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Washington C. Wear House

Coordinates: 40°54′55″N 89°45′53″W / 40.91528°N 89.76472°W / 40.91528; -89.76472
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Washington C. Wear House
Washington C. Wear House is located in Illinois
Washington C. Wear House
Washington C. Wear House is located in the United States
Washington C. Wear House
Location1 mi. S and 0.4 mi. W of jct. of IL 90 and IL 91, Princeville, Illinois
Coordinates40°54′55″N 89°45′53″W / 40.91528°N 89.76472°W / 40.91528; -89.76472
Arealess than one acre
Built1870 (1870)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.93000838[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 19, 1993

The Washington C. Wear House is a historic house located south of Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois. Washington C. Wear, a farmer from Ohio, had the house built in 1870. The house has an Italianate design which a local architectural survey regarded as one of the best examples of the style in rural Peoria County. The two-story projecting front entrance includes a porch with square posts, an arched doorway and paired second-story windows, and a gabled pediment at the top. The house's windows are tall and narrow with bracketed hoods. The hip roof atop the house features wide eaves and paired brackets along the cornice.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 19, 1993.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Powell, Starla L. (April 15, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wear, Washington C., House" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2016.[dead link]