{"nrhp_refnum":"02001444","name":"West End Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by S. Fairview Ave., Park Place, Fairview Park, Westdale Ave., W. Main St., Glencoe Ave., Sunset Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Decatur","county":"Macon County","state":"IL","lat":39.842062956000035,"lon":-88.98236984811274,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large residential historic district west of downtown Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, containing 1,707 contributing buildings and 73 contributing street piers dating from about 1900 to 1952.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district represents automobile-related growth and expansion of a growing industrial city, with early and mid twentieth century architecture, period revival styles and suburban designs. It also reflects the city's expansion into former homesteads and farms to house a growing middle and upper class, many tied to local manufacturing.","narrative":"West of downtown Decatur, Illinois, this residential district spans gently rolling streets between Fairview Park on the north and Kiwanis Park on the south. It holds 1,707 contributing buildings and outbuildings plus 73 brick and river-cobble street piers, most built between about 1900 and 1952. Period revival styles dominate, followed by Craftsman and Bungalow houses, with Queen Anne, Prairie, Colonial Revival, English Revival and International examples also present. Only a school, the Late Gothic Revival Westminster Presbyterian Church and one small commercial building break the residential character. Montgomery Place, with its curving streets and large lots, was among Decatur's first such subdivisions. Brick and concrete streets, curbs, sidewalks and mature trees add to the setting. The district was listed because it shows how automobile-era growth and planned suburban development carried the industrial city westward, offering newer housing to its expanding middle and upper classes, many connected with local manufacturing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Brooks, Bramhall and Dague (architects of Westminster Presbyterian Church)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals; Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements; Modern Movement","criteria":[],"status_note":"Overwhelmingly residential and still mostly single-family; some houses converted to multi-family use, a few vacant lots, and some synthetic siding and porch changes, with integrity maintained.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.66091-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/8935/28893507/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/02001444.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001444/8f52fd6657-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001444/8f52fd6657-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dennis_and_Decatur,_West_End.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dennis_and_Decatur,_West_End.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893507","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_Historic_District_(Decatur,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20710504"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/macon-county/west-end-historic-district-02001444/"}