{"nrhp_refnum":"91001688","name":"Flanders House","other_names":["The Flanders' Place","Mapleview Farm","Bragaw-Klomhaus Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Plainfield","county":"Will County","state":"IL","lat":41.61244262100007,"lon":-88.20287849299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, side-gabled frame house at 405 West Main Street in Plainfield, Will County, Illinois, built in 1841 or 1842 by Jason Flanders. It shows Federal and Greek Revival features and has a service wing, a later garage and a shed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion A as an early building representing the settlement of Plainfield (formerly Walker's Grove). It also qualifies under Criterion C as a surviving example of early settlement architecture in the Will County and northeastern Illinois region. Few buildings erected before 1845 survive in the region, and the house remains relatively intact.","narrative":"Built in 1841 or 1842 by Jason Flanders, this two-story frame house at 405 West Main Street in Plainfield, Illinois, sits along a former main thoroughfare that was part of the Chicago-to-Ottawa stage route. It is one of fewer than a dozen buildings from 1830-1860 that survive on the street. The side-gabled building combines Federal and Greek Revival features, including symmetrical windows, corner pilasters, a simple entablature and a central entrance with sidelights and a transom of rose-colored glass. Original walnut siding lies beneath later cement asbestos shingles, and a 1920s remodeling changed parts of the interior and added a porch. The original staircase, trim and board flooring survive. A service wing was added later, and a Civil War veteran who lived here once sold honey from it. The house is valued as an early example of frontier architecture in northeastern Illinois and as a reminder of Plainfield's settlement, when few buildings of its age remained in the region.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1841","architect_builder":"Jason Flanders (builder, per the narrative); form lists Architect/Builder as N/A","architectural_style":"Early Republic Federal; Mid-19th Century Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling; the form lists current function as domestic single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.367246-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/8943/28894341/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/91001688.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001688/1b4f0001d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001688/1b4f0001d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Studiofox","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flanders_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Studiofox</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flanders_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894341","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders_House_(Plainfield,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8563626"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/will-county/flanders-house-91001688/"}