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The permit for this house is dated March 14 , 1914. The house did not sell until August 1916. Until then it was rented. Its first tenant was a noted Oak Park resident, Joseph Guy. He lived here while his house, designed by Tallmadge and Watson was being built on Scoville Street, one block away.
Guy was a local builder of the firm, Guy and McClintock. They built many notable buildings in Oak Park including the High School, West Suburban Hospital and The Salem Munyer Apartments (designed by Van Bergen). They also built many homes designed by the architectural firm of Tallmadge and Watson and E. E. Roberts.
From 1926 until his death in 1953, this was home to Dr. Joseph Zabokrtsky, his wife, Clara and their daughter, Helen. In 1912, Dr. Zabokrtsky was chief surgeon for the Western Electric Co.. While in Oak Park, he was a staff surgeon at St. Anthony's Hospital and was the personal physician to Mayor Cermak of Chicago.
This is one of three houses designed for Flori Blondeel as a speculative venture. For more information, see Flori Blondeel house # 1 and Flori Blondeel house #2.
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