{"nrhp_refnum":"05001370","name":"Ouilmette North Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"46 blk district ext. from Chesnut Ave, Sheridan Rd., Lake Ave. and and 13th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmette","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.08054358600006,"lon":-87.70186953035417,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 46-block residential historic district in the northeastern corner of the original Village of Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois, bounded by Chestnut Avenue, Sheridan Road, Lake Avenue and 13th Street. It holds 1190 buildings, mostly houses dating from about 1900 to 1945.","why_significant":"The district is described as a cohesive neighborhood of single-family homes with uniform scale, setbacks, brick-paved streets and original streetlamps. About one-third of its houses show Prairie School features, including work by early Prairie practitioners such as William Drummond, John Van Bergen, George Maher and Dean & Dean. It also reflects the village's development from early land subdivisions.","narrative":"Ouilmette North is a 46-block neighborhood in the northeastern part of the original Village of Wilmette, on Chicago's North Shore. It contains 1190 buildings, of which 911 are counted as contributing, plus a site made up of the streetlamps and brick street paving. Nearly all are private homes, with two churches. Most houses went up between 1900 and 1930, though a few date to the 1870s and some were built by 1945. Roughly one-third show Prairie School features, and architects such as William Drummond, John Van Bergen, George Maher and Dean & Dean designed houses here. Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Italian Renaissance, French Eclectic and Craftsman homes add variety. What unites the area is a consistent scale of mostly 2-1/2 story houses, uniform 25-foot setbacks, mature trees, alley-accessed garages, brick-paved streets and original 1925 electric streetlamps. The land came from the Ouilmette Reservation and early subdivisions such as Gage's Addition, shaping the district's layout.","period_of_significance":"Through 1945 (closing date stated; start date not shown in the provided text)","architect_builder":"Various, including William Drummond, John Van Bergen, George Maher, Dean & Dean, Howard Bowen, Guenzell & Drummond, and local contractors","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Greek Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Italian Renaissance); Prairie School","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as single-family residences and two churches; streetlamps were refurbished in 1999 and rewired in 2003, and brick street paving is maintained by the village.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.173854-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/8922/28892298/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/05001370.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001370/c970e8968e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001370/c970e8968e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois","credit_html":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph_S._Baker_House_(8617627831).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892298","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouilmette_North_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95485594"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/ouilmette-north-historic-district-05001370/"}