{"nrhp_refnum":"11000846","name":"Squires, Frederick, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1003 W. Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Champaign","county":"Champaign County","state":"IL","lat":39.890715251000074,"lon":-88.25650549299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-11-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story single-family house at 1003 West Church Street in Champaign, Illinois, formed in 1927 by joining two circa 1870s vernacular gable-front houses and remodeling them as an Arts and Crafts/Craftsman-influenced residence for its owner, architect Frederick Squires.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a unique example of Arts and Crafts/Craftsman-influenced architecture that reflects the personal design and building techniques of New York-trained architect Frederick Squires. It also covers Squires' career as a petroleum engineer with the Illinois State Geological Survey, noting his work on oil recovery and waterflooding and his many patents and publications.","narrative":"At 1003 West Church Street in Champaign, a wood-shingled house shows how an architect turned two modest 1870s homes into one personal design. In 1927, Frederick Squires, a New York-trained architect, moved a second gable-front house onto his lot and joined it to the original L-plan dwelling with a two-story hyphen. He added kitchen and garage wings and remodeled the whole in an Arts and Crafts/Craftsman-influenced manner. The result is a one-and-one-half story house with a complex gable and hip roof, dark stained wood shingles, and a large round-arch staircase window at the center of the front. Inside, features include a beamed living room with a brick fireplace, board-and-batten paneling, and a winding stair with twisted metal balusters. The house is valued as a unique example of Arts and Crafts architecture that retains the integrity of Squires' design. It also recalls his later career as a petroleum engineer with the Illinois State Geological Survey.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frederick Squires","architectural_style":"Other: Arts & Crafts influence (Arts and Crafts/Craftsman-influenced)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling, both historically and currently; the driveway was repoured in 2011 following the original plan.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.813231-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/8917/28891784/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/11000846.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000846/a05bdceb67-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000846/a05bdceb67-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Esvobod2","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Squires_House_Front_View.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:Frederick_Squires_House_Front_View.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891784","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Squires_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20709743"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/champaign-county/squires-frederick-house-11000846/"}