{"nrhp_refnum":"84001025","name":"Oak Ridge Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1615-1625 Ridge Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.04747793300004,"lon":-87.68856761999996,"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 courtyard apartment building at 1615-25 Ridge Avenue in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1914 and designed by Andrew Sandegren.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of Evanston's loveliest courtyard buildings, with English Manor and Tudor revival features. It was praised in a historic directory of better-class apartments and published in Architectural Record in January 1922. Its architect, Andrew Sandegren, was known for upper-class apartments on Chicago's near north side and chose to live in this building.","narrative":"Oak Ridge Apartments is a three-story red brick courtyard building at 1615-25 Ridge Avenue in Evanston, completed in 1914 to designs by Andrew Sandegren. A deep, sunken court about 58 feet wide sits well back from the street, with a broad central planter, polygonal bays and eight original globe light standards. Limestone trim, steep gables, a crenellated parapet and Tudor revival entrances give the building an English Manor character. Inside are 34 large apartments reached from five lobbies with mahogany walls and mosaic floors; many have fireplaces, French doors, maids' rooms and butlers' pantries. A 1914-era directory of better-class apartments described it as a high-grade, artistic building, and Architectural Record published it in 1922. Sandegren, known for upscale apartments on Chicago's near north side, chose to live here himself. A 1977 rehabilitation cleaned the masonry, replaced the roof and hot water system, and restored the courtyard landscaping and lighting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Andrew Sandegren","architectural_style":"English Manor with Tudor revival forms","criteria":[],"status_note":"Chemically cleaned and given a new roof and hot water system in 1977; courtyard planting, sidewalk and light fixtures were restored. It contains 34 apartments.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.489826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/8908/28890849/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84001025.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001025/99037a92fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001025/99037a92fc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oak_Ridge_Apartments_5.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:Oak_Ridge_Apartments_5.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83000309","name":"Evanston Ridge Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/evanston-ridge-historic-district-83000309/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890849","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96397056"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/oak-ridge-apartments-84001025/"}