The Homestead is a historic

apartment hotel An apartment hotel or aparthotel (also residential hotel or extended-stay hotel) is a serviced apartment complex that uses a hotel-style booking system. It is similar to renting an apartment, but with no fixed contracts and occupants can "check ...

at 1625 Hinman Avenue in Evanston,

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. Opened in 1928, it was one of several apartment hotels built in Evanston in the 1920s. Popular in the early twentieth century, apartment hotels housed a mixture of short-term and long-term guests; they were frequently used by workers who did not wish or could not afford to live near their workplace full-time. Architect Philip Arthur Danielson designed the building in the

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style, which was used on many other apartments from the era in Evanston. The design includes a

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supported by Doric columns along the front facade, two projecting three- bay windows, brick

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s, and a dentillated

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with a

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. The building was added to the

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on February 1, 2006.

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Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Residential buildings completed in 1928 Colonial Revival architecture in Illinois Buildings and structures in Evanston, Illinois {{CookCountyIL-NRHP-stub