Glencoe is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 8,732. The total land area of the village is 3.8 square miles.

 

Glencoe has a entire subdivision of Frank Lloyd Wright homes, giving it the third largest collection of Wright houses in the world.

 

The Ravine Bluffs subdivision sits between two ravines and the train tracks in northeast Glencoe, with the Sylvan Road Bridge at the entrance and geometric markers, also designed by Wright, at the boundaries. Commissioned by Wright's lawyer and friend, Sherman Booth, Sr., in 1911, a home situated on the ravine was to be Booth's own dwelling, with five other homes surrounding it. The Booth House, at 265 Sylvan Road, is the most sophisticated and complex design of the six.

 

The five other homes, designed by Wright at approximately the same time, are all variations of the same plan, Wright's famous "Fireproof House for $5,000," published in the Ladies Home Journal of 1907. There is some speculation that Wright may have been partners with Booth in the Ravinia Bluffs venture.

 

The Sylvan Road Bridge, also built in 1915, was the only bridge the famed architect built of poured concrete. The present bridge is a faithful reconstruction of the original, which was closed to traffic in 1977 due to deterioration, rebuilt and opened once more in 1985.

 

Wright's first Glencoe commission was a summer cottage, built for bicycle manufacturer William A. Glasner in 1905. Wright was winner of a contest, sponsored by Glasner, for design of a "servant-free" home for two, perched on the summit of a ravine, and costing $5,000. The long, low, Prairiestyle building, constructed at 850 Sheridan Road, was featured in the 1906 House Beautiful.

 

Three more Glencoe commissions came into Wright's office in 1906 but only one, the Grace Fuller residence was built. It has since been demolished. The Edmund D. Brigham House, constructed on Sheridan Road in circa 1915, is the architect's only fulfillment of a long-held wish to build a residence entirely of poured concrete. Source: Glencoe Public Library

Citywide Services provides residential appraisal service in Glencoe, Illinois 60022. Our appraisers are state certified and have experience with single family homes, town houses, condominiums as well as small residential income properties. When you need to find a real estate appraiser in Cook County contact Citywide.

 

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total housing units	3,110	100.0		OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
UNITS IN STRUCTURE				Occupied housing units	2,972	100.0
1-unit, detached	2,788	89.6		1.00 or less	2,955	99.4
1-unit, attached	73	2.3		1.01 to 1.50	0	0.0
2 units	41	1.3		1.51 or more	17	0.6
3 or 4 units	30	1.0
5 to 9 units	13	0.4		Specified owner-occupied units	2,541	100.0
10 to 19 units	84	2.7		VALUE
20 or more units	81	2.6		Less than $50,000	0	0.0
Mobile home	0	0.0		$50,000 to $99,999	18	0.7
Boat, RV, van, etc.	0	0.0		$100,000 to $149,999	9	0.4
				$150,000 to $199,000	53	2.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT				$200,000 to $299,999	134	5.3
1999 to March 2000	45	1.4		$300,000 to $499,999	606	23.8
1995 to 1998	164	5.3		$500,000 to $999,999	1,194	47.0
1990 to 1994	63	2.0		$1,000,000 or more	527	20.7
1980 to 1989	88	2.8		Median (dollars)	662,300	(X)
1970 to 1979	112	3.6
1960 to 1969	297	9.5		MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959	1,085	34.9		MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier	1,256	40.4		With a mortgage	1,695	66.7
				Less than $300	10	0.4
ROOMS				$300 to $499	0	0.0
1 room	20	0.6		$500 to $699	0	0.0
2 rooms	8	0.3		$700 to $999	30	1.2
3 rooms	34	1.1		$1,000 to $1,499	88	3.5
4 rooms	115	3.7		$1,500 to $1,999	129	5.1
5 rooms	168	5.4		$2,000 or more	1,438	56.6
6 rooms	255	8.2		Median (dollars)	3,480	(X)
7 rooms	465	15.0		Not mortgaged	846	33.3
8 rooms	507	16.3		Median (dollars)	4,002	(X)
9 or more rooms	1,538	49.5
Median (rooms)	8.5	(X)		SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
				AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied Housing Units	2,972	100.0		INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT				Less than 15 percent	1,195	47.0
1999 to March 2000	253	8.5		15 to 19 percent	352	13.9
1995 to 1998	794	26.7		20 to 24 percent	204	8.0
1990 to 1994	429	14.4		25 to 29 percent	182	7.2
1980 to 1989	640	21.5		30 to 34 percent	123	4.8
1970 to 1979	374	12.6		35 percent or more	475	18.7
1969 or earlier	482	16.2		Not computed	10	0.4
VEHICLES AVAILABLE				Specified renter-occupied units	215	100.0
None	58	2.0		GROSS RENT
1	525	17.7		Less than $200	0	0.0
2	1,798	60.5		$200 to $299	0	0.0
3 or more	591	19.9		$300 to $499	0	0.0
				$500 to $749	40	18.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL				$750 to $999	47	21.9
Utility Gas	2,821	94.9		$1,000 to $1,499	55	25.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas	27	0.9		$1,500 or more	50	23.3
Electricity	110	3.7		No cash rent	23	10.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	0	0.0		Median (dollars)	1,055	(X)
Coal or coke	0	0.0
Wood	0	0.0		GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy	0	0.0		HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel	8	0.3		Less than 15 percent	61	28.4
No fuel used	6	0.2		15 to 19 percent	47	21.9
				20 to 24 percent	16	7.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS				25 to 29 percent	6	2.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities	0	0.0		30 to 34 percent	24	11.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities	0	0.0		35 percent or more	38	17.7
No telephone service	6	0.2		Not computed	23	10.7
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.