{"nrhp_refnum":"76000706","name":"Dawes, Charles Gates, House","other_names":["Dawes Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"225 Greenwood St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.043062951000024,"lon":-87.67371832099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-08","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-12-08","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story, hip-roofed brick mansion at 225 Greenwood Street in Evanston, Illinois, built in 1894 for Robert Sheppard and designed by New York architect H. Edwards Ficken in the style of a French Chateau. A brick carriage house designed by C. J. Warren in 1892 stands on the same lot.","why_significant":"The house is significant as the home of Charles Gates Dawes from 1909 until his death in 1951. Dawes was the first Director of the Budget, chaired the committee that produced the 1924 Dawes Plan on German reparations, won the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize, and served as Vice President from 1925 to 1929. The nomination holds that, of his surviving residences, this one represents him best.","narrative":"Built in 1894 for Northwestern University business manager Robert Sheppard, this brick mansion on Evanston's Lake Michigan shore was designed by New York architect H. Edwards Ficken in a French Chateau style. It has round corner towers with conical roofs, a red-tile roof, and a varicolored brick exterior laid in Flemish bond. Inside are oak woodwork, a spiral staircase, a cherry-paneled library, and a Tudor-style dining room. Charles Gates Dawes bought the house in 1909 and lived there until his death in 1951. He was the first Director of the Budget, chaired the committee behind the 1924 Dawes Plan on German reparations, received the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize, and served as Vice President under Calvin Coolidge. He gave the house to Northwestern in 1942, and in 1960 the Evanston Historical Society began leasing it. Today it is a house museum, with a brick carriage house nearby.","period_of_significance":"1909-1951","architect_builder":"Robert Sheppard/H. Edwards Ficken","architectural_style":"French Chateau","criteria":[],"status_note":"Operates as a house museum and headquarters of the Evanston Historical Society, which leases it from Northwestern University; condition listed as good, with some alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.528803-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/8915/28891574/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/76000706_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000706/2c1a5810f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000706/2c1a5810f8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Burnhamandroot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dawes_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Burnhamandroot</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:Dawes_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891574","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_G._Dawes_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5077927"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/dawes-charles-gates-house-76000706/"}