{"nrhp_refnum":"08000295","name":"Moss, Henry Clay, House","other_names":["Arthur House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"414 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Paris","county":"Edgar County","state":"IL","lat":39.615289044000065,"lon":-87.69492802599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-level, single-family brick residence at 414 North Main Street in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, built in 1876 in the Italianate style, with home office space and several relocated log buildings on the rear lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant under Criterion C for architecture as a well-preserved 1876 Italianate residence. It keeps a high degree of exterior and interior integrity, including limestone window crowns, bracketed cornices, a cantilevered staircase and oak trim. Its design also reflects an intended business function alongside domestic use.","narrative":"Built in 1876 at the corner of North Main and East Roberts Streets in Paris, Illinois, this red brick house was designed as a family home with space for business use. The four-level building shows classic Italianate features: a hipped roof, scrolled wooden brackets under the eaves, symmetrical windows with limestone surrounds and carved segmental crowns, and a wrap-around porch with Tuscan columns. A projecting two-story bay with its own entrance and an ornate tin and wood canopy points to the home-office function. Inside, a cantilevered staircase, a dual-arched wall dividing the parlor and ornate oak trim continue the style. The house keeps much of its original exterior and interior character and is recognized locally for its architecture. The site also holds two log buildings, a log structure and an outhouse, moved and reconstructed after 1976 by the Edgar County Historical Society. The house now serves as a museum and archive for the society.","period_of_significance":"1876-1957","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian - Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a house museum and administrative storage and archives for the Edgar County Historical Society.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.354211-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/8928/28892817/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/08000295.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000295/5ced1429de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000295/5ced1429de-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Clay_Moss_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Clay_Moss_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892817","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Moss_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895417"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/edgar-county/moss-henry-clay-house-08000295/"}