{"nrhp_refnum":"96001292","name":"Durell, William Franklin and Rebecca, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"408 W. 5th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vermont","county":"Fulton County","state":"IL","lat":40.294014909000055,"lon":-90.43211008499998,"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 brick Italianate house built in 1872 at 408 West Fifth Street in the village of Vermont, Fulton County, Illinois, with an original board and batten carriage barn and a later concrete block garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant under Criterion C as a good example of a simple hipped roof Italianate house in Vermont. Its original cross-gabled carriage barn reflects picturesque pattern book designs of the period. Both buildings retain strong historic integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1872 on the west side of Vermont, Illinois, this two-story brick house faces West Fifth Street, once known locally as \"The Lane\" for the brick homes of the town's leading businessmen. Local legend holds that Joab Mershon had it built as a wedding present for his daughter Rebecca and her husband William Franklin Durell. The low-pitched hipped roof, paired brackets, segmental and round-arched windows, and front porch with arched spandrels mark it as Italianate, and the interior keeps heavy moldings, plaster medallions, and cast iron fireplace mantels. Behind the house stands a cross-gabled board and batten carriage barn with clipped gables and a louvered cupola, built about the same time and resembling designs from nineteenth-century pattern books. A rear brick wing was altered in 1964, yet the house retains its integrity. The house and barn were listed for their architectural value at the local level. A 1910s concrete block garage does not contribute to the listing.","period_of_significance":"1872","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The property is described as being in excellent condition and is still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.150648-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/8911/28891112/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/96001292.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001292/520456f549-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001292/520456f549-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Boscophotos","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_Durell_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_Durell_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891112","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklin_and_Rebecca_Durell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22033992"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/fulton-county/durell-william-franklin-and-rebecca-house-96001292/"}