{"nrhp_refnum":"79003163","name":"Hubbard House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hudson","county":"McLean County","state":"IL","lat":40.60916456100006,"lon":-88.98800271099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame, T-shaped house at 310 Broadway in Hudson, McLean County, Illinois. The oldest part was built in 1857 and a two-story section was added about 1872.","why_significant":"The house was the boyhood home of Elbert Hubbard, a prominent late nineteenth and early twentieth century American essayist. He wrote \"A Message to Garcia\" and founded the Roycrofters Shops. The nomination argues for national significance in literature, and many of his later writings drew on scenes from his boyhood surroundings here.","narrative":"This T-shaped wood house at 310 Broadway in Hudson, Illinois, was the boyhood home of Elbert Hubbard. The oldest section, the stem of the T, is a story and a half high and was built in 1857 from local walnut lumber cut by Dr. Silas Hubbard, the town's first doctor. A two-story crossbar with a gable roof and a small front porch was added about 1872, partly with materials and labor Elbert gathered while collecting his father's bills. A photograph from 1885 shows the house in nearly its present form, and clapboard siding covers the whole structure. Hubbard grew up and attended school in Hudson, then sold soap, became a partner in a Buffalo soap company, and turned to writing in 1892. He produced the Little Journeys essays, published the Philistine, wrote \"A Message to Garcia,\" and founded the Roycroft community at East Aurora. The house was listed for its link to this nationally known author.","period_of_significance":"1857, ca. 1872","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; the form lists present use as private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.503071-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/8937/28893703/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/79003163.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003163/84d914d279-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003163/84d914d279-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"IvoShandor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hudson_Il_Hubbard_House4.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">IvoShandor</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hudson_Il_Hubbard_House4.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893703","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbard_House_(Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14687572"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/mclean-county/hubbard-house-79003163/"}