1000 Old Green Bay

This unique post-modern home, built in 1970, is the newest house on our tour.

It was designed by Albert Belrose, who was well-known in the mid-to-late 20th century for his distinctive modern designs. He was born on the south side of Chicago and graduated with a Master’s degree in architecture from Harvard. When he returned to Chicago, he worked for the firm Perkins and Will, who designed the historic Crow Island School in 1940, before leaving to work on his own in the early 1950s.

As an architect, Belrose said that he was influenced by the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the German-American architect regarded as one of the pioneers of modernist architecture. That influence is visible at 1000 Old Green Bay in the steel framing and large glass windows.

As an architect working on his own, Belrose designed a number of notable modernist buildings across Chicago and in the suburbs before his death in 2012.

While we don’t know for sure, this may be the only house Belrose designed in Winnetka. It currently has no historic status but has been identified as potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.