516 Greenwood St · Evanston, IL 60201
3 DIRECTIONS
Three website directions for a house that predates most of the block.
One half of an 1882 double house designed by architect Asa Lyon — same verified story, three distinct visual voices. Open any direction to see the full site.
The brief
All three directions are built from the research you sent.
Every claim on these pages traces back to the background email — the same verified story, told in three visual voices. Where the property's current live site contradicts that research, the research wins.
1882 — built as investment housing, not the 1891 of the MLS record
ASA LYON — architect, for W. E. Brainerd
DOUBLE HOUSE — a side-by-side, not a row home or townhouse
SIGNIFICANCE — perhaps Evanston's oldest surviving example
TENSIONS — knob-and-tube, structural basement, preservation vs. modernization
SOURCES — Chicago Magazine · Hidden in Plain Sight
More material to come — each direction is structured to absorb it.