{"nrhp_refnum":"85002405","name":"Pere Marquette State Park Lodge and Cabins","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Box 158","address_restricted":false,"city":"Grafton","county":"Jersey County","state":"IL","lat":38.97262795900005,"lon":-90.54105576313268,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of a stone lodge and seven adjacent stone cabins at Pere Marquette State Park near Grafton and Alton in Jersey County, Illinois, built 1933-1939 and associated with Joseph F. Booten.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant for architecture and recreation. It is rivaled in size and extent only by the lodge and cabins at Starved Rock State Park and embodies picturesque rustic qualities. It was also the first state park facility built to serve the recreational needs of a nearby metropolitan area, the East St. Louis-St. Louis region.","narrative":"Pere Marquette State Park, near Grafton, Illinois, contains a rustic lodge and seven cabins built between 1933 and 1939. The lodge is made of rusticated limestone laid in random courses and has an E-shaped plan with steeply pitched gable roofs covered in wood shakes. Exposed log rafters, board and batten gable ends, and wood casement windows with shutters give it a rustic look. Inside, the two-story lounge has a massive stone fireplace and exposed log roof trusses. A concessions wing was added in 1952. The seven stone cabins are arranged in an L shape north of the lodge and share the lodge's shakes, chimneys and shutters. The complex is considered important for its architecture, since only the lodge and cabins at Starved Rock State Park match it in size and extent. It also matters for recreation: it was the first state park facility built to serve a nearby metropolitan area, with St. Louis and East St. Louis about twenty-five miles away.","period_of_significance":"1933-1939","architect_builder":"Joseph F. Booten","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.213417-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/8911/28891192/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/85002405.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002405/af1ce02515-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002405/af1ce02515-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"stannate from St. Louis, MO, US","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pere_Marquette_State_Park_(2151794565).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">stannate from St. Louis, MO, US</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pere_Marquette_State_Park_(2151794565).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891192","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89958208"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/jersey-county/pere-marquette-state-park-lodge-and-cabins-85002405/"}