Elsworth Snowden House

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Elsworth Snowden House
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Location504 W. 3rd St., Vermont, Illinois
Coordinates 40°17′44″N90°26′0″W / 40.29556°N 90.43333°W / 40.29556; -90.43333 Coordinates: 40°17′44″N90°26′0″W / 40.29556°N 90.43333°W / 40.29556; -90.43333
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1908 (1908)
Built byRankin, Fred
Architectural styleCross Plan, Queen Anne
MPS Vermont, Illinois MPS
NRHP reference No. 96001283 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1996

The Elsworth Snowden House was a historic house located at 504 West 3rd Street in Vermont, Illinois. The house was built in 1908 for farmers Elsworth and Susan Snowden. Contractor Fred Rankin built the house, which has a vernacular Cross Plan. The Cross Plan is typified by a cross-shaped floor plan with a complex roof form; this was exhibited in the house's cross-gabled main roof with a hipped roof over the front entrance and a shed roof over the porch. The house also features decorative elements such as its egg-and-dart molding and glass panels above the entrance and Queen Anne-inspired fish scale shingles. [2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1996. [1] It is no longer standing at its listed address.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Newton, David; Current, Marian; McCurdy, Helen (May 12, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Snowden, Elsworth, House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.