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Alfred Bersbach House, 1120 Michigan Avenue, Wilmette, Cook County, IL

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Alfred Bersbach House, 1120 Michigan Avenue, Wilmette, Cook County, IL

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Summary

Significance: This house is one of the best works of the Prairie School architect, John S. Van Bergen. The strong horizontals of the composition show the influence of Walter Burley Griffin and Frank Lloyd Wright, both of whom employed Van Bergen.
Survey number: HABS IL-1103
Building/structure dates: ca. 1915 Initial Construction

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Date

1915

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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Van Bergen, John S

place

Location

cook county, 42.08307, -87.69470

Google Map of 42.083074, -87.69470299999999

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Source

Library of Congress

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