Slaten-LaMarsh House

The Slaten-LaMarsh House is a historic house located at 25 E. Main St. in Grafton, Illinois. The house was built circa 1840 for D.C. Slaten, the first mayor of Grafton. The house has a side hall plan, a design featuring a hall on one side and rooms connected by the hall on the other. It is a rare 1+1⁄2-story side-hall plan house, as other houses using the plan in Grafton are all two stories. Locally quarried limestone was used to build the house; at the time of its construction, Grafton limestone was only used to build structures within the city, though it later became a widespread building material in the region. The limestone blocks on the front facade are visibly more ashlar than those on the sides, a masonry choice which gives the front corners a quoin-like appearance.[2]

Slaten-LaMarsh House
Slaten-LaMarsh House is located in Illinois
Slaten-LaMarsh House
Slaten-LaMarsh House is located in the United States
Slaten-LaMarsh House
Location25 E. Main St., Grafton, Illinois
Coordinates38°58′10″N 90°26′3″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1840 (1840)
Architectural styleSide hall plan
MPSGrafton MPS
NRHP reference No.94000018[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1994

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1994.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kummer, Karen L.; Alice Edwards. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Slaten-LaMarsh House" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.


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