Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
“Purple House is a historic home located at 338 Sunset Ave. in LaGrange, Illinois, United States. The Italian Renaissance Revival style house was designed by William G.”
Wikipedia article George E. Purple House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of George E. Purple House in 2005, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of George E. Purple House: 9 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silbrico Expanded Perilite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| A C O'Laughlin Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bellwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dolese and Shepard Crushed Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Federal Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Mc Cook Yard No. 387 & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Riverside Lime and Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Summit Quarry Consumers Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Emmanuel Episcopal Church | 0.5 miles | 2017 |
 | La Grange Village Historic District | 0.6 miles | 1979 |
 | Lyons Township Hall | 0.8 miles | 1978 |
 | Western Springs Water Tower | 0.9 miles | 1981 |
 | First Congregational Church of Western Springs | 1.0 miles | 2006 |
 | Grossdale Station | 2.3 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05000845 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cook County | All 621 listed properties in this county. |
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