The Edward Hamer House is a historic house located at 200 West 2nd Street in Vermont, Illinois. Businessman Edward Hamer had the house built for himself and his wife in 1871. The house has an Italianate design and is one of two Italianate homes in Vermont with a front-facing gable. Both of the house's gables are steep and feature decorative brackets along the cornice. The front entrance is topped by a decorative hood with braces and paired brackets. A three-sided bay window with matching brackets projects from the first floor next to the entrance; the house's remaining windows are tall, narrow, and topped by segmental arches.[2]
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| Location | 200 W. 2nd St., Vermont, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 40°17′48″N 90°25′45″W / 40.29667°N 90.42917°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1871 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | Vermont, Illinois MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001293[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 7, 1996 |
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1996.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Newton, David; Thomson, Jr., Vernon (July 30, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hamer, Edward, House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.