{"nrhp_refnum":"84000982","name":"Building at 2519 Central Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2519 Central St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.05933111000007,"lon":-87.70912119099995,"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 two-flat residential building at 2519 Central Street in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1927 as the middle of three similar buildings. Arthur Jacobs was the architect, and Bond, Ahrlen and Co. was developer and general contractor.","why_significant":"The building is significant as one of three elegantly detailed two flats built together as a group in 1927. It is part of a thematic group of suburban apartment buildings in Evanston. A fuller statement appears in the nomination for 2517 Central Street, which is not included here.","narrative":"Built in 1927 on the north side of Central Street in Evanston, this two-flat is the middle building of a row of three similar structures. It was designed by architect Arthur Jacobs and built by Bond, Ahrlen and Co., which also acted as developer. The walls are greyish brick with limestone trim, and a green tile sloped roof covers the front bays, supported by limestone brackets. The central bay has three casement windows divided by engaged diamond-profiled piers that take their inspiration from Gothic design. Piers rise above the roofline and are topped with stone urns. Geometric brickwork with limestone accents decorates the spandrels, and a bronze canopy shelters the east front doorway, above which sits a blind arched window. A frame two-car garage stands at the rear. The building was listed as one of three elegantly detailed two flats built together as a group, within a larger set of suburban apartment buildings in Evanston.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Arthur Jacobs, Architect; Bond, Ahrlen and Co., developer and General Contractor.","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"A frame two-car garage stands at the rear of the lot. No alterations are listed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.938058-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/8908/28890865/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84000982.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000982/c3acab3c47-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000982/c3acab3c47-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_2519_Central_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_2519_Central_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890865","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_2519_Central_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134577798"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/building-at-2519-central-street-84000982/"}