{"nrhp_refnum":"83000329","name":"Weir, John, House","other_names":["Madison County Historical Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"715 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Edwardsville","county":"Madison County","state":"IL","lat":38.816596394000044,"lon":-89.96190478799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half story brick Federal style town house at 715 N. Main St., Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, built in 1836 for Dr. John Weir. It now serves as the Madison County Historical Museum.","why_significant":"It is the second oldest house in Edwardsville and one of the few surviving Federal style houses in the town. It was built from \"Philadelphia row house\" plans that Dr. John Weir brought from the East Coast. The nomination also ties it to Weir's medical practice and to three generations of his family.","narrative":"Built in 1836, this two and a half story brick house at 715 N. Main Street in Edwardsville was the home and medical office of Dr. John Weir. Its design came from Philadelphia row house plans that Weir carried from the East Coast. The walls are local brick, the beams and trusses are pegged oak, and a central hall runs front to back, with four rooms on each of two floors. Double parapeted chimneys rise on the north and south walls. The entrance has a fan light, and a side door once led to Weir's office. Later changes include a rear annex added in 1929, when the house held apartments; the apartments were removed in 1963. The house is the second oldest in Edwardsville, after the Stephenson House, and one of few Federal style houses left in the town. Three generations of the Weir family lived there before it was sold in 1963 to the Madison County Historical Society, which operates it as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1836)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as the Madison County Historical Museum; maintained by the county historical society. Condition is marked excellent, with alterations including a 1929 rear annex.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.703594-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/8935/28893560/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/83000329.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000329/5a50a64ca2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000329/5a50a64ca2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Weir_House_in_Edwardsville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Weir_House_in_Edwardsville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893560","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weir_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16986922"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/madison-county/weir-john-house-83000329/"}