There are no injuries but the house is virtually destroyed, according to news stories. The house was on the state's Historic Register, reportedly:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...,5743287.story
Update May 31, 2008
A more recent article suggests that it
may be possible to do restoration of the house:
http://www.mlive.com/news/annarborne...080.xml&coll=2