Dore Cottage (1869)
Highest position in Explore: 459
The John Clarke Dore Cottage (1869) is one of the oldest surviving structures in Riverside, Illinois. The architects Olmsted, Vaux, and Co. were also in charge of the General Plan of Riverside, one of the first ever planned suburbs. This structure is significant because Dore was the first Superintendent of the Chicago Public School System, President of the Chicago Board of Trade, and an Illinois State Senator. It is valuable architecturally with its two-story cross-gabled construction, narrow wood siding, symmetrical form, central entrance, gabled balcony, railings and fret work, as well as its double hung windows and brick chimneys. The house is part of the town's Riverside Landscape Architecture District as well as an Illinois Historic Structure and National Historic Landmark.
Dore Cottage (1869)
Highest position in Explore: 459
The John Clarke Dore Cottage (1869) is one of the oldest surviving structures in Riverside, Illinois. The architects Olmsted, Vaux, and Co. were also in charge of the General Plan of Riverside, one of the first ever planned suburbs. This structure is significant because Dore was the first Superintendent of the Chicago Public School System, President of the Chicago Board of Trade, and an Illinois State Senator. It is valuable architecturally with its two-story cross-gabled construction, narrow wood siding, symmetrical form, central entrance, gabled balcony, railings and fret work, as well as its double hung windows and brick chimneys. The house is part of the town's Riverside Landscape Architecture District as well as an Illinois Historic Structure and National Historic Landmark.