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A. G. Becker Property

Built in 1921 (Tudor Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“Becker Property is a historic estate at 405 Sheridan Road in Highland Park, Illinois. The estate was built in 1921 for businessman A.”

Wikipedia article A. G. Becker Property, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 98 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1921, Tudor Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Listed as. Becker, A. G., Property - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 405 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park, 60035
  • When was it listed? November 1984
  • Category. building
  • Township. Moraine township
  • When was it built? 1921
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture, Prairie School architecture
  • National Register reference number. 84000343 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of A. G. Becker Property: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Deerfield PitStonePast Producer
Glencoe City Engr. - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Northbrook City Dept of Public WorkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Winnetka City Eng. - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this property

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland Park, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018LightningHighland Park2 hurtTwo women were returning to their car after a concert and sought shelter under a tree as a storm moved through the area. Lightning struck the tree and both women sustained cuts, bruises and burns.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHighland Park-A private weather station recorded a 64 mph gust in Highland Park.
April 2023HailHighland Park-A photo showed hail up to the size of golf balls.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindHighland Park-A photo was shared on social media of a tree blown down near Highland Park.
July 2008FloodHighland Park-Many streets were flooded with six inches of standing water between Route 41 and Route 43 in Highland Park. Five inches of standing water was reported near Deerfield and Route 83.
August 2024HailHighland Park-no account filed
April 2023HailHighland Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Harold Florsheim House0.3 miles1982
Ravinia Park Historic District0.3 miles1982
John Taylor Snite House0.4 miles2003
Rosewood Park0.4 miles1982
Braeside School0.5 miles1982
North Shore Sanitary District Tower0.5 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84000343 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lake CountyAll 98 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.