{"nrhp_refnum":"82002566","name":"Humer Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1894 Sheridan Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Park","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.187084940000034,"lon":-87.79810731299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1926 brick commercial building at 1894 Sheridan Road in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, designed by John S. Van Bergen in the Prairie School style. It is a party-wall building with two ground-floor shops and second-floor offices and studios.","why_significant":"The inventory sheet argues that a Prairie School commercial building is unusual and that this is the only one of its type in the northern suburbs. It describes the building as a fine adaptation of Wright's Prairie School style and ideas to a commercial venture that still keeps a warm, home-like feeling.","narrative":"Built in 1926 at 1894 Sheridan Road in Highland Park, this brick commercial building was designed by architect John S. Van Bergen in the Prairie School style. It is a party-wall structure with two ground-floor shops and offices and studios upstairs. The brick facade is a simple rectangle patterned with alternating eight-inch squares of brick, and ribbon windows run across it. Inside, a clerestory-lit lobby opens onto stairs to the second floor, and the staircase is enclosed by a ribbon of glass windows with Prairie School banding. Geometric moldings and oak trim decorate the interior. Commercial buildings in this style are uncommon, and this is described as the only one of its type in the northern suburbs. It is regarded as a skilled adaptation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School ideas to a business setting. Its condition is rated good and it is largely unaltered, still used for shops, offices and studios as originally intended.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John S. Van Bergen","architectural_style":"Prairie School Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rated in good condition and unaltered; present use is the same as the original (office, shops, studios). The only noted alteration is a sign covering an area over the windows on the north side of the east facade.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.994888-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/8912/28891242/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002566.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002566/18f82517bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002566/18f82517bc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ronincmc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humer_Building_1894SheridanRd.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ronincmc</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:Humer_Building_1894SheridanRd.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891242","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humer_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85767743"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/humer-building-82002566/"}