{"nrhp_refnum":"80001383","name":"Oughton, John R., House","other_names":["The Lodge"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 W. South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dwight","county":"Livingston County","state":"IL","lat":41.08580594000006,"lon":-88.42864141399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Health/Medicine","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twenty-room Victorian wood frame and Bedford stone house at 101 W. South St., Dwight, Illinois, built in 1891 as a boarding house by W.T. Scott and rebuilt in 1895 as the home of John R. Oughton, on landscaped grounds of about 15 acres.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the Keeley Institute, a pioneering alcoholism treatment enterprise founded in Dwight by Dr. Leslie Keeley, John R. Oughton and Curtis Judd. It first served as Oughton's home and later, from 1930 to 1965, housed Institute patients. Its open grounds reflect the Institute's philosophy of a home-like, non-restricted setting. It is the only remaining Keeley structure accessible to the public.","narrative":"Built in 1891 as a boarding house and moved in 1894 to the grounds of the Keeley League, this twenty-room Victorian house in Dwight, Illinois, became the home of John R. Oughton in 1895. Oughton was a founder of the Keeley Institute, which won national and international attention for its humane treatment of alcoholism. Architect Julian Barnes of Joliet directed the rebuilding, which produced a wood frame and Bedford stone residence with colonial piazzas, a slate roof and an interior finished in oak, birch and mahogany. In 1930 the house was converted to lodge forty to fifty patients, and it served that purpose until the Institute closed in 1965. The landscaped grounds, with a pond, brick barn, windmill tower and tree-lined walks, reflect the Institute's open, home-like approach to care. The house later became a restaurant. It is the only remaining Keeley structure accessible to the general public.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"Julian Barnes (1895); W.T. Scott (original 1891 builder)","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; in excellent condition and used as a restaurant (Country Mansion) with the barn used for banquets and the windmill tower being restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.856494-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/8934/28893465/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80001383.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001383/dc935fd919-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001383/dc935fd919-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"IvoShandor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_R._Oughton_House_10.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:John_R._Oughton_House_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893465","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Oughton_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6253957"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/livingston-county/oughton-john-r-house-80001383/"}