{"nrhp_refnum":"01000179","name":"Dycus, Floyd and Glenora, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"305 S. Second St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brownstown","county":"Fayette County","state":"IL","lat":38.99471095100006,"lon":-88.95251175099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story Arts and Crafts bungalow at 305 South Second Street in Brownstown, Fayette County, Illinois, built in 1926 by Floyd and Glenora Dycus. The property also has a detached garage, a fish pond, a fountain and a low riprap wall.","why_significant":"The house is locally significant under Criterion B for its link to Floyd Dycus, a prominent Brownstown businessman of the 1920s and 1930s whose ventures included a dairy, a restaurant and a truck stop. It is also significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of an Arts and Crafts bungalow with well-preserved exterior and interior detail.","narrative":"This one-and-one-half story bungalow at 305 South Second Street in Brownstown, Illinois, was built in 1926 for Floyd and Glenora Dycus. Its Arts and Crafts character shows in wide overhanging eaves, jerkinhead gable roofs, nine-over-one windows, tapered porch columns on brick piers, oak beamed ceilings, and built-in cabinetry trimmed with walnut from the family farm. The lot includes a detached garage, a cobblestone-trimmed fish pond, a fountain and a small riprap wall. Floyd Dycus ran a moving and hauling business, a dairy that shipped milk to St. Louis, a garage and gas station, a restaurant and a truck stop, making him a prominent figure in the town's commerce through the 1920s and 1930s. The house is recognized for that association and as a well-preserved example of the bungalow style. Its period of significance runs from construction in 1926 to Dycus's death in 1938. Alterations since then have been limited, mainly a rear porch, a storm door and new roof shingles.","period_of_significance":"1926-1938","architect_builder":"Reeter, Andrew and Charles, Builders","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman; Other: Arts and Crafts","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Well maintained, with few alterations since construction. Still in use as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.020886-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/8928/28892837/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/01000179.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000179/934049c671-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000179/934049c671-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Floyd_and_Glenora_Dycus_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Floyd_and_Glenora_Dycus_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892837","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_and_Glenora_Dycus_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14687503"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/fayette-county/dycus-floyd-and-glenora-house-01000179/"}