Charles Kellum House
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| Charles Kellum House | |
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| (U.S. Registered Historic District Contributing Property) | |
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| Location: | Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA |
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| Area: | Sycamore Historic District |
| Built/Founded: | 1858[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | May 2, 1978[2] As part of the Sycamore Historic District. |
| Reference #: | 78003104 |
| Governing body: | Private Ownership |
The Charles Kellum House is a residential home in the city of Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S.A. It is one of 187 structures and objects contributing to the historical intergrity of the Sycamore Historic District. The historic district, covering 99 acres of the city, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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[edit] House
[edit] History
The building was constructed in 1858 by Charles Kellum. Kellum came to Sycamore in 1855 as an attorney and eventually served in several public offices, including state's attorney and circuit court judge.[1] The house was once a larger structure than it is today. The building at 123 Lincoln Street, directly behind the Kellum House, was separated from the main house, in the 600 block of Somonauk Street, in the 1920s. The house's owner at the time had a daughter whom was getting married and he presented the separated wing as a wedding present for the couple.[1]
[edit] Architecture
The roof is mutliple gabled and features the distinctive Jerkin style roof. Each of the home's gables contain the element, which is a mesh of the gable and hipped roof.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Sycamore Historic District Informational Poster, on site, corner of Elm and Somonauk Streets, Sycamore, Illinois. Photograph on Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 17 February 2007
- ^ NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
