Root-Badger House

{{short description|Historic house in Illinois, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Root-Badger House

| nrhp_type =

| image = Root-Badger House 2.JPG

| caption =

| location = 326 Essex Rd., Kenilworth, Illinois{{cite news |last1=Zekas |first1=Joe |title=Kenilworth's Root-Badger House on the market for $8.95M |url=http://www.chicagonow.com/homeward-bound-north-shore/2012/04/kenilworths-root-badger-house-on-the-market-for-8-95m/ |accessdate=August 9, 2020 |work=Chicago Now |publisher=Tribune Media |date=April 26, 2012}}

| coordinates = {{coord|42|05|18|N|87|42|46|W|region:US-IL_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Chicago#Illinois#USA

| built = {{Start date|1896}}

| architect = Daniel H. Burnham

| architecture = Neoclassical

| added = May 19, 1992

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 92000550{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

}}

The Root-Badger House is a historic house at 326 Essex Road in Kenilworth, Illinois. The house was built in 1896 for music publisher Frank K. Root. Architect Daniel Burnham, who was the lead architect for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, designed the Neoclassical house. Burnham's work on the Columbian Exposition popularized Neoclassical architecture throughout the country, and his later works such as the Root-Badger House continued in this tradition. The house's design includes a two-story rounded portico supported by four Ionic columns, a balcony above the front door, an entablature with a dentillated cornice, and a balustrade encircling the roof.Spindell, Robert E.; Spindell, Ethel G. (January 12, 1992). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Root-Badger House. Illinois Historic Preservation Division.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1992.