Elsworth Snowden House

Elsworth Snowden House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The site of the house
Location	504 W. 3rd St., Vermont, Illinois
Coordinates	40°17′44″N 90°26′0″W / 40.29556°N 90.43333°WCoordinates: 40°17′44″N 90°26′0″W / 40.29556°N 90.43333°W
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1908
Built by	Rankin, Fred
Architectural style	Cross Plan, Queen Anne
MPS	Vermont, Illinois MPS
NRHP Reference #	96001283[1]
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1996

The Elsworth Snowden House was a historic house located at 504 West 3rd Street in Vermont, Illinois. The house was built in 1908 for farmers Elsworth and Susan Snowden. Contractor Fred Rankin built the house, which has a vernacular Cross Plan. The Cross Plan is typified by a cross-shaped floor plan with a complex roof form; this was exhibited in the house's cross-gabled main roof with a hipped roof over the front entrance and a shed roof over the porch. The house also features decorative elements such as its egg-and-dart molding and glass panels above the entrance and Queen Anne-inspired fish scale shingles.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1996.^[1] It is no longer standing at its listed address.

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Newton, David; Current, Marian; McCurdy, Helen (May 12, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Snowden, Elsworth, House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved December 24, 2015.