Pearl and Bess Meyer House

Pearl and Bess Meyer House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	233 E. 2nd St., Flora, Illinois
Coordinates	38°40′14″N 88°29′2″W / 38.67056°N 88.48389°WCoordinates: 38°40′14″N 88°29′2″W / 38.67056°N 88.48389°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912
Built by	Nichols, Frank S.
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	01000084[1]
Added to NRHP	February 9, 2001

The Pearl and Bess Meyer House is a historic house located at 233 E. 2nd St. in Flora, Illinois. The house was built in 1912 for Pearl Meyer, who owned a local dry goods store, and his wife Bess. Frank S. Nichols, the former mayor of Flora and contractor for the city's Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, built the house in the Queen Anne style. The house's main entrance is within a wraparound front porch supported by wooden columns; the oak front doors include beveled glass panels and decorative moldings. The roof of the house features a large gable with half-timbered woodwork; a smaller half-timbered gable is located above the front entrance. The interior decorations of the house include carved oak woodwork throughout, a tiled fireplace in the living room, and stained glass windows in the library.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 2001.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Harris, Thomas Joe; Anita Westall Harris (July 30, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Meyer, Pearl and Bess, House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 6, 2014.