{"nrhp_refnum":"78001156","name":"Garfield Farm and Tavern","other_names":["Tim Garfield Farm and Garfield Tavern","Garfield Farm and Garf"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3NO16 Garfield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Campton Hills","county":"Kane County","state":"IL","lat":41.91031459650006,"lon":-88.3960243164212,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-06-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 237-acre farm and former stagecoach tavern complex on Garfield Road in Campton Township near LaFox, Kane County, Illinois. The brick tavern house was built in 1846 by Timothy Powers Garfield, and the farm includes several barns and outbuildings from the 1840s to the early 1900s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property reflects early settlement and travel in northern Illinois, as the tavern sat where roads to Oregon and to Sycamore-Galena split from the Chicago-St. Charles road. It also documents continuous farming since 1841 and the adaptation of farm buildings to changing needs. The tavern was a social gathering place, and the property was donated for use as a museum and working farm.","narrative":"Garfield Farm and Tavern is a 237-acre farm in Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois, built around a brick tavern completed in 1846 by Timothy Powers Garfield. It sat near the fork where the road from Chicago and St. Charles divided toward Oregon and the Mississippi, and toward Sycamore and Galena. A daily stage and mail coach passed by, and travelers could get a bed and meals for 37 cents a night. Garfield's family diary records as many as 64 overnight guests and monthly dances in the second-floor ballroom. Garfield bought 440 acres in 1841 and expanded the tilled land, and the farm has produced grain, hay, livestock and dairy products ever since. The surviving buildings include barns from 1842 through 1908, a granary, carriage house, milk house, silo, windmill, cistern and well. The owner donated the property so the tavern could be restored as a museum and the farm kept working in perpetuity. The surrounding landscape remains close to its 1840s appearance.","period_of_significance":"1846-1855","architect_builder":"Timothy P. Garfield (architect/builder of the tavern); Will Reeves, contractor, built the 1908 dairy barn","architectural_style":"Red brick classic style with Federal overtones","criteria":[],"status_note":"Farm is still operated for beef and grain; the property was being donated for restoration as a museum and working farm, with buildings in fair condition and many needing repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:36.008518-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/8931/28893100/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/78001156.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001156/a2b354e2a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001156/a2b354e2a3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"G LeTourneau","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garfield_Farm_and_Tavern_(St._Charles,_IL)_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">G LeTourneau</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Garfield_Farm_and_Tavern_(St._Charles,_IL)_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893100","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_Farm_and_Inn_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5523065"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/kane-county/garfield-farm-and-tavern-78001156/"}