{"nrhp_refnum":"05001607","name":"Homestead, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1625 Hinman Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.046246309000026,"lon":-87.67760665499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight-story Colonial Revival apartment hotel at 1625 Hinman Avenue in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, opened in 1928 and designed by architect Philip Arthur Danielson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is locally significant under Criterion A for Commerce, for its role in the development of Evanston's apartment hotel industry. It is also significant under Criterion C for its Colonial Revival architecture, with a coherent design uniting exterior and interior. It has operated as an apartment hotel without interruption for 77 years, unlike the other seven apartment hotels in Evanston.","narrative":"Eight stories of red brick rise on Hinman Avenue in east Evanston, two blocks from Lake Michigan and near Northwestern University. This apartment hotel opened in 1928 to a design by Philip Arthur Danielson, who also owned and managed it for decades. The T-shaped building has hollow clay tile walls and reinforced concrete. Its Colonial Revival front features a veranda with Doric columns, French doors, a pedimented cornice and a mansard roof section. Inside, the lobby is furnished on a residential scale, and the lounge has a paneled fireplace wall and delicate plaster ceiling medallions. Its 91 units mix hotel rooms and studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. The building is considered important for its role in Evanston's apartment hotel trade, which met the needs of both short-term visitors and longer-term residents. It is also valued as a refined local example of 1920s revival architecture. It has operated as an apartment hotel for 77 years without a break.","period_of_significance":"1927/1928-1955","architect_builder":"Danielson, Philip Arthur, architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as an apartment hotel, with 91 units (35 hotel rooms and 56 apartments), a restaurant and a lounge.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.559828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/8922/28892236/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/05001607.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001607/04c037238c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001607/04c037238c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homestead,_The_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Thshriver</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homestead,_The_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892236","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Homestead_(Evanston,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96409012"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/homestead-the-05001607/"}