: 1/1, single light
Significant Features: Original brick façade with stone string courses and parapet coping. Storefront retains a
high level of integrity.
Alterations: Windows in second story have been replaced
Storefront Features: Maintains an original copper and glass storefront system, with glass block and terra
cotta below. The interior of storefront retains original beadboard.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront door and apartment entry door are not original.
166
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps, 1926 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6619-03, Storefront
6619-04, Beadboard
167
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6617
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-203-003-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: Hair Salon, apartments
Historic Function: Schultz Undertaker
Reason for Significance: Retains a good level of
integrity and is associated with Cermak Road's
Details: Beaux Art/Classical Revival upper facade
Plan: Rectangular
yp Flat
Roof Type:
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original terra cotta ornamentation on building's second story.
Alterations: Windows on second floor are not original
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows and terra cotta surround
Storefront Alterations: The entire storefront level has been replaced with some original materials remaining
A large awning was added above storefront. Investigation needed to determine if storefront can be rehabilitated.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
169
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6616
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-427-029-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Accountants Offices
1945-1965
Details: Unique, late Mid-Century Modern resource
Current Wall Material: Textured Roman brick
Original Wall Material 2: Yes - Attached garage
Plan: Irregular
Number of Stories: 1 and 2
Flat small gable on corner bay
Roof Type: Flat,
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Attached single car garage next to storefront on Cermak (not typical). Original brick and
roof overhangs. Small clock tower near corner of building.
Alterations: Some inappropriate tuckpointing.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with Roman brick base and surrounds.
Storefront Alterations: Aluminum windows recent addition. Awning on corner storefront is not original and
blocks original fixed canopy.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6616-02, Storefronts
6616-03, Garage
171
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6615
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-203-004-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Rossy's (Resale Store)
Reason for Significance: Associated with Cermak's
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brick and stone detailing on upper façade and parapet coping. Storefront,
however, has been altered.
Alterations: Windows on the second floor are replacements.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows in a stone surround.
Storefront Alterations: The whole first level has been entirely replaced in stone and no original material is
visible. Awning above storefront is also not original. Storefront can be rehabilitated.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1927 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
173
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6613
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-203-005-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Domino's Pizza
Reason for Significance: Investigation needed to
determine if original building materials are underneath
front awning and other alterations.
Details:
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Further investigation needed to determine if building retains any original architectural
features and materials.
Alterations: Unknown
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with a stone base, entry door is set back from the rest
of the façade.
Storefront Alterations: Awning is not original.
174
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
175
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6611
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-203-006-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Airetite Windows
Historic Function: Suburban Food Mart
Road's first period of significance between
1910-1940
Architectural Classification: Two Part Commercial
Other Year: Appears in 1927 Berwyn Sanborn map
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Vinyl replacement windows
Window Material:
Significant Features: All brickwork, stone ornamentation and window surrounds are original in the upper
story.
Alterations: Double hung windows and all others on the second floor are replacements and not original to the
building.
Storefront Features: Original stone storefront surround.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront windows and doors are replacements and not original to the building.
Awnings are not original.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
177
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-427-023-0000,
16-19-427-022-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: State Farm Insurance
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with Roman
brick façade and slanted storefronts
Plan: Square
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Roman brick façade and original brick parapet wall and stone cap. Original brick
storefront surround.
Alterations: A-frame backlit sign and red awning are not original to the buildings.
Storefront Features: Original metal framed storefront windows with brick base and surround. Original wood
doors. Slanted storefronts typical of Mid-Century Modern storefronts
Storefront Alterations: Added awning along central storefront bay blocks view of facade
178
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6610-02, Storefront
6610-03, Storefront Door
179
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6608
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-427-024-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Part of Ace Hardware, apartments
1945-1965
storefronts and Roman brick façade
façade.
Other Year: Appears in 1968 Sanborn Map
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed and casement
Significant Features: Original brick façade with stone surround in upper window band. Slanted storefronts
are typical of Mid-Century Modern commercial architecture.
Alterations: Some infill brick below the air conditioners.
Storefront Features: Original metal framed display windows, brick base, and brick piers. Doors are located
at the ends of the façade and have transoms above. The awning above the storefront is also original.
Storefront Alterations: Additional investigation needed to determine if canopy is original to building and/or has .
been altered.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6608-02, Storefront
6608-03, Storefront
181
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6604
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-427-026-0000,
16-19-427-025-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Ace Hardware
the Cermak Road's second period of significance
Details: Mansard style roof may be covering original
façade
façade.
Current Wall Material: stucco or plaster panels
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Vaulted
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: The original façade has been entirely covered/replaced with several different materials.
Further investigation is needed to determine if original materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
Alterations: Mansard awning is not original and is covering the entire upper facade
Storefront Features: Metal framed windows, which are not original to the building.
Storefront Alterations: Wood paneling is most likely not original to the building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1957, 1968 Sanborn Map
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
183
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6601
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-203-008-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Secondary Structure:
Current Function: Dunkin Donuts/ Baskin Robbins
Reason for Significance: Corporate Franchise
Design with little or no architectural significance.
Other Year:
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Bands of metal framed windows.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
185
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6548
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-428-020-0000,
16-19-428-021-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Craig's Shoes
Reason for Significance: New construction with
little or no architectural significance.
Details:
Other Year:
Current Wall Material: Face brick
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Mansard awning
awning, flat behind
Roof Material: Metal, unknown
Foundation: Concrete
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Large mansard awning/roof obscures building façade.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Bays of large metal framed display windows. Retractable awning are located above
the storefront windows and a large metal, mansard awning is located at the top of the elevation.
186
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
187
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6547
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-204-001-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Secondary Structure: Yes - detached garage
Current Function: Home Savings, Apartments
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Significant Features: Original brick façade with stone coping and string course, stepped corner parapet.
Alterations: Windows are not original to the building and some windows have been in filled to fit smaller
windows.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with a Roman brick base and a rounded, corner entry.
Panels are covering the original transom locations.
Storefront Alterations: Original storefront replaced, significantly modified. Current storefront dates to
Cermak Road's second period of significance in the 1950s.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps, 1927-1928 Berwyn City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
189
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6545
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-204-002-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Historic Function: Grocery store, liquor store
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Original brickwork and stone details/roof coping above storefront; arched/angled
parapets.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Tall brick base with a long fixed window on either side of a door.
Storefront Alterations: Brick base, windows. awning and doors are not original to the building. The awning
above storefront windows was only recently added.
190
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps, 1927-1928 Berwyn City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
191
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6544
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-428-022-0000,
16-19-428-023-0000
Evaluation/Rating
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Seneca Restaurant
Details: Art Deco building although storefront has been
modified
Plan: L-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building retains original terra cotta façade, ornamentation and storefront surrounds.
Alterations: Large signage above storefront.
Storefront Features: Terra cotta storefront surround. The storefront has two outer bays of two large
windows each surrounded by EIFS (Dryvit) and a recessed door in the center bay also surrounded by EIFS.
Storefront Alterations: The EIFS, windows and doors are not original to the building. Awnings have been
added above the storefront.
192
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6544-02, Storefront
6544-03, Terra Cotta
193
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6543
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-204-003-0000
Local Significance Rating: NC-Investigation Needed
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: La Espanola Tapas Bar
Historic Function: Tavern, liquor store
Cermak Road's first period of significance but
has been significantly altered.
Current Wall Material: Wood Paneling
Plan: Rectangular
Number of Stories:
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: N/A
Alterations: The original façade has been entirely covered or replaced and no original material is visible but
additional investigation is needed to determine if original materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
Storefront Features: Storefront is made up of four sets of wood French doors. Each door has 12 lights.
Storefront Alterations: The original storefront has been entirely replaced but additional investigation is needed
to determine if original materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
195
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6539
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-204-004-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: La Lupita Restaurant, apartments
Details: Vernacular Brickfront with Tudor Revival
elements
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brick and stone elements, roof coping and window surrounds on the second
floor; brick and stone surrounds at storefront level.
Alterations: The double hung windows on second story are not original. Awnings have been added above
these windows.
Storefront Features: Storefront is filled with wood vertical boards and has two sets of wood French doors and
three other entry doors.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront and entry doors have been completely replaced. The large awning and
lights were also added.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1927-1928 Berwyn City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
197
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6538
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number:16-19-428-024-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Medical Office, apartments above
1945-1965
storefront and metal canopy
Other Year: 1962 - Cook County Assessor's Office
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Metal replacement
Window Configuration: 1/1, Single Light
Significant Features: Multi-colored Roman brick with slanted storefront and intact fixed metal awning/canopy.
Displays typical features of Mid-Century Modern commercial resources.
Alterations: Upper story windows may have been replaced.
Storefront Features: Five windows with transoms and original door (possibly) with transom above. Windows
have stone sill and a brick base below. Original aluminum awning with caduceus symbol attached at one end.
Storefront Alterations: Windows are not original, and base may have been refaced, but door may be original.
198
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6538-02, Storefront
6538-03, Caduceus Symbol
199
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6537
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-204-005-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Law Offices
first period of significance between 1910-1940 but
Details: Façade has been refaced
Other Year: Appears on 1927 Berwyn Sanborn Map
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Alterations: Original facade materials has been entirely replaced/refaced. Additional investigation is needed to
determine if original materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
Storefront Features: Metal fixed windows with brick base surround and stone window sills. The storefront has
doors located at each end of the building.
Storefront Alterations: The original storefront has been entirely replaced and storefront windows and doors
are not original.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
201
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6536
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-428-025-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Attorney Office
1945-1965
Details: Mid-Century Modern resource with original
configuration
materials and storefront configuration.
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original Roman brick façade with stone coping and surround.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Two storefront bays each with an original wood door and metal windows.
Storefront Alterations: Original storefront windows have been replaced with metal/aluminum.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6536-02, Storefront Doors
203
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6535
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-204-006-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Secondary Structure:
Current Function: Wings Firehouse Bar
Historic Function: Mika Meats
Details: Façade has been significantly altered.
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations: Original facade has been entirely replaced/refaced. Strong likelihood that alterations are irreversible
but additional investigation is recommended to determine if original materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
Storefront Features: Two doors located to either end of the façade and a garage door in the middle of the
façade.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront has been completely replaced and does not contain any original material.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
205
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6534
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-428-026-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: General Dentistry
Details: Excellent example of a vernacular Mid-Century
Modern commercial resource
Current Wall Material: Textured Roman Brick
Original Wall Material: Textured Roman Brick
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Wood and patterned glass
Window Type: Fixed, hopper
Significant Features: Original brick façade with stone roof coping and storefront surround. This building
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Original wood framed patterned glass windows in a stone surround. A planter is
located below the storefront windows, which is a typical feature of a Mid-Century Modern resource.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6534-02, Storefront
207
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6533
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-204-007-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Cozy Furniture
Historic Function: Coal Co., Tea store, Quilt store
and second period from 1945-1965.
Details: Vernacular Brickfront with Art Deco styled
storefront
Current Wall Material: Vitrolite
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Typical vernacular Brickfront building with storefront altered in 1930s/1940s.
Vitrolite storefront panels and aluminum awning. Vitrolite storefront is unique along Cermak Road.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows, aluminum awning above, Permastone knee wall.
Remnants of neon signage from early tenant. Permastone may date from the 1950s
Storefront may have been altered in the 1930s/1940s; Permastone kneewall from the
1950s.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
209
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6532
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-428-028-0000,
16-19-428-027-0000; 16-19-428-029-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Chase Bank
re-evaluated as a potential contributing building as
time goes forward.
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Building falls just outside second period of significance but warrants further investigation to
determine if original design is intact. Building should be re-evaluated for significance as time goes forward.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: 2 bays of metal framed display windows, the remaining area of the first level is open
for a parking area.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
211
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6531
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-204-040-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Commercial/apartments
Reason for Significance: Example of late Modernism
but falls outside second period of significance; should
be re-evaluated as time goes forward.
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Significant Features: This building should be re-evaluated for its significance and as a contributing building
as time goes forward.
Alterations:
Storefront Alterations: Added awnings and signage
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
213
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6518
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-429-022-0000,
16-19-429-021-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Insurance Plus
Reason for Significance: Building has been
Details: Investigation needed to determine if EIFS
can be removed and original materials recovered
recovered.
Other Year:
Original Wall Material: unknown
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Additional investigation needed to determine if EIFS can be removed and original
materials recovered/rehabilitated.
Alterations: The original façade has been entirely covered with EIFS (Dryvit) and no original material is visible.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows, double door with a transom.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront door and window are most likely not original. The storefront surround
and signage are not original.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
215
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6516
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-429-023-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Las Islas Maria's Restaurant, apts
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brick and terra cotta ornamentation on upper floor; stepped parapet and three
decorative urns- two in good condition.
Alterations: The upper story double hung windows have been replaced, as have the storefront and its surround.
Storefront Features: Metal framed windows in a red granite surround. A clay tile awning is located above the
storefront. Above the awning, EIFS covers the remaining portion of the 1st level. Original terrazzo entry floor.
Storefront Alterations: The entire storefront has been completely altered and the storefront windows, door,
tile awning and EIFS are not original to the building.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6516-02, Storefront
217
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6515
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-205-002-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Miska's Liquors
Historic Function: Auto Dealer
Details: Renaissance Revival
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Awning above storefront
storefront, flat roof behind
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Retains original terra cotta façade, storefront surrounds, with gabled roofs
Alterations: Façade is fairly intact although it needs maintenance. Storefront awning may be covering original
elements.
Storefront Features: Original terra cotta storefront surround. Metal framed display widows with a tile kneewall
below these elements are not original.
Storefront Alterations: Signage, awnings, storefront windows have been replaced and the bottom half of each
opening has been filled with tile.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1957, 1968 Sanborn Maps,
1941 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
219
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6514
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-429-024-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Law office, apartments above
Historic Function: Hardware store, grocery
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material: Leaded glass transoms
Window Type: Hopper transoms
Window Configuration: Single Light with Transom
Significant Features: Original brickwork and stone details on upper façade. Original wood windows with
leaded glass transoms. Arched parapet with bracketed cornice below. Distinctive window band below cornice
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows in a wood surround. A wood shake awning is located
above the storefront. The storefront configuration is original and with an original mosaic tile floor in the entry
Storefront Alterations: The storefront and surround have been replaced. The awning above storefront and
backlit signage is not original to the building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6514-02, Window Transom
6514-03, Storefront
221
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6513
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-205-003-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Mateo's Bar and Lounge, apts
Historic Function: Auto Repair, Tavern
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Significant Features: Original brick and stone on second floor with original double hung windows and storefront
surround.
Alterations: Storefront has been filled with brick.
Storefront Features: Original storefront surround consisting of a stone header and brick piers. Storefront has
been filled in with brick. There are two entry doors, one with a glass block transom. There is one small window.
Storefront Alterations: The brick, wood doors, glass block, and storefront window is not original.
A large neon sign has been added above the storefront.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
223
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-429-025-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Commercial, Apartments above
Historic Function: Commercial,/Residential
Reason for Significance: Associated Cermak Road's
first period of significance between 1910-1940 and
Details: Tudor Revival with a high level of
ornamentation
Plan: S-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brick and elaborate terra cotta ornamentation in the form of lions, shields, etc.
Apartment court intact. Storefront bays are divided by original terra cotta piers.
Alterations: Windows on upper floors have been replaced; signage at building corner is not original.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows. Storefront surround materials include wood, metal,
brick, and EIFS and vary by storefront. Some storefronts have intact terrazzo flooring.
Storefront Alterations: The transom space above the windows have been filled with metal panels. Storefronts
and surrounds are not original.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6500-01, South Elevation
6500-03, Apartment Court
6500-04, Lion Ornamentation
225
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6507
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-205-006-0000,
16-30-205-004-0000; 16-30-205-005-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Secondary Structure: Yes - Attached garage
Current Function: Marik and Sons Funeral Home
Historic Function: Marik and Sons Funeral Home
Reason for Significance: Dates from first period
of significance (1910-1940) on Cermak Road and is
excellent example of Art Deco/ Tudor Revival arch.
Architectural Classification: Chapel; Two-Part Comm.
Details: Tudor Revival chapel, Art Deco addition
Year of Completion: 1929 - one story portion
Other Year: Remodeled in 1963
Date Source: National Register Form
Current Wall Material: Lannon Stone
Original Wall Material: Lannon Stone
Plan: Irregular
Number of Stories: 1 and 3
Roof Type: Gable on 1 story portion
portion, Flat on rest
Roof Material: Slate on gable, unknown on flat roof
Foundation: Unknown - not visible
Porch: No
Window Material: Wood (3rd) and replacement (2nd)
Window Material: Leaded glass
Window Type: Double hung and Fixed
Window Configuration: 6/1 and 12 light
Significant Features: Original stone façade and slate roof, Art Deco and Tudor Revival ornamentation, leaded
glass windows in Chapel, double hung windows on second and third floors of addition.
Alterations: Tudor Revival Chapel is the original one story portion. It was remodeled in 1936 when the 3 story
portion was added. Windows on the second floor are not original to the building.
Storefront Features: Rusticated stone with leaded glass windows. An arched doorway with recessed wood
doors provides entry to the funeral home.
Storefront Alterations: The one story portion was remodeled when the 3 story portion was added. It was
reclad in Lannon stone in order to have a continuous material and theme across the entire storefront level.
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Historic Name: Marik Funeral Home
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2: Bohumil T. Moravec (renovation architect)
Builder:
Architect Source: National Register Form
Historic Information: See Marik Sons Funeral Home
National Register Nomination; 1941, 1957, 1968
Sanborn Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6507-03, Chapel Canopy
6507-04, Addition, Upper Story
227
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6447
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-206-002-0000,
16-30-206-003-0000; 16-30-206-001-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: PAV Realtors
Reason for Significance: This building retains
Other Year:
Current Wall Material 2: Metal spandrel panels
Original Wall Material 2: Metal spandrel panels
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat with glass atrium
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Bands of 5 or 6 metal and glass storefront windows and a recessed corner entry.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
229
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-430-019-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Details: Tudor Revival architecture an ornamentation
with modified storefronts
storefronts.
Plan: U-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original elaborate brick and terra cotta ornamentation, window surrounds and mullions,
terra cotta panels including "Berwyn Building" on front façade/south elevation
Alterations: Upper story double hung windows are replacements, originals were 6/1 double hung some are extant in the apartment courtyard.
Storefront Features: Metal and glass replacement storefront windows, brick knee walls and metal panels in
transom. The corner storefront is the only original and has an aluminum frame an terra cotta knee wall.
Storefront Alterations: Some windows of the original storefront were divided. Transom spaces were
covered above all storefronts and large signage was added.
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Historic Name: Berwyn Building
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1941 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6438-03, Berwyn Building Panel
6438-04, Storefront
231
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6431
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-206-005-0000,
16-30-206-004-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: La Quinta Restaurant
Reason for Significance: This building has been
significantly altered. Additional investigation needed to
determine if original materials can be recovered.
Details:
Other Year:
Current Wall Material 2: Metal and glass curtain wall
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Investigation needed to determine if original façade and materials can be successfully.
recovered and rehabilitated.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal and glass curtain wall that covers the entire elevation and has a brick base.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
233
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6425
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number:16-30-206-008-0000,16-30-206-009-0000
16-30-206-007-0000, 16-30-206-006-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: MacNeal Healthcare Center
Reason for Significance: This building was
constructed in 1993.
Details:
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Long bands of glass block, main entrance located off the side street.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: facing the parking lot, the entry has two angled bays of storefront windows, each with a
central entry door.
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Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
235
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-430-020-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Road's first period of significance and retains a high
level of integrity.
Details: Tudor Revival architecture with
ornamentation
Plan: S-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original elaborate brick quoins, diamond-shaped spandrel panels and window hoods.
floors. Terra cotta window surround/mullions. Original double hung windows on upper floor
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows in a granite surround.
Storefront Alterations: The existing storefronts are not original and have all been replaced. Large awnings
and signage were added above the storefronts.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6424-03, Upper Façade
237
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6420
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-431-020-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Remax Partners
Historic Function: Furniture shop
Significantly damaged by fire in 1980s
Details: Building appears to have Renaissance Revival
elements
Other Year: 1986 - Fire and resulting alterations
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Renaissance Revival elements with terra cotta quoins, pilasters and banding.
Alterations: Building was originally 2 stories tall, but suffered a fire which resulted in the removal of the
second story and alteration of the rest of the building.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with a brick base and terra cotta piers.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront windows and surround are not original and were replaced as a result
of the fire the building suffered. A large awning was added above the storefront.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: Building owner
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
239
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6418
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-431-021-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Hurst's Berwyn Jewelers, apts
Historic Function: Meat market, Berwyn Jewelers
Cermak Road's first period of significance between.
1910-1940 but has been significantly altered
Details: Victorian Brickfront form
Other Year: 1993 Renovation - BDC plaque
Current Wall Material: Tile
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: This building has been significantly altered from its original Victorian Brickfront design and
form.
Alterations: Entire building has been reclad with tile. Replacement windows on second floor, wall mounted
lamps on second floor.
Storefront Features: Gold anodized framed display windows with tile base and surround.
Storefront Alterations: Entire storefront has been altered and no original elements remain.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1927, 1957, 1968 Sanborn Maps;
Once located in Parthenon Theater, originally called
Berwyn Jewelers.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
241
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6401
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-30-207-007-0000,
16-30-207-005-0000; 16-30-207-006-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: McDonald's Restaurant
Other Year:
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat,
Flat mansard around perimeter
Roof Material: Unknown
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: This building is a Corporate Franchise Design from the mid-1980s.
Alterations:
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
243
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6400
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-19-431-022-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Bank of America
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: The street elevation of the bank displays a mosaic of the Parthenon Theater, which
previously occupied most of the block. Parthenon/Berwyn Theater was significantly damaged by fire in 1990.
Alterations:
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Original site of Parthenon/Berwyn Theater, destroyed
fire in 1990.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6400-03, Mosaic
245
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6347
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-100-001-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Reason for Significance: This building has little or
no architectural significance.
Other Year:
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Substantial alterations to existing buildings including EIFS panels on upper facade
Alterations:
Storefront Features: 4 bays of 3 tinted display windows in metal frames.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
247
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number:
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Fair
Integrity: High
Current Function: Beauty Store, Currency Exchange
Historic Function: Walgreens, National Tea Co.
Reason for Significance: Aluminum panels sculpted
by Edouard Chassaing who is associated with the
1933 World's Fair.
Details: Art Moderne with sculpted relief panels
Other Year:
Date Source: Berwyn Revisited
Current Wall Material: Bedford Limestone
Current Wall Material 2: Aluminum
Original Wall Material: Bedford Limestone
Original Wall Material 2: Aluminum
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Significant Features: Four large sculpted aluminum panels on second floor above entry were done by French
artist, Edouard Chassaing. Some original storefronts and aluminum bands above storefronts still extant.
Alterations: Replacement windows on second floor. Band of aluminum has been painted.
Storefront Features: Original storefronts on corner and west elevation. Storefronts have aluminum frames
and granite bases. Original band of aluminum that wraps across both elevations above the storefronts.
Storefront Alterations: Original storefront windows have been tinted. Eastern storefront on front facade
has been replaced and retains no original elements.
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Historic Name: Medical Arts Building
Common Name:
Cost: $125,000
Architect: Conley and Carlson
Architect 2: Walter Conley
Builder:
Architect Source: Berwyn Revisited
Berwyn Revisited
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6346-03, Relief Panel
6346-04, Relief Panels
249
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6339
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-100-002-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Low
Current Function: Sonus Hearing Care
Cermak Road's first period of significance but has
Details: Investigation needed to determine if original
building materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
recovered/rehabilitated
Other Year: Appears in 1926 Directory, 1927 Sanborn
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: Single lights with transoms
Significant Features: Building has been significantly altered with EIFS (Dryvit); terra cotta storefront knee wall
may be only original building material.
Alterations: Original façade has been entirely covered/refaced with EIFS. Additional investigation needed to
determine if original building materials can be refaced.
Storefront Features: The building metal framed display windows. Both bays have four windows and six small
transoms above. Two entry doors are recessed in the center of the façade. Early terra cotta base/kneewall.
Storefront Alterations: The doors and storefront system are not original to the building.
250
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1926 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
251
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6337
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-100-003-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: Computer Repair shop
Historic Function: Meat market
Road's first and second period of significance between
1910-1940 and 1945-1965.
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original upper façade brickwork and stone details. The brick and stone storefront
surround is original. Stepped parapet with window band below.
Alterations: The double hung windows on the second floor are replacements.
Storefront Features: The brick and stone storefront surround is original as is the cast iron post between
the storefront and apartment entry door. Two large display windows within metal frame and Roman brick kneewall.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront windows, door, brick kneewall and wood infill are not original to the building
but date to Cermak Road's second period of significance. The apartment entry door is a recent replacement.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps; 1926 Berwyn City Directory.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
253
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6335
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-100-004-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Retail, apartments
Historic Function: Grocery store, medical offices
Road's first period of significance.
Plan: Rectangular
yp Flat
Roof Type:
Porch: No
Window Material: Replacement
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brick storefront piers, original brickwork and stone sills on second floor.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with metal filler panel above, brick base and original brick
piers.
Storefront Alterations: Doors and windows on the storefront level are not are not original. The brick base and
panels above the storefront and apartment door are also not original.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1926 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
255
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6333
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-100-005-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: What a Gem Jewelers
Historic Function: Bakery
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Upper façade original brickwork and stone details with stepped parapet. Stone cornice
above window band. Brick and stone storefront surround is original.
Alterations: Signage above window band and storefront are not original.
Storefront Features: Original brick and stone surround and five large display windows in metal frames on a brick
kneewall with one door to each side.
Storefront Alterations: Windows, doors, and brick kneewall are not original to the building.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1926 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
257
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6327
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-100-006-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: Cigarette's, Dollar & More
Road's first and second periods of significance
between 1910-1940 and 1945-1965
Details: Classical Revival with Mid-Century Modern
storefront
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Significant Features: The building retains its original brickwork, stone ornamentation, and stone storefront
surround. The entry to the apts retains original door and transom. Side apartment door is original.
Alterations: All upper-story double hung windows are replacements.
Storefront Features: The stone surrounding the apartment entry and storefront is original. The storefront has
a Roman brick base and large windows in aluminum frames. The door is set back from the rest of the façade.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront windows and brick kneewall date to the 1950's and Cermak Road's second
period of growth and development. Large signage was added to storefront transom areas.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
259
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-329-028-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Medium
Current Function: Strip Mall
Cermak Road's first period of significance but has
Details: Exhibits 1930s/1940s Art Deco elements
Year of Completion: Circa late 1930s
Other Year: 1993 renovation - BDC plaque
Current Wall Material: EIFS and tile
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Vaults
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: East elevation of building shows original brickwork with blue terra cotta vertical and
horizontal bands as elements of the Art Deco style.
Alterations: Front façade has been covered with EIFS (Dryvit); some original material is visible.
Investigation needed to determine if EIFS can be removed and original materials recovered/rehabilitated
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows in varying configurations. All storefronts have tile kneewalls
and EIFS surrounds.
Storefront Alterations: Original storefront surround has been covered/replaced and no original materials are
visible. The storefront windows and doors are not original.
260
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Appears in 1941 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6326-02, Storefront
261
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-330-022-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Historic Function: Commercial,/Apartments
Road's first period of significance and retains a high
level of integrity.
Details: Tudor Revival/Sullivanesque ornamentation
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original windows on the second and third floors, original terra cotta door surrounds on
the first floor, original Sullivanesque terra cotta ornamentation
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Replacement metal framed display windows with a stone base and infill panels above.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront doors and windows are not original and a stone base has been added. Infill
panels displaying signage are located above the storefront in the area once occupied by storefront transoms.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6318-03, Ornamentation
263
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6323
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-101-001-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Medium
Current Function: Valle's Produce
Cermak Road's second period of significance but
Details:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: Single Lights
Significant Features: Building may date from the 1950's but front façade has been significantly altered.
Additional investigation is needed to determine original building materials can be recovered and rehabilitated.
Alterations: Unknown
Storefront Features: The first level has an inset corner entry and three sets of three display windows in metal
frames. A thin metal awning located above the storefront windows runs the entire length of the facade.
Storefront Alterations: The awnings above window bays were added within the past four years.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
265
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6312
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-330-023-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Poor
Storefront Integrity: Poor
Current Function: Pierre's Flowers
Historic Function: Grocery store, meat market
Cermak Road first period of significance between
Details: Additional investigation needed to determine if
original faced can be recovered/rehabilitated
Current Wall Material 2: Granite
Original Wall Material: Unknown
Original Wall Material 2: Unknown
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations: Original façade has been significantly altered with EIFS (Dryvit) covering entire façade. Further.
investigation is needed to determine if EIFS can be removed and original materials recovered/rehabilitated.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with transoms above and with a book matched granite
surround.
Storefront Alterations: Original storefront surround has been covered or replaced and no original materials
are visible. The storefront windows and doors are not original.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
267
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6311
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-101-002-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: Expert Insurance, vacant
Historic Function: Sporting goods store
Details: Mid-Century Modern building with classic
angled/slanted storefront
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original stone strip with a double bead detail that runs up the east side of the facade and
stretches across the top of the building.
Alterations: Large awning and backlit sign panel completely covers stone above the storefront.
Storefront Features: Recessed entry and angled soffit sloping to the door, angled aluminum and glass
display windows on a brick base. The brick continues in a vertical strip on the west end of the façade.
Storefront Alterations: The angled soffit is either new or a replacement.
268
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1951 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
269
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6310
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-330-024-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Poor
Storefront Integrity: Poor
Current Function: Pierre's Bakery, Azteca Photo
Historic Function: Grocery store, shoe store
original building materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
recovered/rehabilitated
Current Wall Material 2: Granite
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations: Façade has been entirely covered or replaced and no original material is visible. Investigation
needed to determine if original building materials can be rehabilitated.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with transoms above and with a book matched granite
surround.
Storefront Alterations: Original storefront surround has been covered or replaced and no original materials are
visible. The storefront windows and doors are not original.
270
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Architectural and Historical Survey
Street Number: 6301
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-101-004-0000,
16-29-101-003-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Current Function: Commercial Strip Mall
Reason for Significance: This building has little or no
architectural significance.
Details:
Other Year:
Current Wall Material: Permastone
Original Wall Material: Permastone
Original Wall Material 2: EIFS
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Gable
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: Fixed
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Each bay has two central doors and 3 metal display windows to the outside of these
doors. Transoms are located above all doors and windows. Most bays have a front gable above the storefront.
272
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
273
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-330-025-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Details: Classical Revival with storefront alterations
dating to the 1950s
Plan: U-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Significant Features: Original brickwork, stone ornamentation, and stone windows surrounds on upper floors.
Roof balustrades and pilasters. Apartment courtyard is intact.
Alterations: Double hung windows on upper floors are replacements.
Storefront Features: Storefronts have metal display windows and recessed entry doors and vary in configuration
by bay. All date from the 1950's and have terrazzo floors, some with names/logos, on the entry floor.
Storefront Alterations: Storefronts are not original to the building, but date to Cermak Road's second period
of significance from 1945-1965. Most awnings and signage do not contribute to the building's integrity.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6300-02, West/East Elevation
6300-04, Entry-Terrazzo Floor
275
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6243
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-102-001-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Historic Function: Drug store, doctor office
Details: Vernacular Brickfront with Classical Revival
details.
Year of Completion: 1920,
1920 1922
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Not
N t visible
i ibl - unknown
nkn n
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building retains original brickwork and stone ornamentation. First floor apartment
entrance and stone surround is also original. Façade design is duplicated on building facades to the east.
Alterations: Windows on second floor have been replaced. Some windows on west elevation were infilled.
Storefront Features: The corner storefront retains original entry mosaic tile and original cast iron and wood
storefront elements. The mosaic displays the name E. Stuchlik. Three original storefronts on west elevation.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront contains two large panes rather than original single pane. Awnings above
storefront not original. Basement light windows below storefront have been covered over with wood panels.
276
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps, 1926 Berwyn City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6243-02, Corner Storefront
6243-04, Entryway
277
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6241
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-102-002-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Details: Vernacular Brickfront/Classical Revival details
1920 1922
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Not
N t visible
i ibl - unknown
nkn n
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: The building retains original brickwork and stone ornamentation on the second floor.
The façade design continues to the two buildings on the east and west side.
Alterations: Original windows on the second floor have been replaced. The entire first floor of the building has
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows in an enamel metal panel surround. The storefront
is a band of four large windows. The storefront entry door is set back from the rest of the façade.
Storefront Alterations: The entire first floor, including all storefront elements, have been significantly altered,
most likely in the 1940s but still within the period of significance. A large awning was added at a later time.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1926 Berwyn City Directory.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6241-02, Side Entrance
279
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-331-026-0000, 16-20-331-024-0000
16-20-331-025-0000, 16-20-331-027-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: World's Largest Laundry
Reason for Significance: Building damaged by fire
and has been significantly altered.
Details:
Year of Completion: 2006- building alterations
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations: Significant alterations that are likely irreversible.
Storefront Features: Bays of tinted glass in metal frames in a brick base and surround. A large awning
covers the entire front façade.
280
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6240-02-West Elevation
281
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6239
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-102-003-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Historic Function: Meat market
and retains a high level of integrity
Details: Vernacular Brickfront/Classical Revival details.
1920 1922
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Not
N t visible
i ibl - unknown
nkn n
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: 2/1 and 3/1
Significant Features: The building retains original brickwork, stone ornamentation, and wood windows on the
second floor. The façade design continues to the two buildings to the west.
Alterations: The entire first floor of the building has been significantly altered.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows in a red Vitrolite and plastic surround. The storefront has
three large windows, each with a panel below and two transom windows above. The storefront door is set back.
Storefront Alterations: The entire first floor, including all storefront elements, have been significantly altered,
most likely in the 1940s and within the period of significance. A large awning was added at a later time.
282
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps; 1926 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
283
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6238
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-331-028-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Pro Salud Medical Center, apts
Historic Function: Florist
Details: Vernacular Brickfront with some Classical
Revival details
Current Wall Material: Brick, Stone
Current Wall Material 2: EIFS (1st level)
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: 3/1 and 2/1
Significant Features: Upper façade retains original brickwork and stone ornamentation with some
Classical Revival detailing. Stone scroll relief resting on cornice
Alterations: The double hung windows on the second floor have been replaced. The entire first level of the
building has been significantly altered.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with EIFS surround. Investigation should be undertaken to
determine if original storefront materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
Storefront Alterations: Original storefront surround has been covered or replaced and no original materials are
visible. Storefront windows and doors are not original.
284
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
285
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6237
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-102-004-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Fair
Integrity: High
Current Function: Restaurant- Anthony's Pizza, apts
and 1940.
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building retains original brickwork and stone cornice.
Alterations: Brick and stone on the first level have been painted white.
Storefront Features: Brick and stone storefront surround is original to the building.
Storefront Alterations: Brick and stone storefront surround has been painted white and storefront windows
and door has been replaced. A large awning has been added above the storefront windows.
286
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
287
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6236
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-331-029-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: First Rate Mortgage
Road's first period of significance between 19101940 but has been significantly altered.
original building materials can be recovered/rehabilitated
Current Wall Material 2: Limestone
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: The original façade has been entirely covered/replaced with EIFS (Dryvit) and no original
material is visible. Additional investigation needed to determine if original materials can be covered/rehabilitated.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with a limestone base and EIFS surround.
Storefront Alterations: Storefront windows and door are replacements and a retractable awning and sign
have been added.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
289
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6234
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-331-030-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Abogado Restaurant, apartments
Historic Function: Hardware store, bakery
although some storefront elements may date to 1950s
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Type: Fixed, Double Hung
Significant Features: Original façade brickwork, stone coping and stone storefront surround. Stepped
parapet and cornice.
Alterations: Double hung windows on the second floor are replacement.
Storefront Features: Original brick and stone surround. The storefront has two large windows in a metal frame
over a brick base and a single door with a transom above. A stone planter is located in front of the brick base.
Storefront Alterations: The glass block transom above apartment entry door; door is not original. The storefront,
brick base, and planter are not original but may date to later alterations in the 1950s. Storefront sign is not original.
290
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Historic Information: 1927, 1957, 1968 Sanborn Maps,
1926 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
291
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6233
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-102-008-0000, 16-29-102-007-0000
16-29-102-005-0000, 16-29-102-006-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Low
Current Function: Rosin's Eyecare
Historic Function: Jewelry store, retail
Reason for Significance: The buildings date from
first and second periods of significance but has been
original building materials can be recovered/rehabilitated.
Year
off Completion:
Circa
Y
C
l ti
Ci mid-1920s
id 1920
Plan: U-shaped (originally two separate buildings)
Roof Type: Flat
Roof
Material:
R fM
t i l Not
N t visible
i ibl - unknown
k
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building was originally two buildings. Building façades have been covered with EIFS
(Dryvit) and nor original building material has been visible.
Alterations: Additional investigation is needed to determine if EIFS can be removed and the original
materials rehabilitated.
Storefront Features: The first floor is brick and has large, single light, fixed metal windows.
Storefront Alterations: The brick, windows and doors are not original to the buildings. Additional
investigation is needed to determine if brick can be removed and original materials rehabilitated.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6227
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-102-039-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Medium
Current Function: Svec & Sons Funeral Home, apts
Historic Function: Svec & Sons Funeral Home
1910-1940; one of the oldest businesses on Cermak.
Details: Art Deco alterations in 1930s/1940s, additional
alterations in 1950s/1960s
Y
Year
off C
Completion:
l ti
Ci mid
Circa
id 1920
1920s
Date Source: 1927 Berwyn Sanborn map
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat and awning over balcony
R f Material:
Roof
M t i l Awning
A i - enamell metal
t l til
tiles
Porch: Front and side
Window Type: Double Hung and
Significant Features: Built in the 1920s; most likely remodeled later in the 1930s-1940s Art Deco style. The front
elevations were again remodeled in 1960s with stone and glass bock.
Alterations: Front elevations were remodeled in 1960s with stone and glass block but within Cermak Road's
second period of significance.
Storefront Features: Building may have originally been designed and constructed with storefronts.
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Historic Name: Svec and Sons Funeral Home
Common Name: Svec and Sons Funeral Home
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1926 Berwyn City Directory; one of the oldest, family
owned and operated funeral homes in the Chicago
area.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6227-03, Entrance
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City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-331-031-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Details: Classical Revival apartment block with some
storefronts altered over time
time.
Date Source: Building Cornerstone
Plan: Irregular/ U-shaped
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original brickwork, brick details around windows, stone quoins and windows on
upper floors. Original stone storefront surrounds, wood apartment entry doors and stone door surrounds.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: The westernmost storefront retains its original configuration, terracotta base and mosaic
tile entry floor. All other storefronts have gold anodized frames and Roman brick kneewalls, which may date to 1950s.
Storefront Alterations: The Roman brick and gold anodized storefronts are not original, but date from Cermak
Road's second period of significance. Signage and awnings are more recent additions.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect: A.J. Zelenka
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source: Building cornerstone
1926 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
6226-02, West/East Elevation
6226-04, Apartment Entrance
297
City of Berwyn
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-332-024-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Zacatacos, grocery store
Historic Function: tire and auto store
Reason for Significance: It retains a high level of
integrity and is associated with the early period of
dramatic growth along Cermak Road.
Details: Classical/Renaissance Revival
Current Wall Material: Terra cotta
Original Wall Material: Terra cotta
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Configuration: single light
Significant Features: Original terra cotta ornamentation above storefronts, original brick and terra cotta detail
on west elevation
Alterations: Doors and windows have been infilled on the west side of building
Storefront Alterations: Storefront doors, windows, and base are not original and have been replaced, most
likely in the 50's or 60's. Transoms have been infilled and awnings and signage have been added.
298
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
299
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6217
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-103-003-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: Medium
Secondary Structure: Yes- attached garage
Current Function: Figatner-Scott Decorating Center
Historic Function: Dry goods, dept store, paint store
original façade/materials can be rehabilitated.
Y
Year
off C
Completion:
l ti
1925
Current Wall Material 2: Vertical wood boards
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Slight vault
R f Material:
Roof
M t i l N
Nott visible
i ibl - unknown
k
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Building façade has been significantly altered with vertical board's obscuring upper
façade with not original materials visible.
Alterations: Additional investigation needed to determine if vertical boards can be removed and original
materials rehabilitated.
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows with a brick base and surround, the entry door is
recessed.
300
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps; 1926 City Directory.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
301
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6214
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: part of 16-20-332-024-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: La Baguette Bakery
Historic Function: Candy shop
Cermak Road's first period of significance from 1910
to 1940 but has been significantly altered.
Details: Additional investigation is needed to determine
if original façades/materials can be rehabilitated.
rehabilitated
Other Year:
Plan: Irregular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original façade and storefront façade has been significantly altered with EIFS (Dryvit).
Additional investigation is needed to determine if original materials can be rehabilitated.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Each half of the building has three display windows in metal frames and an inset door.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront has been altered with EIFS although its configuration may be intact.
302
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1926 City Directory
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
303
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6212
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-332-025-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Art's Cycling
Historic Function: Smoke shop, sporting goods/bikes
Details: Vernacular Brickfront/Classical Revival
details; storefront altered in 1940s.
1940s
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Significant Features: Original façade brickwork, stone details and coping, arched parapet with dentilled cornice.
above window band.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows in a enamel metal panel surround.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront level was altered with vitrolite bulkhead panels during the late 1930s and
1940s.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6210
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-332-026-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Old Fashioned Candies
Historic Function: Tea shop, candy shop
Road's first and second period of significance between
1910-1940 and 1945-1965.
Details: V vernacular Brickfront with upper facade
obscured by large sign
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Alterations: Upper façade is obscured by large sign, which should be removed and replaced by more appropriate .
sign.
Storefront Features: The storefront has a central door with a transom and 3 large display windows in frames
to each side. The storefront surround is stone most likely dating from the 1950s or 1960's.
Storefront Alterations: The storefront system, surround, and large sign is not original to the building.
306
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Maps, 1926 Berwyn City Directory.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
307
City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6201
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-29-103-006-0000,
16-29-103-005-0000
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Integrity: High
Secondary Structure: Yes - Attached drive-thru
Current Function: Charter One Bank
Historic Function: Olympic Federal Savings & Loan
1910-1940 and 1945-1965.
Details: Excellent example of Mid-Century Modern
resource
Y
Year
off C
Completion:
l ti
1931
Current Wall Material: Faux stone panels
Current Wall Material 2: Enamel Metal Panels
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type: Flat
R f Material:
Roof
M t i l N
Nott visible
i ibl - unknown
k
Porch: No
Window Type: Awning w/small light above/below
Significant Features: Intact Mid-Century Modern façade with original metal panels, aluminum dividers, faux
stone panels (front entrance bay) and windows.
Alterations: Building was likely remodeled in 1960s in the Modern style. Charter One signage and panels above
main entry door are not original to the Modern façade.
Storefront Features: Original aluminum and glass corner storefront.
Storefront Alterations: Minimal alterations with the exception of Charter One signage and awnings.
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Historic Name: Olympic Federal Savings and Loan
Common Name: Charter One Bank
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
1941 Berwyn City Directory.
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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City of Berwyn
Street Number: 6200
Direction: West
Street: Cermak
Suffix: Rd
PIN Number: 16-20-332-027-0000
Local Significance Rating: Non Contributing
Photo 1
General Information
Category: Building
Condition: Good
Current Function: Fast food - KFC
Other Year:
Plan: Rectangular
Roof Type:
yp Flat
Porch: No
Window Material:
Window Type: Fixed
Significant Features: Corporate franchise design.
Alterations:
Storefront Features: Metal framed display windows in an EIFS surround.
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Historic Name:
Common Name:
Cost:
Architect:
Architect 2:
Builder:
Architect Source:
Photo 2
Permit:
Photo 3
The Lakota Group
Photo 4
Photo 1 ID
Photo 2 ID
Photo 3 ID
Photo 4 ID
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