The Richard Churchill House is a historic house at 1214 Green Bay Road in Highland Park,

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. The house was built in 1908 for the Churchill family, which used the last name Kirschberger at the time but later changed it due to anti-German sentiment during

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. Architect Alfred S. Alschuler, who was also known for his work on skyscrapers and industrial buildings in

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, designed the house. The house has an

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design, a popular choice for early twentieth-century suburbanites building on large plots. The two-story house has a

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exterior, an entrance flanked by columns and latticework, and a

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above the entrance. The house was added to the

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on September 29, 1982.

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National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Illinois Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Houses completed in 1908 Highland Park, Illinois {{LakeCountyIL-NRHP-stub