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516 GREENWOOD / ARCHIVE
FILE 516-GWEVANSTON, ILC. 1882
The Greenwood Double House
A documentary record of what may be Evanston's oldest surviving side-by-side home: an 1882 residence attributed to architect Asa Lyon, built for W. E. Brainerd as investment housing.
BUILDING TYPE
Double house — two attached dwellings built as one composition. A recognized late-19th-century type; a duplex in today's terms. MLS lists it as a row home/townhouse only because each side is separately owned.
ATTRIBUTION
Architect Asa Lyon, for W. E. Brainerd. Dated 1882 by Chicago Magazine (cf. MLS date of 1891).
CONDITION
Knob-and-tube wiring · structural basement issues · potential basement apartment · preservation vs. modernization.
SOURCES
Chicago Magazine · Hidden in Plain Sight · Evanston History Center (Asa Lyon / W. E. Brainerd files).
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