Building at 1301-1303 Judson Avenue

Two identical four-flat buildings stand at the southeast corner of Dempster Street and Judson Avenue in Evanston, Illinois. Built in 1894 by Sidney Smith, each is a U-shaped structure of two and one-half stories over a raised basement. The ground floor is rough-faced limestone, the first floor is orange brick, and the second story is covered in brown flaring shingles under a hipped roof broken by gables. Three-bay facades have paired doors under a hipped porch, triple bow windows, and gables with unusual window treatments, one Palladian-influenced. Each of the four apartments has a living room, parlor, dining room, three bedrooms and a kitchen with pantry, plus glazed tile fireplaces, while rear light courts supply light and ventilation. The pair was listed as among Evanston's earliest multifamily dwellings. Their homelike Queen Anne styling anticipated the suburban apartment buildings constructed over the following thirty years, and features such as gables, bow windows and irregular rooflines became commonplace. Alterations include repairs in 1901 and porch changes in 1969.