231 S Waiola Ave

231 South Waiola is the C.W. Northrup house. Mr. Northrup was township collector, Village trustee from 1887-1890, Village clerk from 1892-1896, and an original director of the La Grange State Bank. The house was occupied in the early 1880’s by the family of Mr. Northrup’s father-in-law, Levi Blakeslee, and later by the family of Dr. Herbert C. Dewey, whose wife was Mrs. Northrup’s sister. It remained in the family’s possession for almost sixty years.

This Italianate and the Northrup nurseries occupied a whole side of Waiola until 1890 or 1891. It exhibits these characteristics of its style: hipped roof, brackets, cornices, unusual window framing, and cubical form. It is listed on the National Register of Historic places and is currently being restored by its architect-owner. The home was built c. 1883.