{"nrhp_refnum":"03001199","name":"Harper, John B., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 N. Lincoln","address_restricted":false,"city":"Palestine","county":"Crawford County","state":"IL","lat":39.00219328000003,"lon":-87.61132984099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-03-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick Hall and Parlor cottage at 102 N. Lincoln, Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois, built about 1833, with a timber-frame extension and a later smaller rear extension.","why_significant":"The house was found to meet Criterion C as an example of a Hall and Parlor house from the 1830s. It also represents two early construction types from Palestine's settlement period: brick and timber framing. The brick house and the timber building were joined in the early 20th century.","narrative":"This one-story brick house at 102 North Lincoln in Palestine, Illinois, dates to about 1833 and follows the Hall and Parlor plan: a rectangular building of two rooms, one larger than the other, with no central hallway. Its walls are whitewashed American bond brick on a sandstone foundation, with a symmetrical front, flat brick arches over the openings and a corbelled cornice. Behind it stands a separate timber-frame building with hand-hewn timbers, mortise and tenon joinery and pit-sawn oak sheeting. The two buildings were joined between about 1905 and 1910, and a smaller extension was added between 1910 and 1916. The house was listed for its architecture. It shows a Hall and Parlor form and two early construction methods, brick and timber framing, from the town's settlement period. The builder is unknown. The property is a single contributing building on less than one acre.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1833 1911","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Other: Hall and Parlor","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as work in progress; the house and grounds are described as in fairly good condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.119926-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/8926/28892686/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/03001199.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001199/27572e204a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001199/27572e204a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_B._Harper_House_in_Palestine.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_B._Harper_House_in_Palestine.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892686","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Harper_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14687676"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/crawford-county/harper-john-b-house-03001199/"}