Melwood Apartments
Melwood Apartments | |
Melwood Apartments in 2012 | |
42°02′22″N 87°40′24″W / 42.03944°N 87.67333°W / 42.03944; -87.67333 (Melwood Apartments) | |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
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Built | 1901 (1901) |
Architect | Wilmore Alloway |
MPS | Suburban Apartment Buildings in Evanston TR |
NRHP reference No. | 84001016[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 15, 1984 |
Melwood Apartments is a historic apartment building at the northeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Hamilton Street in Evanston, Illinois. Built in 1901, the three-story building was one of the first apartment buildings in Evanston. Its construction sparked an outcry in the surrounding neighborhood, which had consisted entirely of single-family houses; the controversy was a precursor to further fights over zoning in Evanston, which ultimately led to the city passing the state's first zoning law in 1921. Architect Wilmore Alloway designed the building with elements of various popular architectural styles of the period. The building features Colonial Revival entrances, Richardsonian Romanesque columns, and Neoclassical ornamentation.[2][3]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1984.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Benjamin, Susan (October 20, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Suburban Apartment Buildings in Evanston, Illinois". National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ^ Benjamin, Susan (May 1983). "Melwood Apartments" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-11. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
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