{"nrhp_refnum":"80001338","name":"Princeton Chapter House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1007 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Princeton","county":"Bureau County","state":"IL","lat":41.384893754000075,"lon":-89.46469246199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Class IV American Woman's League chapter house at 1007 N. Main Street in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, built in 1910. It is one of ten League chapter houses built in Illinois.","why_significant":"The house is part of a thematic group of ten Illinois chapter houses built in 1909-10 for the American Woman's League, a national movement to advance and uplift American womanhood through suffrage, literature, domesticity, education and social interaction. The houses were built in one of four standardized forms (Classes I to IV) that reflected the League's functions and the period's Arts and Crafts and Prairie-influenced styles. The Illinois examples are described as the best preserved of all chapter houses built in America.","narrative":"Built in 1910 at 1007 N. Main Street in Princeton, Illinois, this Class IV chapter house was constructed for the American Woman's League, a national movement that sought to advance, protect and uplift American womanhood through suffrage, literary work, domesticity, education and social contact. Ten chapter houses were built in Illinois in 1909-10, each following one of four standardized designs that reflected the League's purposes and the period's Arts and Crafts, Mission and Prairie-style influences. Princeton's is the Class IV type, the only class that came with a toilet room. Changes over time include an altered facade roofline and a frame addition covering the exterior basement entrance, yet the house is described as being in excellent condition. It now serves as the North End branch of the Matson Public Library. Together with the other Illinois chapter houses, all of which remain standing, it is considered among the best preserved of the League's buildings nationwide.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Class IV American Woman's League chapter house (one of four standardized types reflecting Arts and Crafts, Mission and Prairie-style influences)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as the North End branch of the Matson Public Library; in excellent condition, with a changed facade roofline and a frame addition covering the exterior basement entrance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.77841-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/8907/28890729/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80001338.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001338/6ff9106a07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001338/6ff9106a07-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Princeton_Chapter_House,_American_Women%27s_League.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Princeton_Chapter_House,_American_Women%27s_League.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890729","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_Chapter_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7244944"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/bureau-county/princeton-chapter-house-80001338/"}