{"nrhp_refnum":"85000266","name":"Hermitage Apartments","other_names":["4606 North Hermitage Avenue"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4606 N. Hermitage Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.96597146400006,"lon":-87.67296400499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-02-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story common-corridor studio apartment building over an English basement at 4606 North Hermitage Avenue in the Ravenswood area of Chicago, built in 1927-28 and designed by architect Jens J. Jensen for developer Lionel H. Uhlmann.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building stands out among Chicago's many common-corridor apartment buildings for its fine design and high integrity. Jensen deliberately broke up the symmetry of the facade to give this hotel-like building type an old-fashioned, domestic appearance, with five dissimilar bays that read almost like five narrow old houses.","narrative":"Built in 1927-28 at 4606 North Hermitage Avenue in Chicago's Ravenswood area, this three-story apartment building sits over an English basement and holds 48 units, mostly studios with some one-bedrooms, along a central corridor. Architect Jens J. Jensen designed it for Lionel H. Uhlmann, a cheese company president whose first real-estate venture it apparently was. Most corridor buildings of the era followed a symmetrical formula, but Jensen made this facade informal and irregular. Its five bays differ in projection, materials and window sizes, and the roofline carries three different dormers, a parapet, a chimney and a small conical spire with a weather vane. The entrance is understated, so the building reads almost like five narrow old houses. It suited a neighborhood that kept a quiet, suburban character. The facade is pressed red brick and gray limestone, and changes since 1928 have been minor, including a replaced roof covering and a few removed finials.","period_of_significance":"1927-28","architect_builder":"Jens J. Jensen","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; described as little changed since 1928, with an intact, well-maintained facade. The slate mansard roof has been replaced with composition shingles.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.724498-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/8921/28892190/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/85000266.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000266/4d2c0f280e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000266/4d2c0f280e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Zagalejo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hermitage_Apartments.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Zagalejo</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hermitage_Apartments.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"91001364","name":"East Ravenswood Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/east-ravenswood-historic-district-91001364/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892190","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermitage_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14687542"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/hermitage-apartments-85000266/"}