{"nrhp_refnum":"00000474","name":"Draser, George, Jr., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"48 and 52 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mascoutah","county":"St. Clair County","state":"IL","lat":38.49021049300006,"lon":-89.79992037299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjacent Queen Anne residences at 48 and 52 West Main Street in Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, built about 1885 and in 1904, both designed and built by George Draser, Jr., along with outbuildings and a shared rear yard.","why_significant":"The houses show the work of a single local designer-builder across nineteen years and keep their original character and integrity. No. 48 has unusually fine spindlework and patterned shingles for a small cottage. No. 52 is a two-story Queen Anne with Free Classic details and a tower, and it records early modern conveniences in town. A 1972 survey comparison of Queen Anne houses in Mascoutah supports their distinction.","narrative":"Two Queen Anne houses side by side on West Main Street in Mascoutah, Illinois, were both designed and built by George Draser, Jr. The smaller, at 48 West Main, dates to about 1885. It is a one-and-one-half story cottage with four gables, extensive spindlework and patterned wall shingles, and was once nicknamed the \"Doll House.\" The larger house at 52 West Main was completed in 1904 for Draser's wife and two daughters. It has a steep hipped roof with cross gables, a tilted-roof octagonal corner tower, and Free Classic details such as Ionic columns, dentils and swags. Behind them, a shared yard keeps a summer kitchen, a vine-covered arbor, an outhouse, a dug well with pump, and double cisterns. The pair is notable for the contrast between the two construction dates, since the later house had the first indoor plumbing, bathroom and wiring in town. A comparison with other Queen Anne houses in Mascoutah found none matching the spindlework and shingle quality of No. 48. Both houses retain their original character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George Draser, Jr.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both houses have been used as dwellings since construction and are described as in excellent condition with little alteration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.381663-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/8941/28894132/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/00000474.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000474/4764c23e0c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000474/4764c23e0c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Draser_House_at_48_Main.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Draser_House_at_48_Main.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894132","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Draser_Jr._Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16838672"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/st-clair-county/draser-george-jr-house-00000474/"}