Northeast Evanston Historic District
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Why it's listed
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.
Significance in brief: 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.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 99000979, listed August 12, 1999. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by Emerson St., Sherman Ave., Sheridan Pl., Lake Michigan, Sheridan Rd., and Orrington Ave., Evanston |
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| County | Cook County |
| Listed | August 12, 1999 |
| Reference number | 99000979 |
| Resource type | District |
| 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 |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Integrity described as generally excellent; about 500 primary buildings remain in single-family use, 18 converted to institutional uses, and 190 buildings are noncontributing. |
| Acreage | 201 |
| Coordinates | 42.06105, -87.68171 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 99000979.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q88359120
- This listing as JSON
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