Building at 1505-1509 Oak Avenue

1505-1509 Oak Ave., Evanston, Illinois. County/parish: Cook.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 15, 1984. NRIS 84000976.

2 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Building at 1505–1509 Oak Avenue

The Building at 1505–1509 Oak Avenue is a historic apartment building in Evanston, Illinois. The three-story brick building was built in 1925. The building is L-shaped with a half courtyard, a relatively common apartment layout in Evanston. Samuel N. Crowen, who also designed 1450-56 Oak Avenue and the Abbey Garth Building at 400 Lee Street, was the architect of the building. The building's design features limestone pilasters separating its windows, limestone quoins, pilasters and a pediment around the entrance, and a brick parapet.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1984.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890840

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