Charles Brainerd House

Charles Brainerd House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	420 E. Main St., Grafton, Illinois
Coordinates	38°58′19″N 90°25′45″W / 38.97194°N 90.42917°WCoordinates: 38°58′19″N 90°25′45″W / 38.97194°N 90.42917°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1885
Architect	Embley, William
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Grafton MPS
NRHP Reference #	98000065[1]
Added to NRHP	February 5, 1998

The Charles Brainerd House is a historic house located at 420 E. Main St. in Grafton, Illinois. The house was built in 1885 for Charles Brainerd, the superintendent of the Grafton Stone and Transportation Company. Architect William Embley designed the house in the Queen Anne style. The house has an asymmetrical plan which includes an angled front entrance and a multi-component roof with several gables and a pyramid above the entrance. Three of the gable ends feature coved cornices and decorative shingles and wood pieces. The front porch is supported by turned posts and features quarter round brackets and a spindlework cornice on its roof.^[2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 1998.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Novak, Alice E. (September 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Brainerd, Charles, House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2014.