{"nrhp_refnum":"80001397","name":"Marine Chapter House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Silver St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marine","county":"Madison County","state":"IL","lat":38.779901221000046,"lon":-89.77599613599995,"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 I chapter house built in 1910 on Silver Street across from the City Park in Marine, Madison County, Illinois, one of ten chapter houses built for the American Woman's League in 1909-10.","why_significant":"It belongs to a thematic group of ten chapter houses built for a nationwide movement to advance and uplift American womanhood through suffrage, education, domesticity and social interaction. The houses follow standardized forms (Classes I-IV) that reflect the league's functions and period styles, with Arts and Crafts, Mission and Bungaloid influences. Marine's house was accepted for listing as a Class I example.","narrative":"Built in 1910 on Silver Street across from the City Park in Marine, Illinois, this Class I chapter house was one of ten constructed in 1909-10 for the American Woman's League. The league was a nationwide movement that sought to advance, protect and uplift American womanhood through suffrage, education, domesticity and social interaction. The houses were built in four standardized forms, Classes I through IV, which reflected the league's functions and drew on Arts and Crafts, Mission and Bungaloid styles. Interest in the chapters declined after 1920, when women's suffrage became law. The Marine house has seen modest changes, including aluminum storm windows and door, central air-conditioning, repainting in red wood, yellow stucco and white trim, and an interior bathroom added during a recent renovation. No exterior additions were made, and the building is in very good repair. It now serves as the Gravius Memorial Library, and it was listed as part of a thematic group of chapter houses.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Class I American Woman's League chapter house design, with Arts and Crafts, Mission and Bungaloid influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in very good repair and recently renovated, with a bathroom added inside; it houses the Gravius Memorial Library.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.056534-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/8913/28891351/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80001397.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001397/56697123df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001397/56697123df-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Chapter_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Chapter_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891351","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Chapter_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6764056"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/madison-county/marine-chapter-house-80001397/"}