{"nrhp_refnum":"99000979","name":"Northeast Evanston Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Emerson St., Sherman Ave., Sheridan Pl., Lake Michigan, Sheridan Rd., and Orrington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evanston","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.06104639450007,"lon":-87.68171434093082,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A predominantly single-family residential historic district in the northeast corner of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, just north of the downtown and along Lake Michigan. It holds 931 buildings and structures dating from about 1860 to 1999.","why_significant":"The district preserves a cohesive lakeside residential neighborhood that grew after its annexation to Evanston in 1872, with excellent integrity and a wide range of architectural styles. Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Tudor Revival predominate, and about 70% of contributing primary buildings date from 1907 to 1927. It also includes four individually listed properties, among them the Grosse Point Light Station, a National Historic Landmark.","narrative":"Northeast Evanston Historic District is a long, narrow residential neighborhood on Evanston's lakefront, north of the downtown. It contains 931 buildings and structures, including 546 primary buildings and hundreds of garages, barns and coach houses, most built between about 1860 and 1949. Single-family houses make up about 95% of the primary buildings, set on generous lots along wide, tree-lined streets. Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Tudor Revival houses dominate, alongside Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Prairie and other styles. Notable buildings include Orrington School, Roycemore School, Kendall College and several apartment courts. The district also contains the Grosse Point Light Station, a National Historic Landmark, the Harley B. Clarke House and public parks. Its significance rests on how fully it preserves the architecture and street pattern of an early twentieth-century suburban neighborhood, where alterations have mostly been limited to siding and porches.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architects named include Henry Raeder (Orrington School), Edgar O. Blake, P.C. Stewart, Maher and McGrew, and Thomas Tallmadge (street lamp posts).","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Tudor Revival (predominant), with Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Prairie and other styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Integrity described as generally excellent; about 500 primary buildings remain in single-family use, 18 converted to institutional uses, and 190 buildings are noncontributing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.137854-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/8919/28891972/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/99000979.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000979/59d529e370-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000979/59d529e370-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois","credit_html":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._C._Wieboldt_Company_(8129279683).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891972","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Evanston_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88359120"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/northeast-evanston-historic-district-99000979/"}