{"nrhp_refnum":"96001286","name":"Hunter, Lucinda, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 E. 8th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vermont","county":"Fulton County","state":"IL","lat":40.290757685000074,"lon":-90.42741055299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Side-Hall plan, Gable Front house at 101 East Eighth Street in Vermont, Fulton County, Illinois, built circa early 1870s, likely for Lucinda Hunter.","why_significant":"The house is locally significant under Criterion C for architecture as a good example of a Side-Hall plan, Gable Front vernacular residence. It combines Greek Revival features, such as its elaborate entry with transom and sidelights, with Italianate details including segmental arched windows with hood molds, a newel post and interior woodwork. The front porch has Gothic Revival flattened, pointed arches.","narrative":"Built in the early 1870s at the corner of South Main and East Eighth Streets in Vermont, Illinois, this two-story frame house follows a Side-Hall plan under a front-facing gable. The entry is set toward the west side, with a parlor and dining room opening off the hall. Its details blend two styles: a Greek Revival entry with transom and sidelights, and Italianate segmental arched windows with wood hood molds, a walnut newel post and interior woodwork. A decorative one-story porch with jigsawn columns and flattened, pointed arches runs across the front. Lucinda Hunter, a widow listed as a seamstress in 1870, is believed to have had the house built after buying the lots in 1871; her son John Hiram Hunter, a Civil War veteran and postmaster, also lived there. Dr. Columbus McCurdy bought it in 1900 and added a room that may have served as his office. The house is considered locally significant as a well-preserved example of a common vernacular house type in the town.","period_of_significance":"C. early 1870s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate; Greek Revival; Other: Gable Front","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; a circa 1900 addition and a 1948 porch enclosure are described as not detracting from the house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.779173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/8911/28891116/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/96001286.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001286/54bb3f1d64-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001286/54bb3f1d64-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Boscophotos","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_Hunter_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Boscophotos</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:Image_Hunter_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891116","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucinda_Hunter_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24061436"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/fulton-county/hunter-lucinda-house-96001286/"}