{"nrhp_refnum":"03001202","name":"Magill House","other_names":["Hotel Magill","Taylor-Magill Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 N. Center St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"DeWitt County","state":"IL","lat":40.152998524000054,"lon":-88.96060833599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, L-shaped Italianate brick hotel built in 1872 on the northwest quadrant of the square in Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, by the Magill brothers. It later housed a hotel, restaurant and retail space.","why_significant":"The hotel was built to persuade the Illinois Central Railroad to route its Gilman to Springfield link through Clinton rather than Wapella. It reflects Clinton's growth as a railroad-era business community and remains one of the few three-story buildings on the square, keeping much of its Italianate character.","narrative":"Magill House is a three-story, L-shaped brick hotel on the northwest quadrant of the courthouse square in Clinton, Illinois. The Magill brothers built it in 1872 at a reported cost of $35,000, with forty-five rooms and a full basement. Local leaders pushed for a first-class hotel to convince the Illinois Central Railroad to run its Gilman to Springfield line through Clinton rather than nearby Wapella, where a new hotel already existed. The building keeps Italianate features, including a flat roof with a shallow gable marked 1872, wooden brackets under a deep overhang, and decorative iron window hoods. A west wing was extended and given a third story between 1887 and 1892. Inside, tin ceilings, early twentieth-century tilework and a hand-carved staircase banister survive, alongside later remodeling. Over time it served as a hotel, diner and retail space. After years of neglect and changing owners, the City of Clinton bought it to prevent further decay, and it now sits empty.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Magill brothers (builders)","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and not in use. It has fallen into disrepair, with roof leaks and deterioration, and is now owned by the City of Clinton, which has marketed it to investors.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.59024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/8927/28892702/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/03001202.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001202/fc66c10920-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001202/fc66c10920-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magill_House_in_Clinton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magill_House_in_Clinton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892702","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6731100"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/dewitt-county/magill-house-03001202/"}