Subsidies May Go To 2 Hinsdale Homes

HINSDALE, IL – The owners of two Hinsdale houses have approached the village with plans to take advantage of local historic preservation subsidies.

The houses are at 121 S. County Line Road and 304 S. Lincoln St. In both cases, they want rear additions.

The subsidies are available to houses that are deemed historic. With such projects, owners must preserve the history of their homes.

The owners of the Frank Lloyd Wright house at 121 S. County Line are Safina Uberoi and Lucas Ruecker. Uberoi is the president of the board for the Chicago-based Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.

The house at 121 S. County Line Road was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. (Google Maps)

According to a village memo, the owners want a rear addition, exterior changes, restoration work, demolition of the non-historic detached garage and construction of a new pool.

The house was built in 1894 for Federick Bagley, a marble merchant, and Grace Bagley, who was involved in social reform efforts with Jane Addams and the Hull House in Chicago, the memo said.

With the project, the owners are entitled to an estimated property tax subsidy of $13,015, the village said. This money would come back to the owners in the form of a rebate for the village's part of the property tax bill over five years.

Three years ago, the County Line house sold for $1.3 million, real estate records show.

The owners of the house on Lincoln Street are Joseph and Jeanne Peterchak, who want a rear addition and exterior changes, according to a village memo.

Built about 1880, the house is Gothic Revival style. The original owner was James Shannon, a prominent doctor and real estate developer in Hinsdale, the village said.

In its memo, the village did not give an estimated property tax rebate for the Lincoln Street house. In 2015, the house sold for $2 million, according to real estate records.

On Monday, the village's Historic Preservation Commission is set to review the plans for the two houses.