{"nrhp_refnum":"80001387","name":"Shriver Farmstead","other_names":["Shriver House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Virden","address_restricted":false,"city":"Virden","county":"Macoupin County","state":"IL","lat":39.51206697600003,"lon":-89.78066247699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural farmstead of three buildings (an Italianate brick house, a brick smokehouse and a wooden barn) in the northwest corner of Virden Township, northwest of Virden, Macoupin County, Illinois, built 1858-1860 by the John Ryan family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmstead has a high degree of integrity and reflects a prosperous 19th-century farm. The house is described as one of the finest examples of Italianate design in Macoupin County, adapted to a rural residence with an unusual rambling form. The barn blends New World Dutch, Pennsylvania and English characteristics, and the smokehouse illustrates the bond between land, livestock and the farm family.","narrative":"Built between 1858 and 1860 by the John Ryan family, this farmstead sits on a small rise in the northwest corner of Virden Township, Macoupin County, where four townships meet. Its core is a two-story Italianate brick house with paired brackets, rounded arch lintels, a projecting central gable and a widow's walk. The bricks were made on the site. A brick smokehouse and a wooden barn on a stone foundation complete the group. The barn follows a basilican plan with a central through-passage and hewn oak beams joined with wooden pegs. The property passed from the Ryan family to Samuel Davidson, then in 1890 to Dr. William Shriver, a local financier, who gave it to his son Earl in 1904. It has stayed in the Shriver family since. The nomination highlights the intact setting, materials and workmanship, the house's rambling form, and the barn's blend of regional building traditions.","period_of_significance":"1858-60","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate (house); basilican-plan barn combining New World Dutch, Pennsylvania and English characteristics","criteria":[],"status_note":"House occupied as a private residence by the Shriver family; barn used for equipment storage; smokehouse in good condition but not used for some time.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.913651-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/8935/28893515/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80001387.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893515","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriver_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900152"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/macoupin-county/shriver-farmstead-80001387/"}