311 W Elm St., The William Park Residence
Project Overview
Architect: Unknown Year Built: 1856 Architectural Style: Colonial Revival
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Architectural Description |
| Built in 1856, 311 W. Elm is a simple, two-story, Colonial Revival house known as the William Park Residence. The house’s form is referred to as the “Classic Box” because of its simple square, symmetrical shape. The house is constructed of brick which is painted white. The Park house has a wide overhanging Classical cornice. Exposed square post rafters and a Doric entablature make up the cornice. One main feature of the house is the one-story exterior porch that runs along the entire front façade. The porch, along with the main house, has a low-pitched hip roof. A simple, Classical entablature, or decorative banding, is found below the roof line of the porch similar to the cornice of the house. Round Classical columns of the Doric order support the porch entablature. Along with the one-story exterior porch, there is a one-story screened-in porch on the east side of the house. The main façade consists of two rows of three windows but one window on the first story is replaced with the entrance. The main entrance of the house is not placed in the center of the main façade but instead is off to the side. The front door is surrounded by simple, rectangular side lights and a transom. The windows of the house are similarly tall, thin, double-hung windows. The windows are topped with flat, decorative hoods. The Classical elements make up the elegant form of this Colonial Revival house. | |
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Historical Description |
| William Park, an key figured in the early industrial development of Urbana, bought this land in 1856 and lived there through the 1880's. Park built and owned the first local steam saw and grist mill in 1850. His other holdings included the local woolen mills and the Urbana Street Railway. | |
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