Village Hall (Sheffield, Illinois)

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Village Hall
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Location239 S. Main St., Sheffield, Illinois
Coordinates 41°21′24″N89°44′15″W / 41.35667°N 89.73750°W / 41.35667; -89.73750 Coordinates: 41°21′24″N89°44′15″W / 41.35667°N 89.73750°W / 41.35667; -89.73750
Built1910 (1910)
Built byPatrick M. Ford
ArchitectGeorge Franklin Barber
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No. 12001112 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 2, 2013

The Village Hall is a historic government building located at 239 South Main Street in Sheffield, Illinois. The building was constructed in 1910 to replace the village's original village hall, which was built in 1887 but had become too small for the village. Architect George Franklin Barber designed the building; while Barber was nationally known for his mail-order residential designs, the Village Hall was one of his only municipal works. Barber's design used Neoclassical elements extensively, including limestone columns flanking the entrance, a cornice and entablature along the roof line, jack arches on the first-story windows, and Roman grilles above the entrance and second-story windows. The building also features a Romanesque arch surrounding the main entrance and Victorian massing in its central bell tower. [2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 2, 2013. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Weekly List for January 13, 2013". National Park Service . Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  2. Bryjka, Darius (June 26, 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Village Hall" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.