{"nrhp_refnum":"79000862","name":"Barry Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"U.S. 36","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barry","county":"Pike County","state":"IL","lat":39.693938193000065,"lon":-91.03879656618537,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 103 acres covering most of the central part of Barry, Pike County, Illinois, plus a residential extension east on Mortimer. It includes 246 structures, mostly 19th-century commercial buildings and houses.","why_significant":"The district is a well-preserved 19th-century midwestern rural community. Its main significance is the commercial core, where at least 20 of 32 buildings went up in 1894 after a fire destroyed thirty buildings. That gives the business section a homogeneity the nomination calls probably unique. The residential areas add fine Italianate and Queen Anne houses and modest 19th-century homes.","narrative":"Barry is a small city in far west-central Illinois, and its historic district covers about 103 acres in the center of town, with an extension east along Mortimer Street. Of 246 structures, 68 were judged to have special architectural or historical significance. Commercial buildings cluster around Bainbridge, Mortimer and Main, mostly two stories and of masonry. In 1894 a major fire destroyed thirty buildings in the business district, and the area was rebuilt within months. At least 20 of the 32 buildings in the core date from that year, and most survive with few alterations, giving the downtown a rare uniformity. Residential streets hold single-family frame houses, many Italianate or Queen Anne, along with plainer 19th-century homes. The town was platted in the early 1830s by Calvin R. Stone and was incorporated as a city in 1872. It never had a railroad and changed little after the mid-1890s, which helped preserve its appearance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George L. Kelly, architect (Brown Library Building, 1903)","architectural_style":"Late 19th-century commercial eclectic; Italianate; Queen Anne; Carpenter Gothic; Greek Revival; Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, with commercial, residential, religious and park uses; little vacant land. The city's condition is described as relatively stable but stagnant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.672779-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/8938/28893893/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/79000862.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000862/7f61a78c6a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000862/7f61a78c6a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Public_square_in_Barry,_western_side.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Public_square_in_Barry,_western_side.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893893","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4864314"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/pike-county/barry-historic-district-79000862/"}