Paris Mason Building

Paris Mason Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	100 N. Springfield St., Grafton, Illinois
Coordinates	38°58′17″N 90°27′01″W / 38.97139°N 90.45028°WCoordinates: 38°58′17″N 90°27′01″W / 38.97139°N 90.45028°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1840
Architectural style	Hall and parlor style
MPS	Grafton MPS
NRHP Reference #	94000017[1]
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1994

The Paris Mason Building is a historic house located at 100 N. Springfield St. in Grafton, Illinois. The house was built circa 1840 for Paris Mason, the brother of Grafton's founder James Mason, and was at the time a riverfront building which Mason used as a house and warehouse. The four-room hall and parlor house was built with rock-faced limestone; its only decorations are the limestone lintels and sills on the windows. The building is an early example of local limestone construction in Grafton, as it predates the regional boom in limestone quarrying and construction in the 1850s.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 6, 1994.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Kummer, Karen L.; Edwards, Alice (November 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mason, Paris, Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 13, 2014.