Cornelius Hennessy Building

Hennessy, Cornelius, Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1023 Chestnut St., Murphysboro, Illinois
Coordinates	37°45′48″N89°20′7″W / 37.76333°N 89.33528°W / 37.76333; -89.33528
Area	less than one acre
Built	1896 (1896)
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	00001331 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 8, 2000

The Cornelius Hennessy Building is a historic commercial building located at 1023 Chestnut St. in Murphysboro, Illinois. The building was constructed in 1896 for merchant Cornelius Hennessy, who operated a grocery store in the building. The two-story Richardsonian Romanesque building uses rough cut, locally quarried sandstone for its front facade; the remainder of the building was built with brick. A square parapet wall tops the building; the wall features four pinnacles and "1896" engraved in the middle. The first floor of the building has a cast iron storefront made by the local J. W. Lewis Foundry and Machine Shop. ^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 2000. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Devenport, Vickie (April 30, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hennessy, Cornelius, Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.