{"nrhp_refnum":"85003581","name":"Raymond Park Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1501 Hinman and 425 Grove","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.04483668900008,"lon":-87.67838913899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story red brick apartment building with an English basement at 1501 Hinman Avenue and 425 Grove Street in Evanston, Illinois, built in 1928 to designs by Hall, Laurence, Ratcliffe, Architect, with Carl E. Erickson as contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of Evanston's most elegantly appointed apartment buildings, with Tudor elements and richly detailed, spacious apartments. Its location across from the First Congregational Church and near Raymond Park makes it a conspicuous part of the cityscape and a transition between commercial and multifamily areas to the north and single-family areas to the south. It also fits the context of high quality suburban apartments in Evanston, and it became a cooperative in 1950.","narrative":"Raymond Park Apartments is a seven-story red brick building at 1501 Hinman Avenue and 425 Grove Street in Evanston, Illinois, completed in 1928. Hall, Laurence, Ratcliffe designed it, and Carl E. Erickson was the contractor. It holds 28 apartments of six and eight large rooms, entered from two lobbies, with two tiers of seven apartments per entrance. Although large, it keeps a residential scale through small doors and windows, half-timbering, leaded windows, rough-faced stone, towers and a broken silhouette. The style is essentially Medieval, with Tudor strapwork, oak panelling and slate floors in the lobbies. Apartments have panelled walls, strapwork ceilings, Beaux-arts fireplaces, bronze sconces, ceramic tile baths, maid's quarters and indoor garages. The building faces the First Congregational Church and sits diagonally across from Raymond Park, which makes it a prominent feature of the city. It links commercial and multifamily areas to the north with single-family blocks to the south. It became a cooperative in 1950, one of very few in Evanston.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Hall, Laurence, Ratcliffe, Architect; Carl E. Erickson, Contractor","architectural_style":"Medieval in style, with Tudor elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Became a cooperative in 1950. A 1985 determination of eligibility was issued because of owner objection, and the owners later withdrew their objection before the 2002 listing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.805098-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/8908/28890873/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/85003581.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003581/faa7dd433b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003581/faa7dd433b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Burnhamandroot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raymond_Park_Apartments.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Burnhamandroot</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:Raymond_Park_Apartments.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890873","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Park_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96401310"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/raymond-park-apartments-85003581/"}