George and Elsie Mattis House

Historic house in Illinois, United States

United States historic place


George and Elsie Mattis House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


40°7′3″N 88°15′30″W / 40.11750°N 88.25833°W / 40.11750; -88.25833
Built	1926 (1926)
Architect	George Ramey
Architectural style	Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.	10000993^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 7, 2010

The George and Elsie Mattis House is a historic house located at 900 West Park Avenue in Champaign. The house was built in 1926; while it was constructed around the frame of a Queen Anne house from 1893, its redesign was so extensive that the 1926 house is effectively a new building. Locally prominent architect George Ramey designed the house in the Georgian Revival style; the English Brothers, a firm known for its commercial and public works throughout the state, built the house. The two-story brick house features quoins at the corners and a limestone belt course between the two floors. The front entrance is flanked by pilasters and topped by a full entablature with an architrave, frieze, and egg-and-dart cornice. Pedimented dormers project from the slate hip roof on all four sides.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 2010.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/06/10 Through 12/10/10". National Park Service. December 17, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
^ Kummer, Karen Lang (April 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mattis, George and Elsie, House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-22. Retrieved July 12, 2015.