{"nrhp_refnum":"78001178","name":"Jacksonville Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Beecher Hall,Illinois College","Joseph Duncan House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Anna, Mound, Finley, Dayton, Lafayette and Church Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jacksonville","county":"Morgan County","state":"IL","lat":39.73545757250005,"lon":-90.23825280342251,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-06-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large residential and institutional historic district covering most of the west side of Jacksonville, the Morgan County seat in Illinois, about 284 acres with 696 structures dating from 1829 into the 1930s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is of major significance for its architecture alone, with excellent examples of nearly every major style popular in Illinois from about 1830 to the Great Depression. It also has strong historical ties to Illinois College and the Illinois School for the Deaf, both firsts of their kind in the state, and to figures such as Joseph Duncan and Newton Bateman. The district is described as remarkably well preserved and largely free of intrusions.","narrative":"Covering roughly 284 acres on the west side of Jacksonville, Illinois, this district contains 696 structures, mostly large single-family homes set among mature shade trees on low-density streets such as State, College, Grove and Mound. Illinois College and the Illinois School for the Deaf anchor the area. The oldest building is Beecher Hall, built in 1829 in the late Federal style. Italianate and Queen Anne houses dominate, but Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque, Shingle Style, an Octagon house, Prairie School works by Spencer and Powers and a California Bungalow are also present. The district was listed because it offers one of the most complete illustrations of Illinois architectural history, and because the two institutions, each the first of its kind in the state, shaped the city's character from the 1830s and 1840s. Joseph Duncan and Newton Bateman are among the notable people tied to the area. Few intrusions have affected its integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Spencer and Powers (Prairie School houses, including the 1915 W. Bellatti House)","architectural_style":"Wide range: late Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Shingle Style, Prairie School, Octagon, California Bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent; land use is primarily residential with educational and institutional uses. Of 696 structures, 29 are recent and 17 are intrusions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.85385-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/8937/28893773/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/78001178.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001178/b7a511b6f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001178/b7a511b6f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Willjay","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illinois_School_For_the_Deaf.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Willjay</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illinois_School_For_the_Deaf.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000509","name":"Jacksonville Historic District (Additional Documentation, Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/jacksonville-historic-district-additional-documentation-boundary-increase-14000509/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893773","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville_Historic_District_(Jacksonville,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15229125"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/morgan-county/jacksonville-historic-district-78001178/"}