Albert Soffel House

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Albert Soffel House
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Location508 N. 5th Ave., Maywood, Illinois
Coordinates 41°53′32″N87°50′23″W / 41.89222°N 87.83972°W / 41.89222; -87.83972 (Albert Soffel House) Coordinates: 41°53′32″N87°50′23″W / 41.89222°N 87.83972°W / 41.89222; -87.83972 (Albert Soffel House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1905
Architectural styleAmerican Foursquare
MPS Maywood MPS
NRHP reference No. 92000494 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 1992

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]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 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 ]