{"nrhp_refnum":"76000721","name":"Carlinville Historic District","other_names":["See Also:American Woman's League Chapter Houses TR"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Oak, Mulberry, Morgan, and E. city limits","address_restricted":false,"city":"Carlinville","county":"Macoupin County","state":"IL","lat":39.279508455500064,"lon":-89.87173352731978,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering most of the central and eastern parts of Carlinville, the Macoupin County seat in south-central Illinois, about 34 acres of mostly 19th-century residential, commercial and governmental buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Carlinville is a relatively intact Illinois town that reached maturity by 1900, with above-average architectural quality and a layout of commercial square, governmental area and residential section within walking distance. It also provides a setting for the Macoupin County Courthouse, built 1867-70 at a scandalous cost of over $1.3 million.","narrative":"Carlinville's historic district takes in most of the central and eastern parts of the Macoupin County seat in south-central Illinois. Its streets follow a rectangular grid, with commercial buildings around the public square, government activity near the courthouse, and mainly one- and two-story frame houses elsewhere. Queen Anne-influenced vernacular designs dominate, alongside Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate buildings. The Macoupin County Courthouse, built 1867-70 to designs by E.E. Myers, rises above the town; authorized at $50,000, it cost more than $1.3 million, and the debt was not retired until 1910. The St. George Hotel, built in 1867 as the Loomis House, shows French Second Empire style. The district matters because it preserves a town shaped by pedestrians and horses before the automobile, with commerce, government and housing still close together. Individual sites include early jails, churches and the home of Governor John M. Palmer.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"E.E. Myers (architect of the Macoupin County Courthouse and the Loomis House/St. George Hotel); Harvey Phelps (contractor-carpenter)","architectural_style":"Simplified vernacular Queen Anne predominantly, with Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate examples; Beaux Arts Classicism (courthouse) and French Second Empire (St. George Hotel)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated good; mostly residential east of High Street and mixed use to the west. Few intrusions, though unsympathetic remodelling and demolition are cited as threats.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.944285-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/8935/28893519/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/76000721.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000721/cf19dac5a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000721/cf19dac5a9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Calvin Beale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macoupin_County_Courthouse,_Carlinville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvin Beale</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macoupin_County_Courthouse,_Carlinville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893519","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlinville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16825630"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/macoupin-county/carlinville-historic-district-76000721/"}