{"nrhp_refnum":"85000269","name":"Price/Wheeler House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"618 S. 7th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Sangamon County","state":"IL","lat":39.79536825400004,"lon":-89.64615411599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-02-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A classical revival residence at 618 South Seventh Street in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, built in 1899 for Isaiah Price.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the city's first fully developed classical revival house built after the 1892 World's Columbian Exposition. In 1899 Springfield's fashionable buildings were still Romanesque revival, Queen Anne or shingle style, so the house was a radical departure. Its surviving detail and careful restoration make it important to understanding the city's architectural development.","narrative":"Built in 1899 at 618 South Seventh Street in Springfield, this symmetrical, box-like house has a hip roof, oversized dormers and Palladian windows. Its two-story entrance portico, with a rough ashlar base, Ionic columns, decorative frieze and dentiled cornice, marks it as a loose interpretation of the grand classical style. Only the off-center front door breaks the symmetry of the facade. Isaiah Price, a clothing and tailoring entrepreneur, had it built. At the time, Springfield's new mansions and public buildings were mostly Romanesque revival, Queen Anne or shingle style, and classical design appeared only in added porch details. The house is described as the city's first fully developed classical revival house after the 1892 World's Columbian Exposition. After Price died unexpectedly, his widow sold it, and in 1904 postmaster and former mayor Loren Wheeler bought it. The house was being restored, and was vacant, when it was listed for its local architectural importance.","period_of_significance":"1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical revival (loose interpretation of the grand classical style, with Georgian revival form)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Undergoing full rehabilitation, with the exterior being restored to its original appearance using period photographs; intended for future use as a multi-family dwelling.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.613743-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/8940/28894014/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/85000269.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000269/20633bb964-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000269/20633bb964-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Price-Wheeler_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:Price-Wheeler_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894014","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price/Wheeler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20709692"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/sangamon-county/price-wheeler-house-85000269/"}