The Albert Soffel House is a historic house at 508 N. 5th Avenue in Maywood, Illinois. The two flat house was built in 1905 for original owner Albert Soffel. It has an American Foursquare design, a utilitarian style popular in the early twentieth century, with Arts and Crafts and Neoclassical ornamentation. The house has a typical Foursquare plan with a rectangular layout, a front porch supported by three columns, and a hip roof with a dormer. Its decorative features include Ionic styling on the porch columns, dentillation and brackets on the porch roof, additional bracketing along its eaves, and multiple stained glass windows.[2]
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| Location | 508 N. 5th Ave., Maywood, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′32″N 87°50′23″W / 41.89222°N 87.83972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architectural style | American Foursquare |
| MPS | Maywood MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000494[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 22, 1992 |
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1992.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Benjamin, Susan S. (January 29, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Soffel, Albert, House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved August 29, 2020.[dead link]