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Stevens House (Tiskilwa, Illinois)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
92001537

Added to NRHP
  
5 November 1992

Built
  
1842 (1842)

Opened
  
1842

Stevens House (Tiskilwa, Illinois)

Location
  
140 E. Main St., Tiskilwa, Illinois

Architectural style
  
Classical Revival, Greek Revival

The Stevens House is a historic house located at 140 East Main Street in Tiskilwa, Illinois. John Stevens, a wealthy local businessman, built the house in 1842. The original house had a Greek Revival design highlighted by a full porch with columns. In 1910, the house was redesigned in the Classical Revival style, bringing it in line with contemporary trends. The house's new features included a new porch, a bay window with Classical columns, a dormer projecting from the front of the roof, and a frieze and cornice.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 5, 1992.

References

Stevens House (Tiskilwa, Illinois) Wikipedia