Highland Park Stanley Tigerman Design Sells For $1.2 Million

HIGHLAND PARK, IL — One of the three homes in Highland Park designed by renowned Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman sold last month for half its last sale price and about a third of its original list price from eight years ago.

Built in 1985 on 1.82 acres on the west side of Sheridan Road, the home includes a two-story atrium foyer with a custom skylight and dual curved stairway.

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Its master suite includes a fireplace, spa bathrooms and floor-to-ceiling bay windows.

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The back side of the house looks out over an in-ground pool and large backyard bordered by ravines.

The property also includes two separate garages, each with room for a pair of cars.

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Records show it was last purchased for $2.35 million in September 1993 by Andrew and Carol Shedlin, who first listed it for $3.25 million in June 2013.

The price was gradually reduced, and ownership was eventually taken over by a bank, according to its most recent listing.

According to county records, the estimated market value of the property for taxing purposes is about $1.25 million this year.

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About half of the roughly dozen offers for the house were from people who intended on demolishing the Sheridan Road house, the listing agent told Crain's Chicago Business, which first reported the sale.

In 2017, Crain's reported Tigerman described the Sheridan Road house as "not me at my best."

The new owners plan to bring the home back to its "full glory and modernize it, while preserving Tigerman's initial design intent and architecture," according to a social media post from one of the buyers.

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The other two Tigerman-designed homes in Highland Park also changed hands in the past year.

Tigerman, who died in 2019, was a key figure in the "Chicago Seven" group of postmodern architects that emerged in the mid-1970s as a counter to the sterile modernism practiced by some followers of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

In addition to residential creations, Tigerman designed the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, the Powerhouse Energy Museum in Zion and the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago.

Tigerman married fellow architect Margaret McCurry in 1979 and jointly ran Tigerman McCurry Architects until 2017.

His work was characterized by playful and ironic references — such as the award-winning Highland Park home known as the 'Animal Crackers House,' which sold for $600,000 in September 2020.

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The sellers of the Woodbine Road house designed to look like a box of animal crackers were the only ones in town who did not take a loss on their Tigerman property.

The third property in Highland Park, Tigerman's Suburban Village, was first listed for $2.2 million in August 2015 and sold in June 2020 for just $780,500.

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• Address: 1014 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, Illinois
• Built: 1985
• Lot Size: 1.82 acres
• Square Feet: 5,412
• Bedrooms: 5
• Bathrooms: 5 full, 2 half
• Built: 1985
• Last Sold: $2.35 million in September 1993
• First Listed: $3.25 million in June 2013
• Sale Price: $1.15 million on April 30

Listing originally appeared on realtor.com. For more information and photos, click here.