{"nrhp_refnum":"84000993","name":"Greenwood, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"425 Greenwood St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.04303266800008,"lon":-87.67885322399997,"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 dark red brick apartment building at 425 Greenwood Street in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1912 by Thomas McCall as a six-flat.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a handsome example of the railroad-type apartment building and one of the most architecturally significant in Evanston. Its Prairie-influenced design, with stained glass and a well-designed doorway, gives it modern simplicity. Its low profile and setback let it fit well into the surrounding single-family neighborhood.","narrative":"Built in 1912 at 425 Greenwood Street in Evanston, this three-story dark red brick building was designed as a six-flat, each unit having three bedrooms and two baths. Thomas McCall is named as architect or builder. Limestone banding runs along the sill line of all three floors, and wide bracketed overhangs support a shallow hipped roof, giving the building a Prairie character. Stained glass windows, brick buttresses at the sun room corners and a doorway with engaged semi-circular columns and a canopy add detail. Inside, the apartments follow the railroad plan, with the living room at the front and bedrooms opening off a long hall that leads to the kitchen and dining room. Sun rooms adjoin the living and dining rooms. The building was listed as one of the most architecturally significant railroad-type apartment buildings in Evanston. Its setback and horizontal emphasis give it a low profile that suits the neighboring single-family houses. Alterations in 1978 and 1981-82 included a new furnace, tuckpointing, plumbing work and combining the second-floor units.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Thomas McCall","architectural_style":"Prairie influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Apartment building; in 1978 the second-floor units were combined into one apartment, and later work included insulation, gutter work and woodwork repair.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.7743-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/8908/28890877/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84000993.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000993/4fda55c2c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000993/4fda55c2c7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenwood,_The_2.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:Greenwood,_The_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890877","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greenwood","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96408900"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/greenwood-the-84000993/"}