Levi Willits House | |
Location: | 202 Main St., New Boston, Illinois |
Coordinates: | 41.1686°N -90.9997°W |
Builder: | Willits, Levi |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | April 20, 1995 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 95000488 |
The Levi Willits House is a historic house located at 202 Main Street in New Boston, Illinois. Levi Willits, a prominent local businessman who ran the city's general store, built the house in 1856. The house has a Greek Revival design, a popular style when it was built. The house's design includes six-over-six windows with flat sills and lintels and a low hip roof, both typical Greek Revival features. The south and northwest corner entrances both feature porches; these porches, along with a since-removed porch on the east side, originally had classical columns and balustrades but were later remodeled.[1]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1995. The New Boston Historical Society operates a local history museum in the house.