Area less than one acre Architect Silsbee, Joseph Lyman NRHP Reference # 79000814 Added to NRHP 21 March 1979 | Built 1886 (1886) Architectural style Queen Anne, Romanesque Opened 1886 | |
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Location 1624 Maine St., Quincy, Illinois Similar John Wood Mansion, Wakonda State Park, Quincy Memorial Bridge | ||
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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