Old Illinois Houses

OLD ILLINOIS HOUSES by JO HN DRU R Y OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS of the ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY General Editor JAY MONAGHAN PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS D WIGHT H. GREEN, Governor Springfield 1948 Copyright, 1941 by the CHICAGO DAILY NEWS All rights reserved. Published October, 1948. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written per mission of The Chicago Daily News. Permission is hereby granted to reviewers to quote brief passages in a review to be Erinted in a magazine or newspaper. The contents of this ook appeared originally as a series of weekly articles in The Chicago Daily News, starting in 1941. Permission to reprint the articles in this form was granted to the Illinois State His torical Society by the management of that newspaper. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I, Southern Illinois OLDEST ILLINOIS HOUSE Jean Baptiste Saucier Home, Cahokia . . 2 FRENCH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE The Creole House, Prairie du Rocher 4 TERRITORIAL LANDMARK Pierre Menard House, Kaskaskia 7 ILLINOIS OLDEST BRICK HOUSE Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, Cahokia 10 ON THE OHIO John Marshall House, Shawneetown 13 SURVIVOR OF ENGLISH PRAIRIE Gibson Harris House, Albion. ... 15 IN THE GEORGIAN MANNER George French House, Albion 18 OLD RANGER LIVED HERE Governor Reynolds House, Belleville . . 20 IT WAS UNIONVILLE THEN William B. Collins House, Collinsville. 22 LIVING MUSEUM John M. Robinson House, Carmi 24 THE CAPTAINS MANSION Benjamin Godfrey Residence, Godfrey. 26 THE OLD SLAVE HOUSE John Crenshaw Residence, Equality 29 HOME OF THE QUADROON GIRL Basil Silkwood House, Mulkeytown 32 BIRTHPLACE OF THE GREAT COMMONER William Jennings Bryan House, Salem 34 UNDER THE MAGNOLIAS CharlesA. Galigher House, Cairo 36 Part II, Central Illinois ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE James Hobson House, near Carrollton ... 40 A PIONEER EDITORS HOME John Russell House, near Eldred. ... 42 WALNUT HALL Henry T. Rainey House, Carrollton. . . . 44 ONLY A FEW LEFT James Rennels Cabin, Charleston. 46 A FAMOUS STEPMOTHER LIVED HERE Sarah Lincoln House, near Charleston . . . . ... 48 BIRTHPLACE OF A JOURNALIST Melville E. Stone House, Hudson. . SO His FATHER WAS FAMOUS, Too Elbert Hubbard House, Hudson. 52 HOME OF A CITY FOUNDER Jesse Fell House, Normal. 54 A LITERARY SHRINE Richard Hovey House, Normal Sf VICTORIAN MANSION Joseph W. Fifer House, Bloomington ...... 51 A VICE-PRESIDENT LIVED HERE Adlai E. Stevenson House, Bloom ington 6 Si HOME OF A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE David Davis House, Bloom ington. 6 MANSION IN A CORNFIELD William R. Duncan House, near Towanda. . 65 .-, . - OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS QUINCY MUSEUM John Wood House, Quincy 67 A CABINET MEMBER LIVED HERE Orville Hickman Browning House, Quincy 69 CANDLELIGHT AND CRINOLINE Joseph Duncan House, Jacksonville . 71 CRADLE OF MODERN DENTISTRY Dr. Greene Vardiman Black House, Jacksonville 74 HOUSE OF ART Julius E. Strawn Home, Jacksonville 76 A FAMOUS BALCONY Dr. William Fithian House, Danville 78 LINCOLN SIPPED HERE Reason Hooten House, Danville 80 HERE LIVED UNCLE JOE Joseph G. Cannon House, Danville. . . 82 THE MANSION HOUSE Joseph Smith Home, Nauvoo 85 A LANDMARK OF MORMONISM Brigham Young House, Nauvoo. . . 87 IN A FRENCH COMMUNIST UTOPIA Icarian Apartment House, Nauvoo 89 ON LAKE PEORIA John Reynolds House, Peoria 91 THE NEW ORLEANS INFLUENCE Christopher C. Sturtevant House, Beardstown . . . . 94 ADOBE CONSTRUCTION Andrew Cunningham House, near Virginia 96 HUDSON RIVER GOTHIC Albert B. Austin House, Paris. . . . 98 A WORLD SHRINE Abraham Lincoln House, Springfield 100 OFFICIAL HOME OF ILLINOIS GOVERNORS The Executive Mansion, Springfield 103 ART MUSEUM AND SOCIAL CENTER Benjamin S. Edwards House, Springfield 105 HOME OF A POET Vachel Lindsay House, Springfield 107 FANCY CREEK FARMHOUSE George Power Home, Cantrall 109 IN THE SPOON RIVER COUNTRY Newton Walker House, Lewistown .112 A POETS BOYHOOD HOME Edgar Lee Masters House, Petersburg. .115 WHERE LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS AGREED Francis E...