Ansel B. Cook Home | |
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Location | 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 42°17′14″N87°57′19″W / 42.28722°N 87.95528°W Coordinates: 42°17′14″N87°57′19″W / 42.28722°N 87.95528°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1921 |
Architect | Ansel B. Cook |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 01000867 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 16, 2001 |
The Cook Memorial Library, also known as the Ansel B. Cook House, is a historic house museum in Libertyville, Illinois, United States. It was built as a Victorian house for contractor and politician Ansel B. Cook in 1878. In his will Cook donated the home to be used as a public library, although it remained for many years the residence of Cook's longer-lived widow. After Emily Barrows Cook's death, the building received a major Neoclassical renovation that converted it into a library, opening to the public in 1921. [2]
By the 1960s the library had outgrown the space available, and voters approved a referendum to construct a new library. The new facility of what is now the Cook Memorial Public Library District opened directly behind the Cook House in 1968. [3]
The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1] Today the Libertyville–Mundelein Historical Society operates the house as a Victorian house museum. [2]
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