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Gildersleeve House

Coordinates: 40°36′21″N 88°59′14″W / 40.60583°N 88.98722°W / 40.60583; -88.98722
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Gildersleeve House
Gildersleeve House is located in Illinois
Gildersleeve House
Gildersleeve House is located in the United States
Gildersleeve House
Location108 Broadway, Hudson, Illinois
Coordinates40°36′21″N 88°59′14″W / 40.60583°N 88.98722°W / 40.60583; -88.98722
Arealess than one acre
Built1836
Architectural styleGreek Revival[1]
NRHP reference No.77001517[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 1977
Removed from NRHPJanuary 6, 2020

The Gildersleeve House was a house located at 108 Broadway in Hudson, Illinois. Settler James T. Gildersleeve built the Greek Revival house for his family in 1836. Gildersleeve founded the village of Hudson and named it after the area of New York where he formerly lived. The house was the village's first frame house and was its finest home in its early years; as a result, it hosted local events and was the village's first post office. Gildersleeve planted five oak trees outside the house; the trees grew together at their base, giving the house the name "Five Oaks".[2] The house was demolished in 2000.[3]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1977, and was delisted in 2020.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Johansen, Ralph (August 1, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Gildersleeve House" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places in Illinois" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2014.