{"nrhp_refnum":"82002597","name":"Stauduhar House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1609 21st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rock Island","county":"Rock Island County","state":"IL","lat":41.49534382400003,"lon":-90.57088154099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick private residence at 1608 21st Street in Rock Island, Illinois, built about 1895 as the family home of architect George P. Stauduhar. A detached brick carriage house stands behind it.","why_significant":"The house is presented as the fullest expression of the work of Stauduhar, a well-known local and mid-western architect. It combines exterior columns, Grecian fretwork, stained glass and inlaid floors, features he used separately in his other buildings. It is also described as a lasting example of superb detailing in wood, marble and plaster, typical of the period when lumber barons built along the river in the Quad-City area.","narrative":"Built around 1895 at 1608 21st Street in Rock Island, this brick house was the family home of George P. Stauduhar, a well-known mid-western architect. It was the second house built \"on the hill\" in the city. The exterior features a centered veranda with two tall columns, a wrought iron balcony, Greek fret trim below the roofline and blue ceramic inserts. Inlaid rock replaced the original cedar shakes on the upper floors after a fire around 1910. Inside, the foyer has a rose marble fireplace, oak beams and inlaid parquet floors. Stained glass in amber and green appears throughout, and the parlor has cherry woodwork with hand-stenciled and painted plaster. A third-floor studio served as Stauduhar's blueprint room, and a detached carriage house stands behind the house. Stauduhar designed churches, a convent and many private homes locally, but only in his own home did he combine columns, Grecian fretwork, stained glass and inlaid floors. The house represents the era of the river lumber barons.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Geo. Stauduhar (George P. Stauduhar)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; condition listed as good and altered. The carriage house is described as greatly in need of restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.375683-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/8939/28893965/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002597.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002597/896ca4cb21-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002597/896ca4cb21-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stauduhar_House_RI_IL.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stauduhar_House_RI_IL.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893965","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stauduhar_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7604714"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/rock-island-county/stauduhar-house-82002597/"}