{"nrhp_refnum":"84000950","name":"Building at 813-815 Forest Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"813-815 Forest Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.03279453700003,"lon":-87.67391167299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, L-shaped brick apartment building with an English basement at 813-815 Forest Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, built in 1929 by Bowman and Regner with Jens J. Jensen as architect.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its many elegant Tudor-inspired details, which are consistent yet full of refinements and visual surprises. Its apartments are modest in size but homelike, and offer light, cross ventilation and interior garages like those in larger courtyard buildings. It is described as impressive as an English country house.","narrative":"Built in 1929 on the east side of Forest Avenue in Evanston, this three-story brick apartment building rises above an English basement and takes the form of an L, or half a courtyard building. It holds twelve apartments, nine with two bedrooms and three with one, plus four attached garages at the rear. Architect Jens J. Jensen and the firm Bowman and Regner, who served as owner and builder, enriched the brick walls with Tudor details. Three doorways have Tudor arches formed by limestone moldings and heavy wooden doors with wrought iron hinges. Leaded windows, some with stained glass shields, light the lobbies and stair halls. The slate roof is broken by crenellations, gables and pinnacles, and a crenellated tower marks the front. Inside, Tudor arches and medieval-style fireplaces continue the theme. The building is valued for these refined details and homelike character, and a zoning variation allowed its tower and shallower rear setback.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Bowman and Regner, Owner and Builder; Jens J. Jensen, Architect","architectural_style":"Tudor-inspired","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.477544-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/8908/28890894/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84000950.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000950/4f9b75ee24-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000950/4f9b75ee24-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_813-815_Forest_4.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:Building_at_813-815_Forest_4.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890894","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_813%E2%80%93815_Forest_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96374088"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/building-at-813-815-forest-avenue-84000950/"}