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William S. Weir Jr. House

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
92001004

Added to NRHP
  
18 August 1992

Built
  
1894 (1894)

Opened
  
1894

William S. Weir Jr. House

Location
  
402 E. Broadway, Monmouth, Illinois

Architectural style
  
Tudor Revival architecture

The William S. Weir Jr. House is a historic house located at 402 East Broadway in Monmouth, Illinois. The house was built in 1894 for William S. Weir Jr. a local investor and businessman. Weir began selling plows and cultivators of his own invention in the 1860s, and his company had become nationally recognized and a major financial success by the time he sold his ownership interest in 1886. Weir continued to innovate in the locally prominent stoneware and pottery industry and invested in the development of the nearby village of Alexis. Weir's house has a Tudor Revival design with ornamental half-timbering in the front, a steep cross gabled roof, and groups of windows with decorative multi-pane glasswork.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 18, 1992.

References

William S. Weir Jr. House Wikipedia