{"nrhp_refnum":"92001004","name":"Weir, William S., Jr., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"402 E. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monmouth","county":"Warren County","state":"IL","lat":40.912311973000044,"lon":-90.64388698499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture","Invention"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family Tudor Revival house at 402 East Broadway in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, built in 1894 for William S. Weir, Jr. It is brick and stucco with decorative timbering on a limestone foundation.","why_significant":"The house is tied to William S. Weir, Jr., an inventor and industrial leader in farm implements, pottery and banking in late 19th-century Monmouth, who held patents and employed many people. It is also a representative local example of Tudor Revival architecture. Other major structures associated with Weir have been demolished.","narrative":"Built in 1894 on a small rise at East Broadway and North Third Street in Monmouth, Illinois, this two-and-a-half-story house was the home of William S. Weir, Jr. Its brick first story, stucco upper walls with dark oak beams, steep cross gables, diamond-paned casement windows and Gothic-arched porch give it a Tudor Revival character. Inside, a beamed foyer, Corinthian-columned partitions, pocket doors, stained glass and original woodwork survive. Weir was an inventor and industrialist who built a farm implement business that employed 300 to 400 workers, then moved into banking and pottery, and he patented a self-sealing fruit jar cover in 1901. The house is considered significant for that association and as a representative Tudor Revival home in the city. The Weir family kept it until 1953, after which it passed to Monmouth College and later to a photography studio before returning to residential use. The period of significance runs from 1894 to Weir's death in 1901.","period_of_significance":"1894-1901","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Retained as a single-dwelling residence with largely intact interior woodwork and hardwood floors; some alterations were made in the 1950s and the kitchen was remodeled.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.809332-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/8942/28894255/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/92001004.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001004/5583932a58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001004/5583932a58-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_S._Weir,_Jr._House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_S._Weir,_Jr._House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894255","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Weir_Jr._House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24061752"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/warren-county/weir-william-s-jr-house-92001004/"}