Dawes, Charles Gates, House
Historic house in Illinois, United States in Evanston, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Charles Gates Dawes House is a historic house museum at 225 Greenwood Street in Evanston, Illinois. Built in 1894, this Chateauesque lakefront mansion was from 1909 until his death the home of Charles Gates Dawes (1865–1951) and his family. Dawes earned the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his plan to alleviate the crushing burden of war reparations Germany was required to pay after World War I. Dawes served as U.S. Vice President under Calvin Coolidge, a general during World War I, and as United States Ambassador to Great Britain. Dawes was a descendant of William Dawes, who along with Paul Revere, rode to alarm the colonists that the British regulars were coming on the night before the Revolutionary War began. The house, a National Historic Landmark, is now owned by the Evanston History Center, which offers tours.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 225 Greenwood St., Evanston, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | Dec 8, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76000706 |
| Type of place | house |
| Style | châteauesque |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 2 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 225 Greenwood St., Evanston, IL |
| Coordinates | 42.04306, -87.67372 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 24 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 38 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000706. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.