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This is a copy of the 1894 town agreement:
"We the members of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Fairview agree to have this day contracted with M. T. Robison of Ellisville to build a building to cover the tower and tank of the Public Mill, said building to be octagon in shape constructed of No. 1 Barn siding striped with O. G. batts, with one door complete with hinges and lock, the whole covered with an octagon shingle roof with red cedar shingles, said roof to be finished with an ornamental spire & with a man hole with hinges and lock. Also to put a float in tank and gauge upon the same. Dated at Fairview, Ill this 19th day of March, A.D. 1894."
September 25, 1909
"In behalf of the Ladies, who have so generously and so nobly taken upon themselves the task of improving and beautifying the Public Square within said village at their own expense We the undersigned Citizens and Taxpayers whose names are hereunto subscribed (in order that the adornment and improvement of said public square may be more complete) hereby petition your Honorable body, to permit said organization of Ladies at their own expense to remove the building known as Town Hall from the center of said Square where now located to a place on said Square North of the present location, and from their fund they are to build a suitable walk to the new location of said building."
The porch was built on in 1986.
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About July, 1936 Joseph Hill |
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"Built in 1909 by architect I. D. Stine, at what is guessed to be 322 S. Union St. The house was owned by Volney and Elda Hinkle in 1909. If this is true, then the house was replaced by the Dove, Inc sometime later. Exact demolition date unknown. there is no evidence he ever resided in the house despite the article.
1909 newspaper describes the home. It was four 2-story octagons surrounding a main larger 3-story octagon which served as a cupola (or a sleeping room -- windows open on 7 sides.).Its exterior was Portland cement and pebbles with a high basement.
The floor was mosaic tiles and the interior wood all dark chestnut. All doorways into each octagonal section were double doors. The back octagon serving as the kitchen. One of the halls contained a telephone closet. Other rooms a butler pantry, bath room and refrigerator room. On the 2nd floor each octagon is a bedroom. Basement rooms served as offices.
According to the directories, Isaac D. Stine started his architectural business around 1901 at 442 N. Water. It looks like he was at the same location until sometime between 1912 and 1914. In 1914, he moved to 354 W. Main, and had an architectural drafting office at 428 Powers.
By 1915, though, he was no longer an architect. He managed a store called Stine Screw Holes Co. at 115 W. North, and lived at 153 W. North. He is gone from the directories by 1919."
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The photograph, above, top row, left, is circa 1880. The sketch, top row, above, right, was done in 1997.
Now, as far as the original owners of the house, known as "Woodfarm," they were Elisha (1809-1888) and "Anne" (as she was commonly known, 1814-1895) Wood who built the home in 1854. They had arrived at Plainfield between 1843 and 1848 from New York state (Martinsburgh) based on the birth locations of their children. Elisha Erwin Wood, one of their sons, was a state legislator, editor of the Chicago Evening Journal, and influential officer of the Outer Belt Industrial railroad (Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad). "Erwin" Wood and his wife, Therese Frisbie, lived in the house after the death of his parents. The Wood family is buried at Plainfield Township Cemetery.
The picture that you have on the website is the same one that ran in the newspaper article; yours is a better copy. The picture is dated 1890 by the newspaper; however, Elisha James Madison Wood is the man seated (left) with his wife, Hester Ann (Hills) Wood (right). The date from the newspaper article is wrong because Elisha J. M. Wood died in 1888 (a transcription of the cemetery gravestone incorrectly states 1883). Hester Ann Wood died in March 1895. E. J. Wood was between 76 and 79 years old in the image; Anne was between 71 and 74 years old. So, based on the people in the image, the picture dates to 1885-1888, most likely. Mr. Wood was an early merchant in Plainfield and, upon moving to “Woodfarm,” also farmed between 1860 and 1880.
Apparently, the verandah only eclipsed three sides of the house: east, southeast, and south walls of the original home. The front door faced the south and opened into a vestibule and stairhall. The bay window likely was an addition, dating to the 1870s era by the original owners. I believe that as the original owners became more elderly, the west wing was added for a bedroom. The interior of the house was remodeled around 1915 by Erwin E. Wood; the remodeling included the installation of bookshelves in one room to create an appropriate Study / Library for Erwin E. Wood. A local trend, beginning about 1913-14 in the Plainfield area was the replacement of the original wooden porch posts with boxy stucco piers. This occurred at a few prominent houses in Plainfield at the time in an effort to "modernize" the Victorian-era architecture; "fussy architectural eave details" were removed at the same time. We believe that this architectural revolution and assault on local Victorian-era architecture was the result of the designs of Plainfield architect Herbert Cowell whose boxy stucco piers appeared on several buildings around that time.
The "Woodfarm" house was purchased by "Mickey" and Ray Lantz from Trelton Wood, the son of Erwin and Therese Wood, around 1945 or so. The Lantz family enlarged the former bedroom (?) wing and added a two-car, attached garage as well as a mud room and breezeway or family room. The Lantz family made other interior changes as part of their remodeling effort. They also moved one of the stone piers that graced the original carriage drive entrance to accommodate vehicles; the piers disappeared following the 1990 tornado.
My source for this information is the Joliet Herald-News (April 2, 1983, Section 1, Page 6 as written by Gladdies Meyerhoff, staff writer). As with most newspaper accounts, some/much of the information is inaccurate when compared to public records tempered with an understanding of period architecture.
I am providing an image taken by Norm Mueller about 1988 that shows the ca. 1915 triple windows at the southeast face of the verandah. The view is looking at the easterly facade towards the northwest. Norm is deceased but was a real help to me as I started documenting Plainfield history as a teenager. The triple window was also a Cowell feature as was the Craftsman-style chimney which was a rough-laid combination of brick and some stone.
The newspaper claimed the fireplace surround is original, but I think it is a late classical revival surround, dating to the 1915 era.
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