{"nrhp_refnum":"05001254","name":"International Harvester Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1301-1309 Southwest Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peoria","county":"Peoria County","state":"IL","lat":40.68159262900008,"lon":-89.60396325999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick commercial and warehouse building at 1301-1309 Southwest Washington Street in Peoria, Illinois, built in 1914 as a branch house for International Harvester, with a one-story truck showroom and garage addition added circa 1925.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion A for its role in the history of commerce in Peoria. It served as the local branch headquarters of International Harvester, one of the few remaining important buildings tied to Peoria's agricultural implement distribution trade. The period of significance runs from 1914 to 1955.","narrative":"Located at 1301-1309 Southwest Washington Street in Peoria, this complex combines a five-story brick warehouse and office building from 1914 with a one-story showroom and garage added around 1925. The larger building shows modified Classical Revival and Prairie-influenced details, including a bracketed cornice, a pedimented parapet and an angled corner bay built to let vehicles load off a busy street. The addition, faced in tapestry brick with Art Deco-inspired touches and carved IH cartouches, was first used for International Harvester trucks. Inside, pressed metal ceilings, timber columns, a safe, an original service elevator and a truck-washing bay survive. The property was built as Peoria's branch headquarters for International Harvester, after local company agents asked for a larger building to handle growing business in farm equipment, wagons and trucks. It is recognized for its part in the city's commerce between 1914 and 1955. The building is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1914-1955","architect_builder":"Price, W.D., (1307-1309)","architectural_style":"Commercial Style (1307-09); Art Deco (1301-05)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant; the interiors are described as essentially intact, though some windows and doors are covered or replaced.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.359512-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/8938/28893867/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/05001254.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001254/3039d21ef0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001254/3039d21ef0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Esvobod2","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:International_Harvester_Building_Peoria.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Esvobod2</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:International_Harvester_Building_Peoria.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000621","name":"Peoria Warehouse Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/peoria-warehouse-historic-district-14000621/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893867","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Harvester_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1666614"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/peoria-county/international-harvester-building-05001254/"}