{"nrhp_refnum":"75000670","name":"Flanagan, Judge, Residence","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"942 NE Glen Oak Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peoria","county":"Peoria County","state":"IL","lat":40.70401376800004,"lon":-89.58546091499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-09-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick residence at 942 N.E. Glen Oak Avenue in Peoria, Illinois, built in 1837 by Judge John C. Flanagan on the East Bluff overlooking the Illinois River.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house for its architecture, a post-Colonial design with classical entrances on both north and south sides. It also stresses its early date, built 18 years after Peoria's first white settlement, and its solid brick construction using locally made materials. Local tradition links it to Abraham Lincoln as a guest during the 1854-1860 debates and campaigns.","narrative":"Built in 1837 for Judge John C. Flanagan, this brick house at 942 N.E. Glen Oak Avenue sits on Peoria's East Bluff, above the Illinois River. Flanagan, born in Philadelphia in 1806, came to Peoria in 1831 and bought 20 acres of the bluff. Bricks for the 15-inch walls were made on site, walnut from the property was sawn for the floor joists, and lumber, lime and glass came from Chicago. The house has classical entrances on both north and south, so it effectively has two fronts, and its porches carry ornate wrought iron in a grapevine pattern. The kitchen was moved upstairs from the English basement and a wing was added about 50 years after construction. It went up only 18 years after the first white settlement in Peoria. Local tradition holds that Abraham Lincoln stayed here during the debates and campaigns of 1854-1860. It now serves as a museum with exhibit space in the basement.","period_of_significance":"1837","architect_builder":"Built by Judge John C. Flanagan","architectural_style":"Post-Colonial (a later data sheet notes Italianate and Federal elements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Peoria Historical Society and used as a museum; the form lists condition as good and the property as occupied, with some work in progress.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.90674-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/8938/28893835/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/75000670.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000670/abf7cb507c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000670/abf7cb507c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wonderrenae","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_C._Flanagan_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wonderrenae</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:John_C._Flanagan_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893835","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Flanagan_House_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6224409"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/peoria-county/flanagan-judge-residence-75000670/"}