{"nrhp_refnum":"80001379","name":"Fort Sheridan Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Water Tower, Building 49"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Off IL 22","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Sheridan","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.213577944000036,"lon":-87.81300206714236,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1984-04-20","areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A military post historic district at Fort Sheridan on the Lake Michigan bluffs about twenty-five miles northeast of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, laid out around a central parade ground, with buildings erected mainly from 1890 to 1910.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the post holds a unique place in the development of army fort planning and has visual cohesion through its buildings designed by Holabird and Roche. These buildings, with a 167-foot water tower at the centre, make up most of the 94 contributing buildings. Later World War II temporary buildings were not evaluated and were left outside the district.","narrative":"Fort Sheridan is a U.S. Army post on the Lake Michigan bluffs about twenty-five miles northeast of Chicago. Its plan follows the hollow-square pattern, with buildings arranged around a parade ground of nearly 54 acres and dominated by a 167-foot water tower flanked by two long barracks. Most of the 94 contributing buildings are of buff-cream brick made on the post. Many were designed by the Chicago firm Holabird and Roche between 1890 and 1893, with long walls, rows of arched windows and wide entrance arches reflecting the influence of H. H. Richardson. The two commandants' houses add Queen Anne features such as domed turrets and terra cotta trim. Buildings from 1905 to 1910 came from Quartermaster General plans and are plainer. The district was defined by the post's place in the evolution of army fort planning and by the visual unity of the Holabird and Roche buildings. Later temporary buildings from World War II were excluded.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Holabird and Roche; Office of the Quartermaster General; Office of the Surgeon General","architectural_style":"Richardsonian-influenced military architecture, with Queen Anne elements on the commandants' houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings have remained in continuous use since construction; condition is generally good and the post is occupied by the Army.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.165077-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/8933/28893322/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80001379.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001379/b72dbddf91-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001379/b72dbddf91-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Detroit Publishing Co.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiSheridanTower.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Publishing Co.</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiSheridanTower.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893322","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheridan_Reserve_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17033233"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/fort-sheridan-historic-district-80001379/"}