The William S. Warfield House is a historic house located at 1624 Maine Street in Quincy, Illinois. The house was built in 1886 for William S. Warfield, who founded the Warfield Grocery Co.; Warfield was one of many prominent Quincy residents to build a large house on Maine Street. Architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee designed the house in a blend of the Richardsonian Romanesque and Queen Anne styles; his design popularized Romanesque architecture, and the blend with Queen Anne in particular, in Quincy. The house features a stone exterior with terra cotta decorations, a massive plan, and a large western porch as well as several smaller porches throughout.[2]
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| Location | 1624 Maine St., Quincy, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 39°55′53″N 91°23′23″W / 39.93139°N 91.38972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1886 |
| Architect | Silsbee, Joseph Lyman |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000814[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 21, 1979 |
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1979.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Karlowicz, Titus M. (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: William S. Warfield Residence" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved July 30, 2015.