{"nrhp_refnum":"08000398","name":"Elizabeth Place","other_names":["Fargo, Henry Bond, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"316 Elizabeth Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Geneva","county":"Kane County","state":"IL","lat":41.88173738300003,"lon":-88.31090845299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1.7-acre residential site at 316 Elizabeth Place in Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, with a Mission Style limestone main house and coach house built in 1898-1900 for Henry Bond Fargo, plus a garage added in the early 1990s.","why_significant":"The property is tied to Henry Bond Fargo, who helped drive development in Geneva, Sycamore and DeKalb from 1890 to 1932. It is also a distinctive example of Mission Style architecture built in local limestone, in a town where earlier stone buildings were mostly Greek Revival and Italianate. Its hilltop position makes it a landmark at the south gateway to downtown Geneva.","narrative":"Elizabeth Place is a 1.7-acre residential property on a rise at the south entrance to downtown Geneva, Illinois. Built in 1898-1900 for real estate dealer Henry Bond Fargo and his wife Anna Elizabeth, it includes a three-story main house and a matching two-story coach house, both of locally quarried limestone. A stone garage was added in the early 1990s. The house shows Mission Style design in its baroque parapets with ball finials, Palladian windows and red clay tile roof, and a wraparound porch was rebuilt in 2006 from 1940s photographs. Fargo promoted development in Geneva, Sycamore and DeKalb between 1890 and 1932, and the property is recognized for that association. It is also valued as an unusually intact Mission Style building among Geneva's mostly classical stone architecture. The grounds, divided by a creek, were once the site of a mineral spring.","period_of_significance":"1898-1932","architect_builder":"Wilson, August, Builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, well maintained and restored; the south porch roof was reconstructed in 2006 and the kitchen remodeled. Used as a single dwelling, with the coach house used as an office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.253638-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/8931/28893118/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/08000398.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000398/be3b640bd7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000398/be3b640bd7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"John Wong 20","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illinois_-_Elizabeth_Place_-_20201024154140.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Wong 20</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illinois_-_Elizabeth_Place_-_20201024154140.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893118","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Place","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5363355"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/kane-county/elizabeth-place-08000398/"}