Community Hospital at Brown Avenue and Simpson Street was converted to the Over the Rainbow Association/Elizabeth W. Hill Arboretum Apartments for the disabled.| Photo by Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Community Hospital at Brown Avenue and Simpson Street was converted to the Over the Rainbow Association/Elizabeth W. Hill Arboretum Apartments for the disabled.| Photo courtesy Shorefront Archives

The last Butler Livery Stable was located next door to the Emerson Street YMCA at 1024 Emerson Street. An earlier location was a 914 Davis St. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

The last Butler Livery Stable was located at 1024 Emerson Street, next door to the Emerson Street YMCA. An earlier location was at 914 Davis St.. Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

These homes at 1916 and 1918 Asbury Avenue stand on the site of the former Evanston Sanitarium, a medical facility where early black residents received medical care. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Community Hospital at Brown Avenue and Simpson Street was converted to the Over the Rainbow Association/Elizabeth W. Hill Arboretum Apartments for the disabled.| Photo by Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

The original site of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA is now a vacant lot at the corner of Oak and Emerson. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

The original site of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA is now a vacant lot at the corner of Oak Avenue and Emerson Street. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Run by Drs. Arthur D. Butler and Isabella Garnett Butler, the Evanston Sanitarium at 1918 Asbury Avenue provided medical care to the early black community. Photo courtesy Shorefront Archives. ©Evanston Photographic Studio.

Built around 1870, the former home of Andrew and Susan Scott at 822 Crain Street is believed to be one of the oldest Evanston homes in its original state. Andrew served as a Corporal durng the Civil War. Photo courtesy Shorefront Archives. ©Evanston Photo

The 300 block of Dempster Street in Evanston was once a small enclave of early black settlers, including Henry Butler, a stable owner whose home is pictured here as it appeared in 1890.. Photo courtesy Shorefront Archives

William Twiggs was a writer and newspaper publisher in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Twiggs Printing was located at 1619 Sherman Avenue, then 1315 Emerson Street. Photo courtesy Shorefront Archives, gift of Martha Twiggs Walker

The Emerson Street Branch YMCA, located at 1014 Emerson Street, was a gathering place for black youth and adults up until its closing in 1969.| Photo courtesy Shorefront Archives

Community Hospital at Brown Avenue and Simpson Street was created out of a home donated by Dr. Rudoph Penn and later replaced by a new building. The hospital closed in the 1970s.| Photo courtesy Shorefront Archives

These two home are located on the 300 block of Dempster Street, a block that was home to some of Evanston's earliest black settlers.| Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

The original site of William Twiggs Printing at 1619 Sherman in downtown Evanston is now home to Solutions Through Prayer, a Christian Science Practitioner. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

The original site of William Twiggs Printing at 1619 Sherman in downtown Evanston is now home to Solutions Through Prayer, a Christian Science Practitioner. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

The original site of the Emerson YMCA is now a vacant lot at the corner of Oak and Emerson. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Henry Butler Livery Stables was a successful business between 1893 and about 1930 that employed 200 workers at its height. This building at 914 Davis Street was one of several locations. The last stable, built in 1909, was located at 1024 Emerson Street.

Andrew Scott moved into this house at 822 Crain Street after serving as a Corporal in the Civil War. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media