638 North Kenilworth Avenue | Oak Park

638 North Kenilworth Avenue

Oak Park, Illinois





HOME HIGHLIGHTS AND FEATURES

638 N Kenilworth is an historic home originally built • Wolf double oven with 4 burners and griddle
in the 19th century in what is now the Frank Lloyd • Center island with Dolomite surface
Wright Historic District of Oak Park. With ties to the • Honed granite counters
Kettlestrings and Hemingway families, it is one of the • SubZero double-width refrigerator
oldest homes in Oak Park and has been featured in
articles and tours through the years. • 4 additional refrigerator drawers
• SubZero double-width freezer
BEDROOMS / BATHS • Bar sink
• 5 bedrooms with ensuite baths • Island prep sink
• 2 dishwashers
• 4 on the second floor • Warming drawer
• 5th bedroom suite on the mezzanine/lower • Under counter ice maker

level • Top Hat cubes
• Primary suite • Wine/beverage refrigerator

• Vaulted ceilings OFFICE /LIBRARY
• Luxury bath with soaking tub, dual vanities, • Main floor
• Custom Amish built-in cabinetry
steam shower, on-demand water heater, • Fireplace
heated floor
• Dressing room with custom cabinetry, island, BASKETBALL COURT AND AMENITIES
window seat • 51’x60’ Basketball/Sport Court
• Double-sided gas fireplace with double-sided • 2 Locker rooms
gas fireplace • Sauna
• Powder rooms • Laundry
• Main floor foyer
• Main floor back entry adjacent to mud room

KITCHEN
• Pantry
• Butler’s pantry with coffee bar

HOME HIGHLIGHTS AND FEATURES

MEZZANINE LEVEL SYSTEMS - GENERAL
• Catering kitchen • 5 Fireplaces

• Wine chiller • Living Room
• Ice machine • Family Room
• Dishwasher • Office/Library
• Bar • Primary Suite bedroom and bath
• Beverage refrigerator • Bedroom
• Kegerator with double taps • Zoned HVAC
• Fitness/Game area • 7 zones, including dedicated zone for the
• Media room
• 5th bedroom suite basketball court
• Storage room with wrapping station • Sonos sound system
• Ring doorbells
GALLERY • WiFi enabled security system
• Original home and new wing meet in this beautiful • 3 Water heaters

open space • Includes primary bath dedicated on-demand
• Flexible space could be 2nd floor family room or
EXTERIOR
office • Seamless integration of the original home and

LAUNDRY new wing
• Laundry room on the 2nd floor with beverage • New brick columns and wrought iron fence

refrigerator enclosing the front yard welcome you to the home
• Full-sized, stacked washer/dryer in the main floor • Backyard entertainment area with 2 pergolas,

mud room decking, all new railings
• Full-sized, stacked washer/dryer on the basketball • 3-Car garage

court/locker room level

HOME HISTORY AND RECENT UPDATES

Prior to the top to bottom 2020 - 2022 renovation • New catering kitchen
detailed below, this historic home was expanded and • Wine chiller
renovated by the previous owner in 2008. Designed • Ice machine
by Errol Jay Kirsch, Architect, the addition includes • Dishwasher
a wing with 3 levels of living space and an interior
basketball/sport court. The original home and new • New bar overlooking the basketball court
wing have grand, separate stairways; the old and • Bar seating
new spaces blend seamlessly, coming together in the • Beverage refrigerator
expansive gourmet kitchen, which is truly the heart of • Kegerator with dual taps
the home.

2020 - 2022 RENOVATION HIGHLIGHTS

MEZZANINE AND BASKETBALL COURT LEVELS KITCHEN
• New Mondo Advanced sport court floor • Island rebuilt, new Dolomite surface
• New commercial grade flood control pumps • New honed granite counters
• Cabinets professionally painted
• Automated switching to prevent water • New cabinetry hardware
infiltration during heavy rain • New coffee bar in butler’s pantry

• New carpet FAMILY ROOM
• Locker rooms • New quartz fireplace
• New glass fireplace screen
• Roughed-in spaces completed
• New vanities, benches, lighting, paint PRIMARY SUITE
• New Kohler Purist fixtures • New AC in dedicated primary suite zone
• New sauna • New heated tile floors in bath
• Western Red Clear Cedar
• HUUM Hive 12KW heater with WiFi

controllers to allow preheating

HOME HISTORY AND RECENT UPDATES

• New bath wall tile • Security system upgraded to WiFi enabled
• Dual vanities professional sprayed • Motion detectors
• New generator for steam shower • Door sensors
• Keypads
LANDSCAPE/HARDSCAPE • Monitoring
• Custom wrought iron fence and brick piers
• Entry sidewalks • Fireplaces cleaned and serviced annually
• Exterior lighting • HVAC cleaned and serviced annually
• New custom railings throughout the backyard
AND THERE’S MORE! DETAILS, DETAILS…
entertainment space • New lighting throughout
• Automated sprinkler system installed in raised
• Lutron smart capable light switches
garden beds • New paint throughout

SYSTEMS REPLACED/UPDATED • Walls
• New water heaters (2) • Interior doors
• Existing primary bath on-demand water heater • New runners on grand, main stairways in both
wings
serviced
• New washer and dryer in mud room
• Zoned Sonos sound system

• House, back yard/deck, locker rooms, sauna,
basketball court

• Ring camera doorbells installed at all exterior
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FLOORPLANS

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Victoria Witt

[email protected]
708.790.1319

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