Gildersleeve House

Gildersleeve House
Location 108 Broadway, Hudson, Illinois
Coordinates 40°36′21″N 88°59′14″W / 40.60583°N 88.98722°W / 40.60583; -88.98722Coordinates: 40°36′21″N 88°59′14″W / 40.60583°N 88.98722°W / 40.60583; -88.98722
Area less than one acre
Built 1836
Architectural style Greek Revival[1]
NRHP Reference # 77001517[1]
Added to NRHP July 28, 1977

The Gildersleeve House was a house located at 108 Broadway in Hudson, Illinois. Settler James T. Gildersleeve built the Greek Revival house for his family in 1836. Gildersleeve founded the village of Hudson and named it after the area of New York where he formerly lived. The house was the village's first frame house and was its finest home in its early years; as a result, it hosted local events and was the village's first post office. Gildersleeve planted five oak trees outside the house; the trees grew together at their base, giving the house the name "Five Oaks".[2] The house was demolished in 2000.[3]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1977; despite its demolition, it remains on the Register.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Johansen, Ralph (August 1, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Gildersleeve House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places in Illinois" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
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