John Carney House

Historic house in Illinois, United States

United States historic place


John Carney House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


38°43′45″N 89°52′40″W / 38.72917°N 89.87778°W / 38.72917; -89.87778
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1871 (1871)
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	83000327^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 28, 1983

The John Carney House is a historic house located at 306 E. Market St. in Troy, Illinois. The house was built in 1871 for John Carney, a local businessman, and his wife Elizabeth, who came from the locally prominent Koerner family. The Italianate house is one of the few designed in the style in Troy. The two-story house features a recessed three-story tower at the entrance. The porches at the front and rear entrances have Victorian designs with post arches and brackets. The house's design includes tall round-headed windows and scrolled brackets along the cornice.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1983.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Peverly, David & Patricia A. (April 1, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Carney, John, House" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.