{"nrhp_refnum":"03001203","name":"Atkinson Hall","other_names":["American Legion Hall, Shearer Post #350"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"108 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Genesco","county":"Henry County","state":"IL","lat":41.44768854200004,"lon":-90.15643989899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Atkinson Hall is a 2½-story brick Romanesque Revival building at 108 West Main Street in Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois, built in 1892 with funds from Charles Atkinson of Moline for the Geneseo Collegiate Institute.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good local example of Romanesque Revival architecture under Criterion C. Its arched and recessed entrance and windows, towers of differing heights, dormer, heavy massing and thick masonry walls show the style. It is one of very few Romanesque-influenced buildings remaining in Geneseo.","narrative":"Atkinson Hall stands at 108 West Main Street in Geneseo, Illinois, across from the City Park. Built in 1892 with money from Charles Atkinson of Moline, it first housed the music and arts department of the Geneseo Collegiate Institute, a Presbyterian preparatory school. The brick building rises two and a half stories, with a hipped roof, a sandstone water table and two pyramidal-roofed towers of unequal height flanking the north front. Round arches, a recessed arched entrance and thick masonry walls reflect the Romanesque Revival style, and the second-floor auditorium with its stage and serpentine balcony remains largely unchanged. The American Legion bought the hall in 1926 and converted the first-floor classrooms into an open hall with a kitchen. Small additions were made in 1970 and 1983, and many windows were replaced in 1988. It was listed for its architecture as a local example of the style, with 1892 as its period of significance.","period_of_significance":"1892","architect_builder":"Hosford, J.E/ Clark, Alexander K.","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a meeting hall; the form lists its current function as social meeting hall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.706046-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/8929/28892974/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/03001203.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001203/234eac938f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001203/234eac938f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kepper66","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atkinson_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kepper66</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atkinson_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892974","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_Hall_(Geneseo,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4815918"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/henry-county/atkinson-hall-03001203/"}