Public Research

Henry V. Peters House

built 1906 and with current city data crediting Walter Burley Griffin, Designated as a Chicago landmark on May 5, 2004. it becomes easier to follow domestic design, residential development, and later change at Henry V. Peters House.

Henry V. Peters House 4731 N Knox Ave, Chicago, Illinois Precision: Exact

Workspace

Take this into Workspace

Sign in to start a private workspace copy with notes, chat, maps, and incentives.

Notes Chat Conversations Details Incentives Sanborn Signals Links Comments

Quick Take

  • Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
  • Address: 4731 N Knox Ave.
  • Built: 1906.
  • Architect: Walter Burley Griffin.

Email updates for Henry V. Peters House.

Unsubscribe anytime. Privacy Policy.

Why It Matters

Henry V. Peters House gives domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change a durable public anchor.

Once that baseline is in place, the site can support deeper work on stewardship, alteration, public memory, and the larger corridor or block around it.

Field Network

Need current site photography or a local update for Henry V. Peters House?

Use the Field Network to request fresh photography, condition verification, or place-based follow-up tied back to the same research record.

Research Narrative

Landmark Context

Henry V. Peters House enters Chicago's public landmark record at 4731 N Knox Ave. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1906 and credits Walter Burley Griffin. It was designated on May 5, 2004. Henry V. Peters House can be read through domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change without losing sight of the actual site.

Henry V. Peters House is best approached by paying attention to lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. That kind of fieldwork helps clarify how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Henry V. Peters House gains a fuller record through real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. That source trail is often the best way to move from designation summary to a fuller building history.

Henry V. Peters House becomes clearer when later research stays attached to the building instead of drifting into abstraction.

Public Actions

Campaign / Petition Record

Ordered oldest to newest.

1906

Development

Construction period recorded in city landmark data

Chicago's public landmark data records Henry V. Peters House as built in 1906.

May 5, 2004

Designation

Chicago individual landmark designation

City of Chicago designated Henry V. Peters House as an individual landmark on May 5, 2004.

February 2026

Inventory

City landmark address list and data portal record

Henry V. Peters House remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.

Sources

Source Trail

Chicago Landmark Name List 2025.6

institution

Use for official landmark status and naming.

City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks

dataset

Use for address, built date, architect, and point geometry in the city data portal.

Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026

institution

Use for address normalization and cross-checking the city's public landmark list.

Place Snapshot

Place
Henry V. Peters House
Location
4731 N Knox Ave, Chicago, Illinois
Coverage
Exact

Key Facts

Region
Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
Place type
Residential Complex
Current status
Preserved
Address
4731 N Knox Ave
Built
1906
Architect
Walter Burley Griffin
Designated
May 5, 2004

Design / Planning Timeline

Walter Burley Griffin
1906

Milestone

Use as a starting point for confirming authorship against permits, drawings, and later landmark reports.

Keep Exploring

Continue through related places, sources, and geography.

Browse connected locations, compare themes, and follow the wider landscape around this site.

Browse Research

Cite This Article

Copy a ready-to-paste attribution.

Choose a format, then copy it for notes, articles, bibliographies, or source lists.

HTML attribution ready.