Mount Carroll Historic District

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Mount Carroll Historic District
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Market Street in downtown Mount Carroll.
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Location Mount Carroll, Carroll County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates 42°05′31″N89°58′49″W / 42.09194°N 89.98028°W / 42.09194; -89.98028
Area118 acres (48 ha)
Builtc. 1850-1924
ArchitectVarious
NRHP reference No. 80001340 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1980

The Mount Carroll Historic District is a designated historic district in the Carroll County, Illinois town of Mount Carroll, which is the county seat. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and is one of a total of six sites in the county included on the Register.

Contents

The district was added to the NRHP in 1980. One building within the district, the Carroll County Courthouse, had already been added to the NRHP in 1973. [2]

The District is divided into three major sections: the traditional downtown of Mount Carroll, including the courthouse, library and business district; a residential area to the south of the downtown; and further south, the historic original campus of Chicago's Shimer College, now occupied by the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies. The great majority of the buildings in the first two sections date from before 1900. Due to a fire that destroyed the original Mount Carroll Seminary campus in 1906, all of the Shimer campus buildings are from the 20th century, but most date from before 1930. [3]

NRHP-listed structures that are located within Mount Carroll but not included in the district are the Caroline Mark House and Nathaniel Halderman House.

Buildings and structures

The District's boundaries include a total of 272 buildings and structures, of which 81 have been assessed to have particular architectural and historic significance. [2]

Listing number [2] NameStreet addressYear builtArchitectNotes
1Commercial block207-209 W. MarketUnknown
2Commercial block408 N. CarrollUnknown
3A.N. Lichty Building106 W. Market1865
4Samuel J. Campbell Building108-112 W. Market1865
5Galena Street BridgeUnknown Wrought Iron Bridge Company.
6 Carroll County Courthouse Market & Main
Mount Carroll courthouse.jpg
1858William B. Olmsted & Peter A. Nicholson
7Glenview HotelMarket & Clay
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1886
8 Robert M.A. Hawk Residence115 N. Clayapprox. 1867Hawk was the only sitting US representative to ever reside in Carroll County.
9Uriah Green Residence105 N. Clay1873
10S.J. Campbell Sr. Residence II202 N. Main1875
11B.H. and James S. Hallett Residence209/211 S. Main1856
12Nelson Rinedollar Residence306 S. Main1877
13Hiram Colehour Residence316 S. Main1860
14John M. Stowell Residence413 S. Main1860
15John G. Blake Residence210 E. Broadway1861
16Owen P. Miles Residence II107 W. Broadway1873
17 S.J. Campbell II Residence111 W. Broadway1925Carroll A. Klein
18Philander Seymour Residence512 S. College1856
19Former campus of Shimer College (14 buildings)from Seminary St. south between Clay & Jackson
Shimer mtcarroll gate close.jpg
1903-1958Various
20Judge James Shaw Residence415 S. Clay1889 Joseph Lyman Silsbee James Shaw was a prominent local politician, serving three terms in the Illinois General Assembly including one as Speaker of the House
21Jesse M. Shirk304 E. Broadway1867
22Ansel Bailey Residence402 S. Clay1873
23David Emmert HouseClay & State1842 David Emmert was co-founder and earliest settler of Mount Carroll
24Commercial block101 W. MarketUnknown
25Commercial block105 W. MarketUnknown
26Commercial block113 W. MarketUnknown
27Commercial block318 N. MainUnknown
28Commercial block100-102 W. MarketUnknown
29Commercial block308 N. MainUnknown
30George A. Stanton Building310 N. Main1896
31Commercial block314-316 N. MainUnknown
32Carnegie LibraryMain & Rapp
Mount Carroll Carnegie Library.jpg
1907
33Frank W. Nohe block115 W. MarketUnknown
34J.H. Bushy Plats207-217 E. Market1901
35Commercial block114 W. MarketUnknown
36Charles Philips Block116-118 W. Market1871
37William Miller block120 W. Market1871 William T. Miller was a representative in the Illinois legislature
38SS. John and Catherine Church714 S. JacksonUnknown
39Edwin McAffee Residence504 S. College1861
40B.L. Shirk Residence516 S. College1862
41A.B. Adams Residence505 S. College1894
42Residence611 S. ClayUnknown
43Nathaniel H. Melendy Residence401 S. Main1871
44Harvey B. Woods Residence504 S. Lester1902
45John F. Hess Residence102 W. Broadwaya. 1855
46George Rea ResidenceBroadway & Clay1872
47John W. Squires Residence501 S. West1902
48Oliver Swartz Residence212 E. State Rd.1858
49S.B. Emmons Residence314 S. Clay1870
50James O'Brien Residence302 S. Clay1856
51John H. Lafferty Residence311 S. Clay1887
52Hannah Colehour Residence309 S. Clay1854
53Joseph Ogden Residence210 S. Clay1873
54Residence209 S. ClayUnknown
55Robert Campbell Residence208 S. Main1888
56Emanuel Feaser Residence211 S. Main1856
57John Nycum Residence105 S. Clay1858
58Daniel Palmer Residence107 S. Main1873
59David Nelson Residence101 S. Main1859
60John Christian Residence108 N. Main1856
61Nathan Jacobs Residence102 N. Main1856
62Community House101 N. Main1860
63William Halderman Residence109 N. Main1855
64Residence205 N. MainUnknown
65S.H. Eby Residence106 N. Clay1864
66Dr. D.M. Greeley Residence111 N. Clay1873
67George Emmert Residence107 N. Clay1873
68S.J. Campbell Sr. Residence I204 N. Main1856
69Mrs. Lillie J. Kinney Residence505 S. Porterc. 1900
70Reuben R. Watson Residence508 S. Porter1901

Shimer College campus

The buildings of the erstwhile Shimer College campus are chiefly in the Georgian Revival style; they form a traditional college quadrangle. Two buildings that formed part of the Shimer College campus, but were built after 1960, are omitted from the Historic District: these are the Karyn Kupcinet Playhouse and the New Men's Dorm, both of which are separated from the rest of the campus by Jackson Street.

Since Shimer's departure in 1978, the campus has been occupied by the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, originally known as the "Restoration College". The buildings are used for administrative, classroom, and lodging purposes, but also serve as subject matter for the study and practice of historic preservation.

Listing number [2] NameImageYear builtArchitectNotes
19aSawyer House1925C.A. EckstromPresident's residence
19bMetcalf Hall Shimer metcalf.jpg 1907C.A. EckstromMain administrative building
19cDearborn Hall Shimer dearborn.jpg 1903Music building
19dCampbell Library Shimer mtcarroll library.jpg 1925C.A. Eckstrom
19eHostetter Hall Shimer hostetter.jpg 1906C.A. EckstromDormitory
19fHathaway Hall Shimer hathaway front.jpg 1905C.A. EckstromDormitory
19gInfirmary Shimer infirmary.jpg 1913C.A. Eckstrom
19hMcKee Hall Shimer mckee front.jpg 1906C.A. EckstromDormitory; named for William Parker McKee
19iBennett Hall Shimer bennett rear.jpg 1909C.A. EckstromDormitory
19jGymnasium Shimer mt carroll gymnasium.jpg 1928H.A. Anderson
19kTolman Hall (Science Hall) Shimer science hall.jpg 1913C.A. Eckstrom
19lHowe Hall Shimer howe.jpg 1957Mittelbusher & ToutelotDormitory
19mSteam Plant Shimer maintenance bldg.jpg 1911C.A. Eckstrom
19nDezendorf Hall Shimer dezendorf.jpg 1957Mittelbusher & ToutelotDormitory

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References

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