1615-1625 Ridge Ave., Evanston, Illinois. County/parish: Cook.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 15, 1984. NRIS 84001025.
Part of Suburban Apartment Buildings in Evanston TR (NRIS 64000181).
1 contributing building.
Oak Ridge Apartments is a historic apartment building at 1615-1625 Ridge Avenue in Evanston, Illinois. The three-story brick building was built in 1914. Architect Andrew Sandegren, who also designed several Chicago apartment buildings, designed the building in the Tudor Revival style; Sandegren would go on to live in the building. The building features projecting entrance bays, an open central courtyard, and a crenellated roofline with projecting gables. Each apartment included amenities meant to cater to upper-class residents, such as servants' quarters, sunrooms, and brick fireplaces.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1984.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890849