{"nrhp_refnum":"84000994","name":"Hillcrest Apartment","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1509-1515 Hinman Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.04519692100007,"lon":-87.67839297899997,"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 Georgian-inspired courtyard apartment building at 1509-15 Hinman Avenue in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1922 and designed by Roy F. France.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an excellent example of the symmetrical U-shaped courtyard apartment type, the most typical kind of suburban apartment in Evanston. It is praised for its Georgian design, its detailing in glass and limestone, and its proportions. The oval motif recurs in the courtyard path, glasswork and bow windows, and the units are spacious and carefully detailed.","narrative":"Built in 1922 on Hinman Avenue in Evanston, this three-story courtyard apartment building was designed by architect Roy F. France. It is faced in red brick with limestone trim, including blocks resembling quoins, a string course above an English basement, balustrades and urns along the parapets, and curved broken pediments over five entrances. A private courtyard, entered down several steps, centers on an oval walkway around a fountain pool and is set off from the busy street by brick and limestone posts and a wrought iron fence. Inside, the lobbies have colonial paneling, etched glass ovals and urn-topped newel posts. The thirty apartments have French doors, wainscoting, tile baths and high ceilings. The building was listed as an excellent example of the symmetrical U-shaped courtyard type common among Evanston's suburban apartments, valued for its Georgian design, fine proportions and consistent use of the oval motif. France's work here is compared with his Lake Shore Apartments on Sheridan Road.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Roy F. France","architectural_style":"Georgian-inspired, largely Classical in inspiration","criteria":[],"status_note":"The building was reroofed in 1980 and contains thirty apartments.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.163965-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/8908/28890861/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84000994.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000994/eb733c57ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000994/eb733c57ed-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillcrest_Apartments_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:Hillcrest_Apartments_4.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890861","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillcrest_Apartment","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96381047"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/hillcrest-apartment-84000994/"}