Evanston, Illinois · Decade built

Evanston in the 1920s

Warren Harding took office in 1921, Calvin Coolidge succeeded him in 1923 and Herbert Hoover was elected in 1928. The census of 1920 was the first to count more Americans in towns and cities than on farms. Prohibition was in force and the automobile and the radio spread quickly. The stock market crashed in October 1929. What Evanston kept from the decade leans to Tudor Revival, the label the records put on 6 of these stops.

Every stop carries a construction date in the 1920s. The route covers 10 of them and runs 2.2 miles end to end.

Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.

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10
Stops
2.2 mi
Total, straight line
0.6 mi
Longest leg
10
With a construction date

Map

Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Walking order

  1. 1Lake Shore Apartments470-498 Sheridan Rd.Building · built 1927 · listed 1984start
  2. 2Sheridan Square Apartments620-638 Sheridan Sq.Building · built 1924 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 1
  3. 3Building at 548-606 Michigan Avenue548-606 Michigan Ave.Building · built 1924 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 2
  4. 4Building at 813-815 Forest Avenue813-815 Forest Ave.Building · built 1929 · listed 19840.3 mi from stop 3
  5. 5Michigan-Lee Apartments940-950 Michigan Ave.Building · built 1928 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 4
  6. 6Building at 999 Michigan, 200 Lee999 Michigan Ave., 200 Lee St.Building · built 1927 · listed 1984146 ft from stop 5
  7. 7Fountain Plaza Apartments830-856 Hinman Ave.Building · built 1922 · listed 19840.3 mi from stop 6
  8. 8Buildings at 1104--1110 Seward1104--1110 SewardBuilding · built 1927 · listed 19860.6 mi from stop 7
  9. 9Oakton Gables900-910 Oakton and 439-445 RidgeBuilding · built 1927 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 8
  10. 10Buildings at 815-817 Brummel and 819-821 Brummel815-817, and 819-821 BrummelBuilding · built 1928 · listed 19840.4 mi from stop 9

2.2 straight-line miles over 9 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/il/evanston/era-1920s/

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