{"nrhp_refnum":"88002232","name":"Holland Apartments","other_names":["Dodge Flats"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"324--326 N. Vermilion St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danville","county":"Vermilion County","state":"IL","lat":40.13016099400005,"lon":-87.63030244399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Holland Apartments (also known as Dodge Flats) is a five-story red brick apartment building at 324-326 North Vermilion Street in Danville, Illinois. The northern half was completed in 1906 and the southern half was added in 1927.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a highly unusual and skilful use of Dutch Revival motifs, especially crow-stepped gables, in an early 1900s apartment building. It is a remaining example of the architectural variety created in central Danville between 1900 and 1929. The 1906 and 1927 sections match in style while differing in structure and detail.","narrative":"Holland Apartments is a five-story red brick apartment building two blocks north of downtown Danville, Illinois. Its northern half was finished in 1906 and a reinforced concrete southern section followed in 1927, together holding 68 apartments, four shops and a large ground-floor restaurant. Crow-stepped gables, corbels, dormers, oriels and slate roofs give it a Dutch Revival look that is rare in the Midwest. Charles M. Lewis, a Danville architect, designed it, but the Dutch style was chosen by original owner General Anson Green Phelps Dodge, who had visited the Netherlands in 1900. His daughter Julia Dodge built the 1927 annex and wanted it to match the older building closely. Apartments originally had no kitchens; residents ate in the restaurant. Much original oak woodwork, transoms and stair rails survives inside, though some ground-floor storefronts were altered in the 1950s. The building was listed for its architecture and its unusual treatment of a common apartment type.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Lewis, Charles M.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Other/Dutch Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as domestic multiple dwelling with a notation of vacant; the form describes some details in need of repair and a planned conversion of the building.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.205197-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/8942/28894221/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/88002232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002232/5a844cc981-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002232/5a844cc981-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holland_Apartments_in_Danville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holland_Apartments_in_Danville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894221","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16995661"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/vermilion-county/holland-apartments-88002232/"}