Your Kenilworth Power Washing Pros
Kenilworth is one of the most deliberately planned villages in America. Joseph Sears bought 223.6 acres of Cook County land between the Chicago and North Western Railroad and Lake Michigan in 1889 for $150,300, formed the Kenilworth Company with his associates, and laid out a family-oriented village designed to be the architectural opposite of industrial Chicago. The village reached 300 residents and formally incorporated on February 4, 1896. Today it's still one of the wealthiest and smallest municipalities on the North Shore.
The planning details haven't changed much in 135 years. Streets were oriented to maximize sunlight in every home. Utilities went underground from day one. No alleys were allowed. No fences between properties. Large lots, deep setbacks, tree plantings along every road, and parklands distributed throughout. The train station and Kenilworth Union Church were designed by architect Franklin Burnham. George Washington Maher designed several of the early residences. Frank Lloyd Wright's 1905 Hiram Baldwin House still stands as a Prairie School landmark in the village. According to a 2008 architectural survey, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival are the most and second-most prevalent styles here — with Queen Anne, Shingle, Prairie School, Richardsonian Romanesque, Victorian, Neo-Classical, and Tudor Gothic all represented along just a few central streets.
For our side of the work, almost every home in Kenilworth is over 80 years old and most are over 100. The surfaces are historic: slate and cedar shake roofs, copper gutters and downspouts, limestone trim, stucco-and-timber exteriors, century-old brick and mortar, flagstone walks, and original wood windows. These are not surfaces you guess at. The pressure that's appropriate for a 1990s vinyl-sided suburban ranch will strip paint, crack mortar, damage old wood, and dent copper. Kenilworth homeowners have lived through bad service calls before, and the architectural bar is set by homes that have been maintained for four generations.
Kenilworth is about an hour southeast of the Volo shop — Route 60 east to Route 41, then Green Bay Road south past Winnetka. Family-owned, fully insured, 114 Google reviews. I soft-wash century-old brick and stucco without damaging mortar, clean cedar shake and slate roof edges without compromising the finish, restore flagstone and limestone walks without pulling joint material, and handle copper gutter work without bending downspouts. No subcontractors, no third-party crews. Free quote and a 30-day guarantee.
