{"nrhp_refnum":"10000993","name":"Mattis, George and Elsie, House","other_names":["Mattis--Springer House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"900 W Park Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Champaign","county":"Champaign County","state":"IL","lat":40.11937663500004,"lon":-88.25835983999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story Georgian Revival brick house at 900 West Park Avenue in Champaign, Illinois, with a brick garage built around 1910. The house was designed in 1926 by architect George Ramey and built by English Brothers, encasing an 1893 frame Queen Anne house.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a notable local example of Georgian Revival design by architect George Ramey and the English Brothers firm. It is also tied to the Mattis family and to Congressman William L. Springer, who represented Illinois's 22nd District from 1951 to 1973 and used the house as his district home.","narrative":"At 900 West Park Avenue in west central Champaign, a long Georgian Revival house of Flemish bond red brick stands on the corner of West Park and North Prospect avenues. Architect George Ramey designed it in 1926 for George and Elsie Mattis, and the English Brothers construction firm built it, enclosing and remodeling an 1893 frame Queen Anne dwelling. Notable features include brick quoins, limestone keystones and belt course, a dentilated cornice, a slate hip roof with pedimented dormers, and a limestone frontispiece entryway. Inside, a T-plan hall with a Georgian Revival staircase leads to a sunken living room with an Adam-style mantel. A brick garage built around 1910 stands near the west end of the landscaped lot. The property is also known locally as the Springer House, after Congressman William L. Springer, who married Elsie Mattis in the house in 1942 and used it as his district home while serving in Congress from 1951 to 1973. Both buildings remain in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George Ramey (architect); English Brothers (builder)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals - Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both contributing buildings are described as being in excellent condition; the house is still used as a single-family dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.475352-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/8917/28891790/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/10000993.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000993/1958945908-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000993/1958945908-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mattis_House_CU.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mattis_House_CU.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891790","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_and_Elsie_Mattis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20709813"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/champaign-county/mattis-george-and-elsie-house-10000993/"}