Built in 1924. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
“The Building at 548-606 Michigan Avenue is a historic building in Evanston, Illinois. The three-story brown brick building was built in 1924.”
Wikipedia article Building at 548-606 Michigan Avenue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1924.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Evanston City in History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884 names Evanston. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
LOl'lS K. OIl.liSt)N, pension attorney, willed in Chicago in May, WVX and in Evanstoii in May. 18H1. From the year 188LI lie was engaged in prosecuting soldiers' claims in Cleveland. Ohio, until 1*7.5. and in IH'trott from that time until the year 1870. He came to Chicago and established a branch office of the house of Milo It. Stevens A. Co.. of which lie was a member. Since April 1. 1**2. Mr. Gillso'u has been carrying <m the same business, that of pension attorney, under his own name, and ha* latelv started an agency fur Western lands and Tor the transaction of business before the land-office at Washington under the tinmeofttillson. Benjamin*; Co. Mr.liillson is a member of the First Baptist Church of Evanston. He married Miss Ida A. Bartholomew, of Warren. Ohio, June 10. 1*74. Thcv liavc three children -Cornelia, Burton C. and Milo B.
Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.
ORENE. LOCKE, director of the Conservatory of Music of the Northwestern University, was born in Chester, Vt., in January, 1842. His musical education was obtained in Lt-ipsic and Weimar, Germany. On his return to the United States in 18*7, ho accepted the position of director of the department of music of Genesee College, in New York. In 1808 he returned to Boston, having been engaged asateat-her in the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he remained for nearly nine years. In 1877, he severed his connection with that institution, to assume the management of the department of music of the Northwestern University, at Evanston.
Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Evanston City - 90,367 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Building at 548-606 Michigan Avenue: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Grove City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilmette City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evanston, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 24 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 7 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | 6 hurt, $5,000 | Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Six people suffered minor injuries when numerous tents were blown down at an art fair. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | 1 hurt | A 2.5 foot diameter tree about 30 feet tall was uprooted near Kedzie Street and Sheridan Road. Numerous large trees were blown down in the Rogers Park area. One man was injured by a falling tree near Touhy Avenue. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Evanston | $500,000,000 | Throughout much of central Cook County including Chicago and nearby suburbs, very heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding of roadways and structures. During a 12-hour period from 3 AM to 3 PM CST, storm total rainfall in Cook County ranged from 1-9 inches, with the highest amounts in central Cook County near the border of Chicago, Cicero, and Oak Park. The magnitude of this rainfall ranged from typical to extreme, with the peak rainfall estimated to have less than a 0.2% chance of occurring in a given year. Two distinct waves of heavy rainfall occurred in the Chicago area during this event, with each period of heavy rainfall corresponding to significant flooding.||The first wave of heavy rainfall impacted the Chicago area from 4:30 AM to 11 AM CST. Within a few hours numerous residential streets were flooded and I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway) was blocked in multiple locations, as well as a stretch of I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) near Pulaski Road. Multiple water rescues were reported, most of which occurred at underpasses in Chicago and the immediate western suburbs. Runoff quickly entered the deep tunnel system and mostly filled McCook Reservoir, greatly reducing storage capacity for additional rainfall.||After a brief period with lighter rainfall intensities from 11 AM to 12:30 PM CST, the second wave of heavy began, which occurred until 3:30 PM CST. This additional rainfall brought renewed flooding of numerous roadways as well as portions of CTA's blue and pink El train lines. The storage capacity of the deep tunnel and McCook Reservoir were exceeded, with most rainfall flowing into the Chicago River system as part of a combined sewer overflow event. The Chicago River quickly rose to minor flood stage, flooding the Chicago Riverwalk. MWRD opened gates at Chicago Lock to reverse the flow of the river into Lake Michigan, causing a mixture of rainfall and untreated sewage to enter the lake. The lack of capacity to store combined rain water and sewage caused rainfall to back up into 10s of thousands of basements. As of November 29th, 2023, FEMA had received nearly 75,000 claims for flooded homes, the majority of which are assumed to be basement flooding. Approximately $285 million in FEMA individual assistance grants were provided, along with $96.5 million in low-interest SBA loans. These federal disaster assistance programs only cover a portion of uninsured losses. Few claims, less than $1 million in total, were made to the National Flood Insurance program due to the low percentage of residents paying for such polices and the cause of most instances of flooding being related to sewer backup. The estimated total damage costs from this flash flood event are likely in excess of $500 million. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | $1,000 | A seven inch diameter tree was snapped at the base and fell onto a car near South Boulevard and Sheridan Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Multiple large tree branches were downed along Orrington Ave and Sheridan Rd near the Northwestern University campus. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Private weather station KILEVANS56 recorded a 62 mph gust in Evanston. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Evanston | - | Ping pong ball size hail dented roofs and cars. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Multiple large tree limbs and small trees were blown down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Several large trees were uprooted or snapped in Evanston. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Evanston | - | Multiple reports of golf ball to baseball size hail were received from Evanston. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A portion of a large tree was blown down. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Evanston | - | Rainfall of 1.25 inches was measured in 30 minutes. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A few large limbs downed. Radar estimated time. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A few large limbs downed. Radar estimated time. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Tree down on car across Callan Avenue near Howard St. in Evanston. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Several 6 inch diameter branches down in Evanston. In Wilmette, IL lightning struck and downed a 30 ft long branch which took down power lines with an estimated 200 homes without power. Winds estimated at 60 mph on Dempster St just west of Skokie Blvd in Skokie, IL. |
| November 2013 | Hail | Evanston | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Sheridan Road and South Boulevard. |
| November 2013 | Flood | Evanston | - | The 500 block of Sheridan Road in Evanston was flooded with 6 to 8 inches of water. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down onto streets. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Evanston | - | Penny size hail fell at Davis Street and Oak Avenue. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Wind gusts estimated to 65 mph blew down at least six large trees in Loyola Park near the lakefront. Diameters were estimated between 18 and 24 inches. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Tree limbs eight to ten inches in diameter were blown down in Rogers Park. Wind gusts were estimated to 65 mph. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Evanston | - | Penny to quarter size hail was reported in Evanston. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | The top of a large tree was blown to the ground along Ridge Avenue. |
| August 2008 | Flood | Evanston | - | Yard flooding was reported with two inches of rain. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Evanston | - | Quarter size hail was reported on the north side of Evanston. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A large tree was blown down near Keeney and Sheridan Roads. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A large tree fell and blocked part of South Boulevard. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | Large tree branches were blown down at corner of Sherman Road and Main Street. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | A one foot diameter tree was down at the intersection of Dodge Avenue and McCormick Boulevard. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evanston | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sheridan Square Apartments | 0.2 miles | 1984 |
 | Evanston Towers | 0.2 miles | 1984 |
 | Tudor Manor | 0.2 miles | 1984 |
 | Lake Shore Apartments | 0.2 miles | 1984 |
 | Westminster | 0.3 miles | 1984 |
 | Building at 813-815 Forest Avenue | 0.3 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84000945 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cook County | All 621 listed properties in this county. |
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