{"nrhp_refnum":"84000952","name":"Buildings at 815-817 Brummel and 819-821 Brummel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"815-817, and 819-821 Brummel","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.02138424700007,"lon":-87.68442025499996,"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":"Two mirror-image red brick apartment buildings at 815-817 and 819-821 Brummel Street, Evanston, Illinois, built in 1927-1928 and separated by a narrow walkway so that they read as one courtyard complex.","why_significant":"The nomination calls them unique in Evanston because two half-courtyards combine into one bilaterally symmetrical courtyard, giving both buildings open views and light. They have identical detailing even though two different architectural firms built them a year apart. Their simplified Tudor ornament and patterned brickwork are also noted.","narrative":"Two L-shaped apartment buildings on the north side of Brummel Street in Evanston, at 815-817 and 819-821, face each other as mirror images across a narrow walkway. Together they form a single symmetrical courtyard, which gives residents open views and plenty of light. They were built in 1927 and 1928 by two different architectural firms, E.L. Kline for 815-817 and Kocher and Larson for 819-821, yet their detailing is identical. Each building is red brick with limestone trim, three stories over an English basement, with ten one- and two-bedroom units and four attached garages. The simplified Tudor design includes molded limestone arched doorways, crenellations on the courtyard side, steel double gables at the front and slate roofs. Patterned brickwork, with vertically set and darker bricks forming diamonds in the gables, gives a tapestry effect. Interiors have oak floors, arched brick fireplaces and paneled dining rooms. The pair was valued for its unusual paired courtyard plan and its consistent Tudor character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"815-17: E.L. Kline; 819-21: Kocher and Larson","architectural_style":"Simplified Tudor","criteria":[],"status_note":"819-21 has been converted to a condominium; a 1962-63 addition extended the garage at 815-817.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.480218-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/8908/28890896/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84000952.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000952/fdcc20e5e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000952/fdcc20e5e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Andrew Jameson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buildingsat815-821BrummellEvanstonIL.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Jameson</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:Buildingsat815-821BrummellEvanstonIL.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890896","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildings_at_815%E2%80%93817_Brummel_and_819%E2%80%93821_Brummel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96374094"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/buildings-at-815-817-brummel-and-819-821-brummel-84000952/"}