Silas Williams House

	Silas Williams House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	702 E. Broadway, Streator, Illinois
Coordinates	41°7′29″N 88°49′32″W / 41.12472°N 88.82556°W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	c. 1893
Architect	Silas Williams (builder)
Architectural style	Queen Anne style
NRHP reference No.	76002146
Added to NRHP	June 23, 1976

The Silas Williams House, also known as the Edward Baker House, is a historic Queen Anne house in the city of Streator, Illinois. The building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

History

The Silas Williams House was built by its first owner, Silas Williams, around 1893. Williams, originally from Ottawa, Illinois, was a paper mill owner who also owned many properties throughout Streator. He constructed many homes around the city.^[2]

Architecture

The Williams House is a two story frame building with a full basement and an attic. It is cast in the Queen Anne style of architecture. It contains many projecting and receding forms, common of Queen Anne houses. Some of those include its multiple gables, and its polygonal and round and towers. The interior is largely open on the first floor and much of the interior details and woodwork remain intact.^[2]

Historic significance

The Williams House has two main areas of importance, architecture and local history. As one of the last "great" 19th Century houses in Streator it stands as a symbol to its builder and his accomplishments in early Streator. The house is also important architecturally. Its open floor plan carries the Queen Anne style further than any other house in the state of Illinois.^[2] The Silas Williams House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1976. ^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Cite error: The named reference "nris" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c Hengen, Shannon E. "Silas Williams House", (PDF), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, January 9, 1976, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, accessed May 15, 2008.

External links

Sillas Williams House, Property Information Report, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, accessed May 15, 2008.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Cite error: The named reference "nris" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[nrhp-2] Hengen, Shannon E. "Silas Williams House", (PDF), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, January 9, 1976, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, accessed May 15, 2008.

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