{"nrhp_refnum":"89000342","name":"Graham, Cong. James M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"413 S. 7th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Sangamon County","state":"IL","lat":39.79787510800003,"lon":-89.64683424499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick Italianate house with a Queen Anne style front porch at South 7th Street in Springfield, Illinois, built in 1862 across from the Lincoln Home visitor center.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Congressman James M. Graham, who lived there from 1896/1897 until his death in 1945 and served in the U.S. House from 1909 to 1915. He filed a minority report in the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation and chaired inquiries into the Indian Bureau, including the White Earth land fraud investigation.","narrative":"Built in 1862 near downtown Springfield, Illinois, this ten-room red brick house follows the Italianate style, with a truncated hip roof, deep bracketed eaves, flat-arched windows with limestone sills and a frame Queen Anne porch. Inside, carved and hand-grained woodwork, a curving main staircase, plaster medallions and several fireplaces remain largely intact. James M. Graham bought the house in the 1890s and lived there until his death in 1945. Family members stayed until 1977. Graham served in Congress from 1909 to 1915 and played a visible part in national debates of the Progressive era. He filed a lengthy minority report in the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation of the Interior Department, and he chaired inquiries into the Indian Bureau, including the White Earth Reservation land fraud hearings. The house was his residence throughout his congressional career. At the time of listing it was being rehabilitated for office use.","period_of_significance":"1909-1915","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Being entirely rehabilitated at the time of nomination for use as offices.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.776764-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/8940/28894094/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/89000342.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000342/b76970cadc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000342/b76970cadc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cong._James_M._Graham_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:Cong._James_M._Graham_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894094","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cong._James_M._Graham_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462043"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/sangamon-county/graham-cong-james-m-house-89000342/"}