{"nrhp_refnum":"87001256","name":"Roycemore School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"60 Lincoln St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.06140448000008,"lon":-87.67904927599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-08-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Roycemore School is a private school complex of four interconnected stucco buildings at 640 Lincoln Street, Evanston, Illinois, built between 1915 and 1927 and designed by Lawrence Buck with Tallmadge & Watson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is one of only two known Midwest educational buildings designed on the principles of English architects Charles Voysey and M. H. Baillie Scott. Its simple forms, roughcast stucco walls, exposed beam ends and short single-loaded corridors create a domestic atmosphere. It also retains a high degree of integrity from the 1910s and 1920s.","narrative":"Roycemore School is a private school in Evanston, Illinois, made up of four connected buildings arranged in a broad U around a courtyard open to Lincoln Street. The lower school went up in 1915, the upper school and gymnasium in 1916, and a south wing in 1925, with gymnasium additions in 1927 and 1937. Lawrence Buck designed the school with the firm Tallmadge & Watson, and Thomas Tallmadge supervised construction. Walls are white roughcast stucco, with high-pitched roofs, exposed rafter ends, brick accents and art glass stair windows. The school was founded by parents and first led by Julia S. Henry, who named it for her grandfather, the Rev. Andrew Royce. Its directors asked for light, air and a home atmosphere rather than an institutional look. The nomination holds that the design follows early modern English models, avoiding historic-style ornament, and that the exterior and many interior features, including benches, art glass and gymnasium trusses, remain much as built.","period_of_significance":"1915-1927","architect_builder":"Lawrence Buck/ Tallmadge & Watson","architectural_style":"Modern English style (influenced by Voysey and Baillie Scott); picturesque, informal domestic character","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in educational use; described as largely unaltered, with some deferred maintenance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.567997-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/8921/28892192/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/87001256.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001256/c4fdf129b6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001256/c4fdf129b6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roycemore_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roycemore_School.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000979","name":"Northeast Evanston Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/northeast-evanston-historic-district-99000979/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892192","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Roycemore_School_building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18155392"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/roycemore-school-87001256/"}