James Millikin House

Historic house in Illinois, United States

United States historic place


James Millikin House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°50′31″N 88°58′1″W / 39.84194°N 88.96694°W / 39.84194; -88.96694
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1876 (1876)
Architectural style	Second Empire, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	74000765^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 3, 1974

The James Millikin House is a historic house located at 125 N. Pine St. in Decatur, Illinois. The house was built in 1876 for James Millikin, a wealthy Decatur businessman who later founded Millikin University. The house has a towered Italianate design which has been called the "most imposing Victorian remnant" in Decatur. A mansard roof on the tallest tower provides a Second Empire influence to the design. The house's interior decorations include colored marble fireplaces, art glass windows, and a fresco above the main staircase.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1974.^[1] Millikin University currently owns the house, which is open to the public as a museum.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Kapp, Lucien C. (May 1, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: James Millikan Home" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
^ "Welcome to the James Millikan Homestead". James Millkin Homestead, Inc. Retrieved June 14, 2014.