{"nrhp_refnum":"76002146","name":"Williams, Silas, House","other_names":["Edward Baker House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"702 E. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Streator","county":"LaSalle County","state":"IL","lat":41.12478764900004,"lon":-88.82563125899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Queen Anne house with attic and basement at 702 East Broadway in Streator, La Salle County, Illinois, built by industrialist and realtor Silas Williams between 1875 and 1900, with a carriage house to the north.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the last great 19th century house remaining in Streator and a symbol of the Williams family's role in the town's growth. It is also architecturally notable for its flowing ground-floor space, pressed metal ceilings and well-preserved interior details.","narrative":"This eleven-room Queen Anne house at 702 East Broadway in Streator was built by Silas Williams, a Northern Illinois industrialist and realtor who owned a paper mill and built many homes in the town. The frame house is covered in clapboards and shingles and has many gables, round and polygonal towers, and porches with turned railings, sawn wood screens and pressed metal panels. A carriage house stands to the north on the corner lot. Inside, four large ground-floor rooms with sliding doors form one open space about 40 feet square, which architectural historians credit as carrying the Queen Anne ideal of flowing space further than any similar Illinois building. Pressed tin ceilings, fireplaces with overmantles, art tiles, parquet floors and a built-in oak buffet survive. Edward Baker, a wholesale grocer and coffee importer, was the second owner. The nomination describes it as the last great 19th century house left in Streator. At the time it was vacant, with a sound roof and foundation.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Silas Williams (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and vacant; exterior in fair condition needing paint and porch repairs, interiors generally in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.269518-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/8934/28893415/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/76002146.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002146/db13bee18c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002146/db13bee18c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"IvoShandor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Streator_IL_Silas_Williams_House1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">IvoShandor</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:Streator_IL_Silas_Williams_House1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893415","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_Williams_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7514247"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lasalle-county/williams-silas-house-76002146/"}