Warfield, William S., House

1624 Maine St., Quincy, Illinois. County/parish: Adams.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 21, 1979. NRIS 79000814.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

William S. Warfield House

The William S. Warfield House is a historic house located at 1624 Maine Street in Quincy, Illinois. The house was built in 1886 for William S. Warfield, who founded the Warfield Grocery Co.; Warfield was one of many prominent Quincy residents to build a large house on Maine Street. Architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee designed the house in a blend of the Richardsonian Romanesque and Queen Anne styles; his design popularized Romanesque architecture, and the blend with Queen Anne in particular, in Quincy. The house features a stone exterior with terra cotta decorations, a massive plan, and a large western porch as well as several smaller porches throughout.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1979.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891679

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