Cook Memorial Library (Libertyville, Illinois)

Historic house in Illinois, United States

United States historic place

Ansel B. Cook Home

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 413 N. Milwaukee Ave.,
Libertyville, Illinois
Coordinates| 42°17′14″N 87°57′19″W﻿ / ﻿42.28722°N 87.95528°W﻿ / 42.28722; -87.95528
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]

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ a b "The Ansel B. Cook House". Libertyville–Mundelein Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
3. ^ Pantle, Gabriella (February 2012). "Cook Memorial Library History" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-31. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)[permanent dead link]

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