Main entry:
Drury, John, 1898-1972, author.
Title & Author:
Old Illinois houses / by John Drury.
Publication:
Springfield, Illinois : Illinois State Historical Society, 1948.
©1941
Description:
xv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series:
Occasional publications of the Illinois State Historical Society
Illinois State Historical Society. Publication ; no. 51
Notes:
"The contents of this book appeared originally as a series of weekly articles in the Chicago daily news, starting in 1941."
Part I. Southern Illinois. Oldest Illinois House: Jean Baptiste Saucier home, Cahokia -- French colonial architecture: the Creole house, Prairie du Rocher -- Territorial landmark: Pierre Ménard house, Kaskaskia -- Illinois' oldest brick house: Nicholas Jarrot mansion, Cahokia -- On the Ohio: John Marshall house, Shawneetown -- Survivor of English prairie: Gibson Harris house, Albion -- In the Georgian manner: George French house, Albion -- "Old Ranger" lived here: Governor Reynolds house, Belleville -- It was Unionville then: William B. Collins house, Collinsville -- "Living museum": John M. Robinson house, Carmi -- The Captain's mansion: Benjamin Godfrey residence, Equality -- Home of the quadroon girl: Basil Silkwood house, Mulkeytown -- Birthplace of the great commoner: Charles A. Galigher house, Cairo --
Part II. Central Illinois. English architecture: James Hobson house, near Carrollton -- A pioneer editor's home: John Russell house, near Eldred -- "Walnut Hall": Henry T. Rainey house, Carrollton -- Only a few left: James Rennels cabin, Charleston -- A famous stepmother lived here: Sarah Lincoln house, near Charleston -- Birthplace of a journalist: Melville E. Stone house, Hudson -- His father was famous, too: Elbert Hubbard house, Hudson -- Home of a city founder: Jesse Fell house, Normal -- A literary shrine: Richard Hovey house, Normal -- Victorian mansion: Joseph W. Fifer house, Bloomington -- A vice-president lived here: Adlai E. Stevenson house, Bloomington -- Home of a Supreme Court justice: David Davis house, Bloomington -- Mansion in a cornfield: William R. Duncan house, near Towanda -- Quincy museum: John Wood house, Quincy -- A cabinet member lived here: Orville Hickman Browning house, Quincy -- Candlelight and crinoline: Joseph Duncan house, Jacksonville -- Cradle of modern dentistry: Dr. Greene Vardiman Black house, Jacksonville -- House of art: Julius E. Strawn home, Jacksonville -- A famous balcony: Dr. William Fithian house, Danville -- Lincoln sipped here: Reason Hooten house, Danville -- Here lived "Uncle Joe": Joseph G. Cannon house, Danville -- The "Mansion house": Joseph Smith home, Nauvoo -- In a French communist utopia: Icarian apartment house, Nauvoo -- On Lake Peoria: John Reynolds house, Peoria -- The New Orleans influence: Christopher C. Sturtevant house, Beardstown -- Adobe construction: Andrew Cunningham house, near Virginia -- Hudson River gothic: Albert B. Austin house, Paris -- A world shrine: Abraham Lincoln house, Springfield -- Official home of Illinois governors: The Executive Mansion, Springfield -- Art museum and social center: Benjamin S. Edwards house, Springfield -- Home of a poet: Vachel Lindsay house, Springfield -- Fancy Creek farmhouse: George Power home, Cantrall -- In the Spoon River country: Newton Walker house, Lewistown -- A poet's boyhood home: Edgar Lee Masters house, Petersburg -- Where Lincoln and Douglas agreed: Francis E. Bryant house, Bement -- On the University of Illinois campus: Herbert W. Mumford house, Urbana -- Decatur Art Institute: James Millikin house, Decatur --
Part III. Northern Illinois. On an island in the Mississippi: George Davenport house, Rock Island -- Cabin on the Rock River: Alexander Charters house, Dixon -- Literary settlement: Jonathan Kennicott house, Kennicott's Grove -- Early communistic community: Bishop Hill Colony house, Bishop Hill -- Birthplace of a sculptor: Lorado Taft house, Elmwood -- Classical masterpiece: John H. Swartout house, Waukegan -- When Lincoln visited Evanston: Julius White house, Evanston -- "Rest cottage": Frances E. Willard house, Evanston -- Northwest Territory museum: Charles G. Dawes house, Evanston -- "Craigie Lea": Andrew MacLeish house, Glencoe -- Underground station: Owen Lovejoy house, Princeton -- Home of a poet's brother: John H. Bryant house, Princeton -- "Keepsake cottage": Herma Clark house, Princeton -- Home of an abolitionist leader: John Hossack house, Ottawa -- On the North bluff: W.H.L. Wallace house, Ottawa -- Library in a mansion: William Reddick house, Ottawa -- Queen Anne style mansion: John D. Caton house, Ottawa -- Above the river: Edward C. Hegeler house, La Salle -- Historical museum: William A. Tanner house, Aurora -- Workman's cottage: Carl Sandburg house, Galesburg -- Eccentric inventor's home: Fred Francis house, Kewanee -- The octagon mode: Warren Clark house, Mendota -- In a picturesque community: John Deere house, Grand Detour -- Amid unusual rural beauty: Jane Addams house, Cedarville -- Abode of a statesman: Elihu B. Washburne house, Galena -- A gift from the people: Ulysses S. Grant house, Galena -- "The Larches": Allan Pinkerton house, near Onarga -- Swiss cottage: Robert H. Tinker house, Rockford -- "Indian terrace": Goodyear Asa Sanford house, Rockford -- Fox River French chateau: Mark Dunham house, Wayne -- Birthplace of a novelist: Ernest Hemingway house, Oak Park -- "Ganymede": Wallace Heckman house, near Oregon -- In Lilacia Park: William R. Plum house, Lombard -- Architectural landmark: Frank Lloyd Wright house, Oak Park.
ISBN:
0226165523
9780226165523
Subject:
Historic buildings Illinois.
Dwellings Illinois.
Architecture, Domestic Illinois.
Habitations Illinois.
Buildings.
Architecture, Domestic.
Dwellings.
Historic buildings.
Architektur
Haus
Illinois Buildings, structures, etc.
Illinois History.
Illinois Constructions.
Illinois Histoire.
Illinois.
United States, Illinois Dwellings.
Added entries:
Chicago daily news (Chicago, Ill. : 1875)
Illinois State Historical Society. Publication ; no. 51.
Occasional publications (Illinois State Historical Society)
Holdings:
Location: Library main 136341
Call No.: W12933; ID:86-B8850
Status: Available
