George M. Brinkerhoff House

Historic house in Illinois, United States

United States historic place


George M. Brinkerhoff House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°49′16″N 89°38′54″W / 39.82111°N 89.64833°W / 39.82111; -89.64833
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869 (1869)-70
Architect	Myers, Elijah E.
Architectural style	Italian Villa
NRHP reference No.	78001186^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 18, 1978

The George M. Brinkerhoff House is a historic house located at 1500 North 5th Street in Springfield, Illinois. Businessman George M. Brinkerhoff commissioned the house in 1869; it was completed the following year. Architect Elijah E. Myers designed the Italian Villa style house. The 2+1⁄2-story brick house features a Gothic-inspired tower on its southwest corner; the tower was originally four stories tall but was shortened in 1960. The house's design includes angled porches, brick quoins on the corners, bracketed eaves, a dentillated cornice, and Myers' signature ornamental rope trim. After Brinkerhoff died in 1928, Springfield College bought the house to serve as its main building.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1978.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Russo, Edward J. (June 1, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: George M. Brinkerhoff House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved December 15, 2014.^{[dead link]}