Charles E. Swannell House

The Charles E. Swannell House is a Prairie School house in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. Designed by Tallmadge & Watson in the Prairie School style, it originally belonged to a local merchant.

Charles E. Swannell House
Location901 S. Chicago, Kankakee, Illinois
Coordinates41°6′36″N 87°51′38″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1911 (1911)
ArchitectTallmadge & Watson
Architectural stylePrairie School
Part ofRiverview Historic District (Kankakee, Illinois) (ID86001488)
NRHP reference No.82002551[1]
Added to NRHPJune 3, 1982

History

Charles Edward Swannell was born in Momence, Illinois in 1856. He attended Lake Forest Academy and the Jacksonville Business College. His father Frederick founded a dry goods store, which Charles joined in 1871; five years later, he was named a partner. His brother Arthur joined the firm in 1882, when he purchased his father's interest in the store.[2] The company, C. E. & A. Swannell, owned and operated the Swannell Building at the corner of Court Street and Shuyler Avenue in Kankakee. The building had a dry goods store, public market, blacksmith, and offices.[3]

The house was designed by Prairie School architectural firm Tallmadge & Watson. It is the only building by the architects in Kankakee. The firm designed the house in 1911; three years later it was featured in a publication entitled Fireproof Houses of NATCO Hollow Tile.[4] On June 3, 1982, the house was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. On August 22, 1986, it was also listed as a contributing property to the Riverview Historic District.[1]

Architecture

The Charles E. Swannell House is on a 100-by-135-foot (30 m × 41 m) lot on the Kankakee River in Kankakee. The main facade faces east toward South Chicago Avenue. Built on a concrete foundation, the two-story house has an attic and a massive hipped roof. A dormer window from the attic faces west. The roof has cedar shingles with metal ridges. Like many Tallmadge & Watson houses, the exterior walls are gently sloped inward as they rise. The walls are built with 10-inch (250 mm) NATCO hollow clay tiles covered in cream-colored stucco. These walls are decorated with brick for the water table and a stringcourse under the rood. The house is divided into three bays; the northern bay of the main facade features a rectangular open porch.[4]

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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Portrait and Biographical Record of Kankakee County, Illinois. Chicago: Lake City Publishing Company. 1893. p. 368.
  3. Stevens, Norman S. (2004). Kankakee: 1853-1910. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-0738533384.
  4. http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/201312.pdf

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