Shriver House


Shriver House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	117 E. 3rd. St., Flora, Illinois
Coordinates	38°40′15″N 88°29′10″W / 38.67083°N 88.48611°W / 38.67083; -88.48611Coordinates: 38°40′15″N 88°29′10″W / 38.67083°N 88.48611°W / 38.67083; -88.48611
Area	less than one acre
Built	1893 (1893)
Architect	Gaddis, J. W.
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	83000306^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 9, 1983

The Shriver House is a historic house located at 117 E. 3rd St. in Flora, Illinois. Built in 1893, the Queen Anne house was designed by architect John W. Gaddis. The house's exterior design features multiple gables on the front facade, original windows with hinged wooden shutters, and a carved wooden front door with etched glass panels. The interior of the house includes a carved wooden staircase with spindle turned posts and three fireplaces with decoratively tiled hearths and carved wooden mantels. The house was used for student housing at Orchard City College, a defunct institution which was the only college to ever operate in Flora.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1983.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Thompson, Olive R. (January 14, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Shriver House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

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