{"nrhp_refnum":"83000330","name":"Scott-Vrooman House","other_names":["Vrooman Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"701 E. Taylor St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bloomington","county":"McLean County","state":"IL","lat":40.47591871600008,"lon":-88.98546821499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Italianate house at 701 E. Taylor Street in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, begun in 1869 and enlarged and remodeled in 1900-1901 with Romanesque features.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for the state and national prominence of two occupants: Julia Green Scott, President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1909 to 1912, and her son-in-law Carl Vrooman, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson. It is also cited as a strong example of an Italianate villa sympathetically expanded in Romanesque style.","narrative":"Built in 1869 on high ground in Dimmett's Grove, this Bloomington residence began as a three-story Italianate house of red brick on a limestone base, with a low hip roof, bracketed eaves and eyebrow windows. Between April 1900 and October 1901 it was enlarged by about 60 percent, gaining Romanesque arched porches in red brick and terra cotta, with yellow brick walls. The interior features beamed halls, oak and cherry paneling and domed opalescent glass light fixtures. The house is tied to Julia Green Scott, who managed 12,000 acres of farmland, led the national Daughters of the American Revolution from 1909 to 1912, and raised funds for French war relief. Her son-in-law Carl Vrooman, an author and reformer, served as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson and promoted the War Garden Movement. A nearby oak, where Lincoln and Douglas once spoke, gave the house its Lincoln Oak name. The house was also recognized as an eclectic late nineteenth century villa.","period_of_significance":"1869; 1900-","architect_builder":"G.W. Bunting (1869, owner Elias Barber); Arthur Pillsbury (1900-1901, owner Julia G. Scott)","architectural_style":"Italianate with Romanesque additions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the exterior and floor plan are unaltered since the 1900-1901 renovation. The roof was repaired in 1982 and restoration of the parapet is planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.84159-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/8936/28893679/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/83000330.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000330/7479296e4a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000330/7479296e4a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"See above.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bloomington_Il_Vrooman_House2.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_Vrooman_House2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893679","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%E2%80%93Vrooman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7435850"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/mclean-county/scott-vrooman-house-83000330/"}