{"nrhp_refnum":"92000073","name":"Rippon-Kinsella House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1317 N. Third St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Sangamon County","state":"IL","lat":39.81703765800006,"lon":-89.65189243199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story brick house at 1317 North Third Street on Springfield's north side, built about 1870 in the Italianate style, probably for industrialist John Rippon, Jr., and remodelled in the Classical Revival style around 1905.","why_significant":"The house is nominated under Criterion C in the area of Architecture as one of the best remaining Springfield examples of a once-common hybrid: an Italianate house overlaid with Classical Revival details. The remodelling of its roofline and porch was unusually extensive, producing a balanced blend of the two styles. It also reflects the north end's shift from Yankee to German and Irish owners, and it is tied to political boss and sports promoter Richard Kinsella.","narrative":"Set on a heavily wooded lot of about 0.6 acre on Springfield's north side, this brick house at 1317 North Third Street was built around 1870 in the Italianate style, probably for industrialist John Rippon, Jr. Richard \"Dick\" Kinsella, a wallpaper and paint merchant, Democratic political figure and baseball talent scout for the New York Giants, bought it in 1899 and lived there until his death in 1939. Around 1905 he raised the roof to a steeper pitch, added a diamond-paned front dormer and a wrap-around porch with paired Doric columns, and redecorated the interior. The original brackets, clerestory attic windows and hooded half-round arched windows were kept. The result is a layered combination of Italianate and Classical Revival design that was fashionable in Springfield in the early 1900s. The house is considered the most developed and intact local example of this combination. Its succession of Yankee, German and Irish owners also mirrors changes in the neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1871-1905","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate; Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Remains a private single-family residence, well preserved, and was undergoing interior and exterior renovation at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.579615-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/8940/28894034/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/92000073.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000073/6069c91924-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000073/6069c91924-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jdbrannon69","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ripping-Kinsella_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jdbrannon69</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:Ripping-Kinsella_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894034","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rippon-Kinsella_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20710488"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/sangamon-county/rippon-kinsella-house-92000073/"}