{"nrhp_refnum":"00000682","name":"Ricker, Nathan C., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"612 W. Green St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Urbana","county":"Champaign County","state":"IL","lat":40.08962651500008,"lon":-89.51879259099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Queen Anne style wood frame single-family house at 612 West Green Street in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, built in 1892 as the home of Nathan C. Ricker.","why_significant":"The house is listed under Criterion B for its association with Nathan C. Ricker, who headed the University of Illinois Department of Architecture beginning in 1873. Its areas of significance are Architecture and Education, and the period of significance runs from 1892 to 1924. The form notes that it retains its integrity despite minor changes.","narrative":"Built in 1892 on West Green Street in Urbana, this two-story wood frame house served as the home of Nathan C. Ricker, longtime head of the University of Illinois Department of Architecture. Its Queen Anne character shows in an irregular form, many projecting bays, a half-conical east bay, clapboard and sawn shingle siding, and a decorative wraparound-style front porch. Inside, eleven rooms are arranged around a central hall, with tall ceilings, rich pine and oak woodwork, tiled fireplaces and a distinctive staircase newel post. A carriage barn once stood on the property but was razed in 1993. Later changes were modest: aluminum siding was removed to expose the original clapboard, the porch was restored in 1997, and the roof was rehabilitated in 1998. The house is recognized for its connection to Ricker, who studied the Bauakademie in Berlin before starting his teaching career in Illinois in 1873, and for its architecture and its role in the history of architectural education.","period_of_significance":"1892 - 1924","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"The house is undergoing restoration; the porch was rehabilitated in 1997 and the roof in 1998, and the interior details remain intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.549675-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/8918/28891822/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/00000682.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000682/22bbd381d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000682/22bbd381d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0 us","author":"Dori","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NathanRickerHouse_Urbana_Illinois_4428.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dori</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0 us</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NathanRickerHouse_Urbana_Illinois_4428.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891822","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_C._Ricker_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20710432"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/champaign-county/ricker-nathan-c-house-00000682/"}