Smith-Duncan House and Eastman Barn

Smith-Duncan House and Eastman Barn

The Eastman Barn
Location Illinois Route 100 at Pere Marquette State Park, 2,000 feet (610 m) west of Deer Lick Hollow
Coordinates 38°58′09″N 90°30′43″W / 38.96917°N 90.51194°W / 38.96917; -90.51194Coordinates: 38°58′09″N 90°30′43″W / 38.96917°N 90.51194°W / 38.96917; -90.51194
Area 0 acres (0 ha)
Built 1861 (1861), 1876
Architectural style Central hall-double pile
NRHP Reference # 99001379[1]
Added to NRHP November 22, 1999

The Smith-Duncan House and Eastman Barn are two historic buildings located on the Duncan Farmstead at Pere Marquette State Park in Jersey County, Illinois. The Smith-Duncan House is a two-story limestone house built circa 1861. The house has a double-pile plan, in which each story is two rooms deep, with a central hall. The Eastman Barn has three interior sections and is built on a raised limestone foundation; this arrangement allowed for threshing and storage to be done in the barn and provided a basement space for livestock. A gabled cupola on the barn's roof allows for air to vent from the structure. Both buildings, as well as two contributing retaining walls on the property, are well-preserved examples of local stonework; limestone was a common building material in the Grafton area during the mid-19th century.[2]

The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 1999.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Schroeder, Marge; Mansberger, Floyd; Stratton, Chris (June 30, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Smith-Duncan House and Eastman Barn" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 26, 2014.


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