The Barrington Historic District was first surveyed in 1984, by Hasbrouck Hunderman Architects, on behalf of the Barrington Area Historical Society. Shortly thereafter, the Society successfully applied to the U.S. Department of the Interior to have Barrington’s Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2001, the Village of Barrington enacted zoning regulations to require historic preservation within the District, formally establishing it as the Historic Preservation Overlay District.

To provide an updated reference document for properties in the Historic Overlay District, the Village commissioned Thomason and Associates, nationally recognized historic preservation planners, to conduct a new survey of the District. Field work and the draft survey were presented to the Village in early 2005. The Village’s Architectural Review Commission and Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee completed a joint review of the survey in December of 2005.

The document provides certain basic information for each of the more than 350 properties in the District:

• Address
• Approximate Date of Construction
• Shape of Principal Structure
• Architectural Style of Principal Structure
• Whether the Principal Structure is Contributing or Noncontributing
• Whether the Detached Garage is Contributing or Noncontributing
• History of Distinctive Features of the Structure(s)
• Historical Preservation Overlay District Map

The following streets have properties that are within the Historic District:

Applebee Street