{"nrhp_refnum":"91001690","name":"McFarland House","other_names":["Dudley House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"895 Seventh St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charleston","county":"Coles County","state":"IL","lat":39.489375745000075,"lon":-88.17370634699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Queen Anne style frame house with attic and basement at 895 Seventh Street, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, built 1890-1892 and designed and built by Charles D. Mitchell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well-preserved local example of Queen Anne residences built in Charleston in the late 19th century. It combines a cross-gabled form, a wraparound porch, and decorative gable and porch ornamentation, and keeps a high degree of original exterior and interior integrity. It is also described as the most intact residential example of work by Charles D. Mitchell, a prominent local architect-builder.","narrative":"Built between 1890 and 1892 at 895 Seventh Street in Charleston, Illinois, this two-story frame house is a local example of Queen Anne architecture. Charles D. Mitchell, a Charleston-born architect, contractor and builder, designed and built it. The cross-gabled house is clad in white clapboard over a painted red brick foundation. Its most distinctive feature is a quarter-circular wraparound porch with turned posts, oval-shaped brackets, pendants and a sunburst pediment, repeated in the west attic gable along with decorative false timbering. Elaborate wooden window surrounds and modillion lintels add to the detailing. Inside, the house keeps its parlors with pocket doors, a tiled fireplace, a spindlework staircase and a stained glass transom. Only one major alteration is known, a bedroom and bathroom added over the kitchen before 1920. The house was listed for its architecture, its high level of preserved original material, and its status as the most intact residential work of Mitchell, who built many of the city's homes and public buildings.","period_of_significance":"1890-1892","architect_builder":"Mitchell, Charles D.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian - Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, with a high percentage of original exterior and interior materials retained. Current functions listed are private residence and museum artifact storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.35395-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/8918/28891888/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/91001690.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001690/8f62929849-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001690/8f62929849-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McFarland_House_in_Charleston.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McFarland_House_in_Charleston.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891888","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarland_House_(Charleston,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894964"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/coles-county/mcfarland-house-91001690/"}