{"nrhp_refnum":"82000400","name":"Davis, David, III & IV, House","other_names":["Davis-Thetard"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1005 E. Jefferson","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bloomington","county":"McLean County","state":"IL","lat":40.480517690000056,"lon":-88.97994098899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Georgian Revival frame house at 1005 E. Jefferson in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, built in the late 1880s or early 1890s and extensively remodeled in 1898 to designs by Chicago architect George L. Harvey.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the purest example of Georgian Revival architecture in Bloomington, with abundant exterior and interior detail. It also sits in a largely intact 1890s streetscape. It was home to David Davis III and IV, members of a politically and financially influential family descended from Judge David Davis.","narrative":"This clapboard house at 1005 E. Jefferson in Bloomington was built in the late 1880s or early 1890s and remodeled extensively in 1898 in the Georgian Revival style. Chicago architect George Lyon Harvey designed the remodeling, which was a wedding present to David Davis III, grandson of Judge David Davis. Features include a verandah porch with Ionic columns, a fanlight entry with leaded glass, a Palladian window, Ionic corner pilasters, carved oak woodwork and six surviving wood mantels. The house stood empty for a decade after the 1920s and was later divided into apartments. Restoration to a single-family home began in 1980, guided by the original 1898 blueprints. The house is described as the purest Georgian Revival example in Bloomington and sits well back from a brick-paved street lined with 1890s homes. It was home to David Davis III and IV, a family prominent in farming and Illinois politics.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"George L. Harvey - Chicago, Il.","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; restoration from apartments back to a single-family dwelling began in 1980, with exterior in good shape and interior work ongoing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.522214-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/8936/28893663/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82000400.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000400/e7410d4962-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000400/e7410d4962-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"See above.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bloomington_Il_David_Davis_III_%26_IV_House1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">See above.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bloomington_Il_David_Davis_III_%26_IV_House1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893663","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_III_%26_IV_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5232866"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/mclean-county/davis-david-iii-and-iv-house-82000400/"}