{"nrhp_refnum":"09001123","name":"Valencia Court Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"500-518 Fisher Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rockford","county":"Winnebago County","state":"IL","lat":41.795881060000056,"lon":-89.07603469699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of four three-story Spanish Revival apartment buildings at 500-518 Fisher Avenue in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, designed in 1927-28 by Rockford architect Jesse A. Barloga, with a 12-car garage added after 1961.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the complex as a distinctive example of Spanish Revival apartment design by Jesse A. Barloga, a prolific Rockford architect who worked in many revival styles in the 1920s. The buildings retain their original wall openings and much of their decorative detailing. The complex also reflects the 1920s apartment development of Rockford's west side. The full significance section and criteria marks are truncated in the supplied text.","narrative":"Valencia Court Apartments is a group of four three-story brick apartment buildings at 500-518 Fisher Avenue in Rockford, Illinois. Designed in 1927-28 by local architect Jesse A. Barloga for developer Standish S. Budlong, the buildings follow the Spanish Revival style. Beige brick walls are trimmed with limestone, wrought iron and multicolored ceramic tile, and low gable roofs are covered in red ceramic S-tiles. Brick arcades and one-story connectors added in 1969 link the buildings, and ornament grows simpler from the east building to the west. Playing-card tiles appear in blind arches on some facades. Most original steel casement windows were replaced in 1983, though the original wall openings remain. Barloga, who trained in Chicago and worked for Frank A. Carpenter before opening his own Rockford practice in 1919, designed in many revival styles, and this complex is an example of his 1920s work. The property is currently vacant.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jesse A. Barloga (architect); Standish S. Budlong (owner/developer)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Spanish Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; plywood covers many first-story windows for security and where glass is broken.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.763319-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/8943/28894387/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/09001123.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001123/a79b97af98-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001123/a79b97af98-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valencia_Court_Apartments.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</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:Valencia_Court_Apartments.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894387","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia_Court_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15694005"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/winnebago-county/valencia-court-apartments-09001123/"}