Levi Willits House

Historic house in Illinois, United States

United States historic place


Levi Willits House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


41°10′7″N 90°59′59″W / 41.16861°N 90.99972°W / 41.16861; -90.99972
Area	less than one acre
Built	1856 (1856)
Built by	Willits, Levi
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	95000488^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 20, 1995

The Levi Willits House is a historic house located at 202 Main Street in New Boston, Illinois. Levi Willits, a prominent local businessman who ran the city's general store, built the house in 1856. The house has a Greek Revival design, a popular style when it was built. The house's design includes six-over-six windows with flat sills and lintels and a low hip roof, both typical Greek Revival features. The south and northwest corner entrances both feature porches; these porches, along with a since-removed porch on the east side, originally had classical columns and balustrades but were later remodeled.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1995.^[1] The New Boston Historical Society operates a local history museum in the house.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Newton, David (February 1, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Willits, Levi, House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.