{"nrhp_refnum":"80001377","name":"Smith, Ephraim, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Sugar Grove","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sugar Grove","county":"Kane County","state":"IL","lat":41.77153189100005,"lon":-88.42867187799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A circa 1845 one-and-a-half-story Greek Revival post-and-beam farmhouse, with an attached small frame house and shed, in Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois. It was moved about a mile in 1978 to a six-acre site to save it from demolition.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the last unbutchered small frame Greek Revival farmhouse in rural Kane County. It also cites its fine craftsmanship, including fluted trim, an unusual entrance hall and a brick bake oven, and its post-and-beam construction with mortared brick nogging, which is seldom found in the area.","narrative":"Built around 1844-1845 by Ephraim Smith, a former Vermont millwright who settled in Sugar Grove Township, Illinois, this one-and-a-half-story farmhouse uses post-and-beam construction with timbers cut from the property and mortared brick nogging. Its Greek Revival details include a center front entrance with sidelights, transom lights and fluted pilasters, plus eyebrow windows across the front frieze. Inside are fluted trim with circular corner blocks, a tall curved entrance hall, a brick bake oven behind the dining room fireplace, and chimney cupboards. A small frame house, possibly the cabin the family lived in during construction, is attached at the northeast corner. The house was slated for demolition after a tax change, so it was moved about a mile in 1978 to a six-acre site with a similar setting. Restoration was under way using salvaged period materials. It was listed for its fine craftsmanship and as a rare surviving small Greek Revival farmhouse in rural Kane County.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Ephraim Smith","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved in 1978 to save it from demolition; at the time of the form it was unoccupied and undergoing restoration, with condition rated fair.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.660596-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/8931/28893168/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80001377.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001377/eba6ae2c3c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001377/eba6ae2c3c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"IvoShandor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sugar_Grove_IL_Ephraim_Smith_House4.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">IvoShandor</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:Sugar_Grove_IL_Ephraim_Smith_House4.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893168","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Smith_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5382336"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/kane-county/smith-ephraim-house-80001377/"}