Caroline Mark Home

The Caroline Mark Home is a historic retirement home located at 222 East Lincoln Street in Mount Carroll, Illinois. The home was built in 1906 through an endowment made in Caroline Mark's estate. Mark, who died in 1900, and her husband James were longtime Mount Carroll residents; as James was president of the city's First National Bank, the two were quite wealthy. Mark bequeathed her estate to provide housing for the area's elderly women, who were often poor and had little to no social support. The home was built and operated using the funds from her estate and is still funded by the income provided by Mark's real estate holdings. The building has a Craftsman design with buttered masonry joints, corbelled brickwork, and reinforced concrete floors to provide long-term structural integrity.[2]

The Caroline Mark Home was shown on a real photo postcard mailed on August 26, 1910.
Caroline Mark Home
Caroline Mark Home is located in Illinois
Caroline Mark Home
Caroline Mark Home is located in the United States
Caroline Mark Home
Location222 E. Lincoln St., Mount Carroll, Illinois
Coordinates42°6′3″N 89°58′29″W
Area4.9 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1906 (1906)
ArchitectBrandt, Berkeley
Architectural styleAmerican Craftsman
NRHP reference No.83000303[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1983

The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 1983.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Robbe, Theodore R. (April 13, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Caroline Mark Home" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2015.


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