Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 91000574 Architectural style Italianate architecture | Built 1868 (1868) Opened 1868 Added to NRHP 13 May 1991 | |
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Location Jct. of Main and Elkhart Sts., Williamsville, Illinois | ||
The Price-Prather House is a historic house located at the intersection of Main and Elkhart Streets in Williamsville, Illinois. The house was built in 1868 for livestock breeder James R. Price. The Italianate house features a multi-component slate roof, a bracketed and dentillated cornice, a wraparound front porch, and long arched windows with brick hoods. Cattle breeder John F. Prather purchased the house in 1882. Prather was an influential Shorthorn cattle breeder; as one of the earliest cattlemen to breed shorthorns in Illinois, he became recognized as an authority on the breed, and he served as president of the American Shorthorn Association and a member of the State Board of Agriculture.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1991.