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| Location | 119—137 N. Oak Park Ave.,Oak Park, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′17″N87°47′41″W / 41.88806°N 87.79472°W /41.88806; -87.79472 |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1906–1909 |
| Architect | Eben Ezra Roberts |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002532[1][2] |
| Added to NRHP | February 11, 1982 |
TheMasonic Temple Building (also known as theScoville Block,Gilmore's Store, andScoville Square Building) is a historic Prairie-style building inOak Park, Illinois, at the corner of Oak Park Avenue and Lake Street. It is in theRidgeland-Oak Park Historic District and was individually listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1][2][3]
The building is one of only a few commercial buildings built in the Prairie School architectural style.[4] The three-story building was built for C. B. Scoville to a design byE. E. Roberts and was constructed between 1906 and 1909. The first floor was designed for retail use, with iron and glassstorefronts. A course of limestone separates the storefronts from the upper stories, which are faced with brick.[3] A fourth story was added in 1914.[3] Architectural details in the interior include an oak staircase and alobby withleadedart-glass windows and marblewainscoting.[4]
Oak Park'sMasonic lodges were among the building's first tenants.[4] After the Masons vacated the premises, the building was sold to Gilmore's Department Store. Thedepartment store used the building from 1930 until it closed in the 1970s.[3][4][5] After Gilmore's department store closed, the village of Oak Park bought the building to save it from demolition and contributed public money toward its restoration and renovation. Restoration work including removal of a black glass facade that Gilmore's had applied to the building.[3][5] The building is now known as the Scoville Square building and houses retail business on the ground floor and offices on its upper floors.[4][5]
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