Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 99000589 Added to NRHP 20 May 1999 | Built 1851 (1851) Opened 1851 | |
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Location 703 E. Fort St., Farmington, Illinois Architectural style Greek Revival architecture | ||
The Hiram Palmer House is a historic house located at 703 East Fort Street in Farmington, Illinois. Hiram and Philynder Palmer built the house in 1851-52 but sold it the year it was completed. In 1856, the house was purchased by Riley Bristol, a local pharmacist and founder of Farmington's First Congregational Church; Bristol lived in the house until 1882. The house has a Greek Revival design, a nationally popular stylistic choice in the first half of the nineteenth century. The wraparound front porch is supported by Tuscan columns. The house's low hip roof features a plain frieze and cornice at the roof line and is topped by a lantern with a cornice and pediment. The house's interior features decorative Greek Revival woodwork, including carved door and window moldings, ornamental panels by the windows, and a fireplace mantel supported by pilasters.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1999.