{"nrhp_refnum":"97001334","name":"Vermont Historic District","other_names":["see also: Vermont Masonic Hall"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Second, Union, Fourth, and Liberty Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vermont","county":"Fulton County","state":"IL","lat":40.313714832000045,"lon":-90.42674701928314,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Social History","Politics/Government","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district in the village of Vermont, Fulton County, Illinois, covering about four blocks along North Main Street and nearby stretches of East and West Third Street and East Second Street. It holds mostly one- and two-story brick buildings from the 1850s to 1951, plus the public square.","why_significant":"The district preserves the downtown commercial core of Vermont, which grew from settlement in 1832 through pork packing, the arrival of railroads and several building booms. Its buildings show Greek Revival, Italianate, Late Victorian and Commercial styles. The nomination describes Vermont as a medium-ranked retail center serving the town and surrounding farm areas.","narrative":"Vermont's historic downtown is a four-block commercial district in southwestern Fulton County, Illinois, about 60 miles southwest of Peoria. It centers on North Main Street and the public square, a park laid out in the village's original plat that hosted circuses, speeches, rallies and fairs. Most of the 25 contributing resources are red brick buildings of one or two stories, built from the 1850s through 1951 in Greek Revival, Italianate, Late Victorian and Commercial styles. Many have cast iron or pressed sheet metal storefronts, metal cornices or brick corbelling. The district grew from a settlement founded in 1832, first with frame stores, then with brick buildings after local brickyards opened in the 1850s. Pork packing, two new railroad lines and building booms in the late 1860s, early 1870s and 1890s shaped it. Fires in 1890 and 1904 prompted further rebuilding. The district also includes the previously listed Vermont Masonic Hall.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"David Beal, contractor; Caleb Brinton, mason; Daniel S. Frazier, contractor; Job Hughes, contractor; Fred Rankin, contractor","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, Late Victorian, Commercial, Early 20th Century","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.409826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/8911/28891128/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/97001334.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001334/9c1e8d1f8d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001334/9c1e8d1f8d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Roberts","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vermont_State_Bank_106_N._Main_St.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Roberts</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vermont_State_Bank_106_N._Main_St.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891128","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24061422"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/fulton-county/vermont-historic-district-97001334/"}