{"nrhp_refnum":"84001034","name":"Ridge Manor","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1603-1611 Ridge Ave. and 1125 Davis St.","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":"Ridge Manor is a three-story English basement apartment building at 1603-11 Ridge Avenue and 1125 Davis Street in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1916 and designed by William H. Pruyn, Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it unique in Evanston because it combines two different apartment types, large Ridge Avenue apartments and a smaller courtyard section, in one coordinated design. Only the Ridge Avenue section was included in a period directory of better-class North Side apartments. Its construction also prompted neighbors to file for the city's first restricted residence district.","narrative":"Ridge Manor, at the northeast corner of Ridge Avenue and Davis Street in Evanston, is a three-story English basement apartment building completed in 1916 to designs by William H. Pruyn, Jr. It joins two building types in one design. Four tiers of large apartments face Ridge Avenue, while a courtyard section opening onto Davis Street holds smaller units with fewer rooms. Both sections are faced in red brick with limestone trim, and entrances have birch paneling, mahogany moldings, marble baseboards and leaded glass. The larger apartments had maid's quarters, a central vacuum system and sun parlors with special casement windows, and glazed brick in the rear courtyards reflected light indoors. Only the Ridge Avenue section appeared in a contemporary directory of better-class apartments. Construction of the building in 1916 pushed nearby residents to file for Evanston's first restricted residence district, an early effort to limit where apartments could be built. A 1977 renovation replaced the roof and mechanical systems.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William H. Pruyn, Jr.","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Alterations in 1977 included a new roof, boiler and hot water system, and chemical cleaning of the brick and stone.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.562813-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/8909/28890930/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/84001034.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001034/e4cef390a8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001034/e4cef390a8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thshriver","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ridge_Manor_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:Ridge_Manor_2.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/28890930","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_Manor_(Evanston,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96401979"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/ridge-manor-84001034/"}