{"nrhp_refnum":"01000084","name":"Meyer, Pearl and Bess, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"233 E. 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Flora","county":"Clay County","state":"IL","lat":38.67054574400004,"lon":-88.48401969999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1 1/2 story Queen Anne cottage at 233 East 2nd Street in Flora, Clay County, Illinois, built in 1912 by Frank S. Nichols, a former mayor of Flora, for Pearl and Bess Meyer.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C as a locally significant Queen Anne cottage built near the end of that style's popularity. It has the typical steep roof with lower cross gables and the less common half-timbered gable detailing. It also retains most of its original features after a restoration that removed later aluminum siding.","narrative":"Built in 1912 at 233 East 2nd Street in Flora, Illinois, this 1 1/2 story Queen Anne cottage was constructed by Frank S. Nichols, a former mayor of Flora, for Pearl and Bess Meyer. Pearl Meyer was a prominent local businessman who ran a dry goods store in town. The house has a high, steeply pitched roof, cross gables with half-timbered detail, cedar clapboard siding and a wraparound porch with classical wooden columns. Inside, the front parlor has oak pocket doors and a corner fireplace with green majolica tile, and much original oak and pine woodwork survives. Aluminum siding and porch enclosures added in later decades were removed during restoration, revealing well-preserved original cedar siding and trim. The house was listed as a locally significant example of a Queen Anne cottage built late in the style's period of popularity, notable for its half-timbered gables, which are less often found on such houses. It remains a single-family home.","period_of_significance":"1912","architect_builder":"Nichols, Frank S., Builder","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as well maintained and in excellent condition, in use as a single dwelling; kitchen restoration was near completion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.180176-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/8918/28891872/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/01000084.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000084/cf1b9bd850-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000084/cf1b9bd850-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pearl_and_Bess_Meyer_House_in_Flora.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pearl_and_Bess_Meyer_House_in_Flora.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891872","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_and_Bess_Meyer_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895095"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/clay-county/meyer-pearl-and-bess-house-01000084/"}