Hosea Willard House
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| Hosea W. Willard 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: | 1867[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | May 2, 1978[2] As part of the Sycamore Historic District. |
| Reference #: | 78003104 |
| Governing body: | Private Ownership |
The Hosea W. Willard House is a home located in the city of Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S.A. The house is one of the contributing properties to the Sycamore Historic District. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The house, in the 400 block of Somonauk Street is one of numerous 19th century houses in the historic district.
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[edit] House
[edit] History
The house was built by Sycamore mason Hosea Willard in 1867.
[edit] Architecture
The Willard House is one of the Sycamore Historic District houses to feature the distinctive Jerkin roof, basically a combination of the simple gable roof and the hipped roof. Both the main gables and the smaller gables over the second floor windows contain this roof element. On the home's south facade a prominent oriel is set into the first floor.
[edit] Hosea Willard
Willard was a prominent Sycamore mason and builder. He was responsible for the construction of several of the historic district's other notable buildings, including the St. Peter's Episcopal Church as well as the Old Congregational Church (now Sycamore Baptist Church).[1] Willard arrived in Sycamore in 1843, a time when the city had just 18 homes.[1]
[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.
