{"nrhp_refnum":"84001030","name":"Ridge Grove","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1112 Grove St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.04532089600008,"lon":-87.68781928299995,"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 and buff brick apartment building with limestone trim at 1112 Grove Street, Evanston, Illinois, built in 1928 and designed by Edward M. Sieja. It contains 10 units.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building stands out for its restrained, elegant design. Its crisp geometric organization and classical details give it a dignity that other buildings of similar size lack. The handsome lobby and the arrangement of apartments add to its creative design.","narrative":"Ridge Grove is a three-story apartment building at 1112 Grove Street in Evanston, built in 1928 to designs by Edward M. Sieja. Its street facade is red brick over a limestone-faced ground floor, with limestone used for vertical accents, while the alley side is buff brick with red brick banding and corner piers. The central entrance has small-scale Classical detailing, including sidelights, a blind elliptical limestone fan and decorative wrought ironwork. Inside, the alley entrance opens to a lobby with a false fireplace and a geometric tile floor. Different tiers of staircases serve the ten one- and two-bedroom apartments, and the front units are of the railroad type, though neither deep nor dark because of the building's shape. The basement was converted to a separate apartment in 1949. The building was listed for its restrained, dignified design, which its nominator considered superior to other buildings of similar size, and it is similar in plan to 1316 Maple Avenue on a smaller scale.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Edward M. Sieja","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Basement rooms were converted into a separate apartment in 1949 (E.M. Sieja, architect). A rear garage holds four cars.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.497718-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/8908/28890844/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84001030.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001030/bb57b49a58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001030/bb57b49a58-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ridge_Grove_3.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:Ridge_Grove_3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890844","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_Grove","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96401977"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/ridge-grove-84001030/"}