The Washington C. Wear House is a historic house located south of Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois. Washington C. Wear, a farmer from Ohio, had the house built in 1870. The house has an Italianate design which a local architectural survey regarded as one of the best examples of the style in rural Peoria County. The two-story projecting front entrance includes a porch with square posts, an arched doorway and paired second-story windows, and a gabled pediment at the top. The house's windows are tall and narrow with bracketed hoods. The hip roof atop the house features wide eaves and paired brackets along the cornice.[2]
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| Location | 1 mi. S and 0.4 mi. W of jct. of IL 90 and IL 91, Princeville, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 40°54′55″N 89°45′53″W / 40.91528°N 89.76472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000838[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 19, 1993 |
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 19, 1993.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Powell, Starla L. (April 15, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wear, Washington C., House" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2016.[dead link]