Joseph Ross House

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Joseph Ross House
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Nearest city Rochester, Illinois
Coordinates 39°43′41″N89°26′4″W / 39.72806°N 89.43444°W / 39.72806; -89.43444 Coordinates: 39°43′41″N89°26′4″W / 39.72806°N 89.43444°W / 39.72806; -89.43444
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1868 (1868)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 06000092 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 2006

The Joseph Ross House is a historic house located at 5200 Passfield Road in Rochester, Illinois. Joseph Ross built the two-story Italianate house in 1868. The brick house has an "L"-shaped plan with a low hip roof. Two porches run along the house, one at the front entrance and one along the rear ell. A bracketed and dentillated cornice, the house's main decorative feature and a key element of the Italianate style, encircles the roof line. The house is the best-preserved brick Italianate house in the Rochester vicinity. [2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 2, 2006. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Hart, Brett (October 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ross, Joseph, House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-26. Retrieved February 25, 2014.