{"nrhp_refnum":"95000491","name":"Schertz, Joseph, House","other_names":["Streid,Ben,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"IL 116, 1 mi. W of city limits","address_restricted":false,"city":"Metamora","county":"Woodford County","state":"IL","lat":40.77870308200005,"lon":-89.40990490499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick I-house with Greek Revival features on Illinois Route 116, one mile west of Metamora in Woodford County, Illinois, built in 1862 for Joseph Schertz. The 1.8-acre site also holds three later outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is considered a good local example of a rural mid-nineteenth century I-house with Greek Revival detailing, meeting Criterion C for architecture. It keeps its cornice returns, frieze board, stone sills and lintels, and six-over-six windows. The nomination also notes a six-bay front facade, a local variation on the usual I-house pattern.","narrative":"Built in 1862 for French-born settler Joseph Schertz, this two-story brick house sits on a slight knoll along Illinois Route 116, west of Metamora in Woodford County. It follows the I-house form, two rooms wide and one deep, with a low-pitched side-gabled roof, and each of its two front parlors has its own door. Greek Revival touches include the cornice and returns, frieze board, stone sills and lintels, and six-over-six windows. A rear kitchen ell and a dining room added by about 1870 belong to the early building. Later changes include a 1960s frame addition, an enclosed porch from the 1970s, and a smaller front porch replacing an earlier full-width one. Interior features such as wide plank floors, original doors and a wood-mantel fireplace survive. The house is valued as a well-preserved example of a vernacular building type constructed by local craftsmen. Three outbuildings from about the 1940s are on the property but are not counted as significant.","period_of_significance":"1862-circa 1870","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-Nineteenth Century / Greek Revival (I-house)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and still used as a single-family dwelling; modern additions sit at the rear and are not visible from the front.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.455331-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/8944/28894433/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/95000491.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000491/75b81cbbd9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000491/75b81cbbd9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Schertz_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Schertz_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894433","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Schertz_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22025462"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/woodford-county/schertz-joseph-house-95000491/"}