{"nrhp_refnum":"84000987","name":"Colonnade Court","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"501-507 Main St., 904-908 Hinman Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.07941886500004,"lon":-87.67875810099997,"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 four-story, U-shaped mixed-use building at 501-07 Main Street and 904-08 Hinman Avenue in Evanston, Illinois, built in 1928-29 with stores on the ground floor and apartments above.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a handsome combination of commercial and residential uses, designed by Evanston architect John Fugard. It is described as a design unique in Evanston: an Italian Renaissance building whose apartment courtyard opens to a busy street but stays private behind a tile-roofed loggia. It won an award of excellence from the Evanston Arts Commission in 1930.","narrative":"Colonnade Court is a four-story apartment and store building at the northwest corner of Main Street and Hinman Avenue in Evanston. Built in 1928-29 at a cost of $200,000, it has a steel and concrete frame, soft yellow brick walls and limestone trim. Eight stores line Main Street, while three upper floors hold seven one- and two-bedroom apartments each. Residents enter through a small arched doorway with ornamental grillwork on Hinman Avenue, then reach a courtyard level with a columned walkway serving every apartment. The U-shaped plan, colonnade and bracketed cornice recall an Italian Renaissance palazzo. Architect John Fugard, an Evanston resident known for upscale apartment buildings, created a design considered unique in the city, with a courtyard that opens toward a busy street yet remains private behind a tile-roofed loggia. The Evanston Arts Commission gave it an award of excellence in 1930. Storefronts have been remodeled and re-signed over the years, though one retains original woodwork.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Thielbar & Fugard; Carpenters: Borg and Johnson","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance (reminiscent of an Italian Renaissance palazzo)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Storefronts were altered several times between 1932 and 1979; the store at 507 Main Street retains its original woodwork.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.835803-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/8908/28890871/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84000987.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000987/17230d7e4d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000987/17230d7e4d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonnade_Court_1.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:Colonnade_Court_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890871","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonnade_Court","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96375256"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/colonnade-court-84000987/"}