{"nrhp_refnum":"94000028","name":"Beall-Orr House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"503 Cherry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mt. Carmel","county":"Wabash County","state":"IL","lat":38.412096390000045,"lon":-87.75839039699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private brick residence at 503 Cherry Street in Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois, built around 1870 as an Italianate house and remodeled around 1918 with Classical Revival details. Three outbuildings stand on the grounds.","why_significant":"The house is nominated for architecture as a prime example of an Italianate house overlaid with Classical Revival details. A major fire around 1918 led to the exterior restyling, while the original interior plan and woodwork stayed largely intact. It also reflects the Beall family, prominent in local history, and later ownership by the Orr and Elkins families.","narrative":"Built around 1870 on a corner lot at Fifth and Cherry Streets in Mt. Carmel, this two-story brick house began as a restrained Italianate dwelling with a hip roof, bracketed cornice and twenty-seven arched windows topped with Bedford limestone hoods. A major fire around 1918 destroyed the roof and attic, and the repairs gave the exterior a Classical Revival look, with three steep gables, fan-shaped gable windows and an enlarged porch with Tuscan columns. The interior changed little. It keeps its original floor plan, eight cast-iron fireplaces, etched glass transoms and stained walnut, cherry, oak and ash woodwork. The first documented occupants were from the Beall family, long prominent in Wabash County, and money from Mary Ann Jemima Beall Wilson reportedly paid for the house. A barn, a carriage garage and a summer kitchen/wash house also contribute to the property, which has remained a private home.","period_of_significance":"C. 1870 - C. 1918","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate; Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Maintained as a private residence; interior renovated in 1991-92. The barn, carriage garage and summer kitchen/wash house are contributing buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.620621-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/8942/28894237/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/94000028.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000028/79c9bcfa86-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000028/79c9bcfa86-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beall-Orr_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beall-Orr_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894237","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beall-Orr_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4876150"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/wabash-county/beall-orr-house-94000028/"}