Smith-Duncan House and Eastman Barn
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]
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 |
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Coordinates | 38°58′09″N 90°30′43″W |
Area | 0 acres (0 ha) |
Built | 1861 | , 1876
Architectural style | Central hall-double pile |
NRHP reference No. | 99001379[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 22, 1999 |
The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 1999.[1]
See also
- Duncan Farm (Grafton, Illinois), an archaeological site on the same farmstead
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- 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.