{"nrhp_refnum":"86002890","name":"Great Lakes Naval Training Station","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Cluverius Ave., Lake Michigan, G St., and Sheridan Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waukegan","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.312889547000054,"lon":-87.83567368477046,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 193.2-acre historic district at Mainside of the Great Lakes Naval Training Center on the Lake Michigan shore in Lake County, Illinois, about thirty-five miles north of Chicago. It centers on the original Naval Training Station built in 1906-1911 to designs by Chicago architect Jarvis Hunt.","why_significant":"The district preserves the original Naval Training Station, with its formal, axial plan on three plateaus defined by a wooded ravine, plus compatible World War I-era additions and one World War II property. The nomination stresses the coherence of the red brick and terra cotta buildings and the way later construction respected the original plan. The Station was established in 1904 and dedicated in 1911.","narrative":"Mainside, the oldest part of the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, sits on a bluff above Lake Michigan about thirty-five miles north of Chicago. The 193.2-acre district contains the original Naval Training Station, built in 1906-1911 to designs by Chicago architect Jarvis Hunt. Its red brick buildings with dark terra cotta trim are arranged formally and axially across three plateaus separated by a wooded ravine along Pettibone Creek. Groups include the Administration Building and Drill Hall around the Parade Ground, the main and receiving dormitories, the hospital, the lakeshore boathouse and power house, and Brick Row, a line of officers' residences. Later additions from World War I and one from World War II followed Hunt's scale and plan. Of 124 buildings, structures and sites, 44 are major contributing components. Most buildings remain in use and keep much of their original exterior appearance, which gives the district a consistent architectural character tied to the Station's founding in 1904 and dedication in 1911.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jarvis Hunt of Chicago (original buildings); Childs & Smith (1941 wings to Building 1); in-house Navy architects and engineers","architectural_style":"Formal, axial plan; red brick with terra cotta trim; Neo-Classical, Georgian or Federal ornament on residences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in military use; most buildings are in use, retain much of their original appearance, and one dormitory (Building 28) is vacant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.138541-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/8933/28893332/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/86002890.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002890/565e113be9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002890/565e113be9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Goldnpuppy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Lakes_Bldg_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Goldnpuppy</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:Great_Lakes_Bldg_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893332","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Great_Lakes","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337219"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/great-lakes-naval-training-station-86002890/"}