Cambre House and Farm

Cambre House and Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Distant view of the farm
Nearest city	Niota, Illinois
Coordinates	40°35′38″N 91°20′35″W / 40.59389°N 91.34306°WCoordinates: 40°35′38″N 91°20′35″W / 40.59389°N 91.34306°W
Area	7.1 acres (2.9 ha)
Built	1867
Built by	Cambre, Adolphe
Architectural style	Anglicized Creole/Icarian
NRHP Reference #	84000308[1]
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1984

Cambre House and Farm is a historic farmstead located southwest of Niota, Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The farmhouse was built in 1867 by Adolphe Cambre, a French immigrant and member of Nauvoo's short-lived Icarian community. A carpenter by trade, Cambre designed several of the community's buildings while the Icarians occupied Nauvoo in the 1850s. While many of the Icarians resettled in Corning, Iowa after their Nauvoo colony failed, Cambre remained in Hancock County, eventually building the Creole-inspired house for his family. The house is similar in design to the Icarians' other buildings and is the only surviving Icarian-designed building in Hancock County.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1984.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Coney, Wm. B.; Posadas, Barbara M. (July 13, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Cambre House and Farm" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved August 29, 2015.