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Mads C. Larson House

Arts and Crafts architecture in IllinoisBungalow architecture in IllinoisCook County, Illinois Registered Historic Place stubsHouses completed in 1909Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois
Maywood, IllinoisPrairie School architecture in Illinois
Mads C Larson House 2012 09 05 1
Mads C Larson House 2012 09 05 1

The Mads C. Larson House is a historic house at 318 S. 1st Avenue in Maywood, Illinois. The house was built in 1909 by Mads C. Larson on land previously owned by the Maywood Company, the development company which planned the village. The Arts and Crafts-designed bungalow also includes many elements of the Prairie School style. Its design has an emphasis on geometry and nature, featuring rectangular piers and pilasters with decorative banding, board-and-batten siding, a row of leaded casement windows, and a glazed sun porch. The interior continues the themes of the design with posts matching the exterior piers, wooden moldings, mullions with the same pattern as the leaded windows, and built-in cabinets.The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1992.

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Mads C. Larson House
Randolph Street, Proviso Township

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