Greenwood Cottage

Greenwood Cottage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	543 E. Peru St., Princeton, Illinois
Coordinates	41°22′20″N 89°27′22″W / 41.37222°N 89.45611°WCoordinates: 41°22′20″N 89°27′22″W / 41.37222°N 89.45611°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1852
Architect	Martin, Abel
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference #	83000301[1]
Added to NRHP	May 9, 1983

Greenwood Cottage is a historic house located at 543 East Peru Street in Princeton, Illinois. The house was built in 1852 for Princeton lawyer Joseph Innskeep Taylor. Architect Abel Martin built the Gothic Revival home to the specifications of a design in Andrew Jackson Downing's Architecture of Country Houses. The clapboard house features a front porch with gingerbread bargeboard, a balustrade along the porch roof, and lancet windows on the second floor. Taylor planned the house's landscape, which features both native and exotic trees arranged in a natural setting. The grounds of the house also include an English garden with a Gothic arched entrance.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1983.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Schimmer, James R. (January 19, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Greenwood Cottage" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved June 11, 2016.