William S. Warfield House Explained

William S. Warfield House
Location:1624 Maine St., Quincy, Illinois
Coordinates:39.9314°N -91.3897°W
Architect:Silsbee, Joseph Lyman
Architecture:Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque
Added:March 21, 1979
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:79000814

The William S. Warfield House is a historic house located at 1624 Maine Street in Quincy, Illinois. The house was built in 1886 for William S. Warfield, who founded the Warfield Grocery Co.; Warfield was one of many prominent Quincy residents to build a large house on Maine Street. Architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee designed the house in a blend of the Richardsonian Romanesque and Queen Anne styles; his design popularized Romanesque architecture, and the blend with Queen Anne in particular, in Quincy. The house features a stone exterior with terra cotta decorations, a massive plan, and a large western porch as well as several smaller porches throughout.[1]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karlowicz. Titus M.. National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: William S. Warfield Residence. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306140447/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/200097.pdf. dead. 2016-03-06. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. July 30, 2015. October 1978.