{"nrhp_refnum":"82002551","name":"Swannell, Charles E., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"901 S. Chicago","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kankakee","county":"Kankakee County","state":"IL","lat":41.11009582500003,"lon":-87.86064691399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Prairie School house at 901 South Chicago in Kankakee, Illinois, designed in 1911 by Tallmadge and Watson for Charles E. Swannell. It sits on a 0.31-acre lot on the east side of the Kankakee River.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a significant example of Prairie School architecture by Tallmadge and Watson, former Burnham office architects. It is the only documented Tallmadge and Watson house in Kankakee and survives with very little alteration. It also stands near two Frank Lloyd Wright houses, the Hickox and Bradley houses.","narrative":"This Prairie School house at 901 South Chicago in Kankakee was designed in 1911 by the firm Tallmadge and Watson. It rises two stories plus an attic under a massive hipped roof, with walls of hollow clay tile covered in stucco and slightly sloped inward toward the top. A brick water table, brick sills and a brick stringcourse provide detail. The open floor plan centers on a large foyer and hall. Inside, quarter sawn oak trim, leaded glass and a roman brick fireplace remain largely intact. Two small rear additions and modified porch arches date from the early 1970s. The house is the only documented Tallmadge and Watson residence in Kankakee, and it survives with very little alteration. It stands about two blocks from Frank Lloyd Wright's Hickox and Bradley houses, built a decade earlier. Original plans, a signed 1911 rendering and a 1914 tile-construction publication showing the house have helped guide restoration work.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Tallmadge and Watson","architectural_style":"Prairie School","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as well maintained, with interior detailing virtually intact and the roof recently restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.310078-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/8932/28893239/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002551.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002551/98a8135eab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002551/98a8135eab-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_E._Swannell_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Charles_E._Swannell_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86001488","name":"Riverview Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/riverview-historic-district-86001488/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893239","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Swannell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900977"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/kankakee-county/swannell-charles-e-house-82002551/"}