{"nrhp_refnum":"99000589","name":"Palmer, Hiram, House","other_names":["Bristol, Riley, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"703 E. Fort St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Farmington","county":"Fulton County","state":"IL","lat":40.69818423800007,"lon":-89.99412140399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-05-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story brick Greek Revival house at 703 East Fort Street in Farmington, Fulton County, Illinois, built in 1851-1852 by an unknown builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant under Criterion C as a good example of Greek Revival architecture. It has a symmetrical five-bay facade, a lantern, a wraparound porch with classical columns, and unusually elaborate interior woodwork and mantels. It is described as the only cubic, hipped-roof Greek Revival house with a wraparound porch in the Farmington area.","narrative":"Built in 1851-1852 on Fort Hill in Farmington, Illinois, this one-and-a-half story brick house is a local example of Greek Revival design. Its walls are red brick, now painted white, on a rough-cut limestone foundation. A low-pitched hipped roof carries a square central lantern, and a wraparound porch with wooden Tuscan columns covers the front and east sides. The five-bay front facade is symmetrical, with a central double door. Inside, the main rooms have different Greek Revival woodwork, including heavily molded casings, shouldered architraves and mantels with Doric pilasters. The nomination notes that few Greek Revival houses in Illinois match this level of woodwork. The plan departs from the usual narrow central hall, opening instead into a large reception hall with a fireplace. The builder is unknown. Changes include the loss of porch balusters and the replacement of six-over-six windows in the 1890s. The house was listed for its architecture, and its current use is given as vacant.","period_of_significance":"1851-1852","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is Vacant/Not in Use; the form says the house retains excellent integrity.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.696554-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/8928/28892868/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/99000589.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000589/8c8ef6b1b0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000589/8c8ef6b1b0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Roberts","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiram_Palmer_House.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:Hiram_Palmer_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892868","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Palmer_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23073353"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/fulton-county/palmer-hiram-house-99000589/"}