The Andover Chapter House is a historic building located on Locust Street northwest of 5th Avenue in Andover, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Andover's chapter of the American Woman's League. The American Woman's League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the women's suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women's magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Andover Chapter House is an example of a Class I building, which was designed for clubs with 30 to 60 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $1,200. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a private home.[2]
Andover Chapter House | |
 Andover Chapter House, in 2011 | |
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| Location | Locust St., NW Andover, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°17′39″N 90°17′32″W / 41.29417°N 90.29222°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Architect | Helfensteller, Hirsch and Watson |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| MPS | American Woman's League Chapter Houses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001367[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1980 |
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980.[1] It is one of nine American Woman's League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Meyer, Pauline (July 12, 1980). "American Woman's League Chapter Houses in Illinois Thematic Resource". Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
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