{"nrhp_refnum":"84000998","name":"Judson, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1243-1249 Judson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.04097561100008,"lon":-87.67641478599995,"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 red brick apartment building at 1243-49 Judson Avenue, at the corner of Judson Avenue and Dempster Street in Evanston, Illinois, built in 1911 and attributed to Francis M. Barton.","why_significant":"The building caused controversy when it was completed because an apartment block stood within a residential district. Architect Thomas Tallmadge criticized it in a 1919 published article. The nomination argues that the debates it prompted over apartments in residential neighborhoods contributed to Evanston's first zoning ordinance in 1921.","narrative":"Built in 1911 at the southeast corner of Judson Avenue and Dempster Street in Evanston, The Judson is a three-story apartment building of red brick with limestone trim. Limestone forms a water table, bands at the first and third floor sill lines, and entrances with splayed sides and segmental arches decorated with egg and dart molding. The flat roof carries a deep bracketed cornice, and varied brick patterns add subtle detail. Inside are eighteen apartments of the railroad type, eight with sun porches that project toward the sidewalk, and rear courtyards bring light to the interiors. The building caused a stir when completed. Architect Thomas Tallmadge published it in 1919 with a caption faulting its disregard for neighbors and good design. The nomination finds its importance partly in that controversy, which fed later debate over placing apartment buildings in residential neighborhoods and led to Evanston's first zoning ordinance in 1921.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Francis M. Barton","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Contains eighteen apartments; the original owner lived in the building.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.225277-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/8909/28890924/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84000998.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000998/9cb16b9706-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000998/9cb16b9706-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judson,_The_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:Judson,_The_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890924","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Judson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96409400"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/judson-the-84000998/"}