House Tour in Illinois

The William Howard Thompson House was built in 1868 and renovated in 1901 in the Beaux Arts style by the Chicago architecture firm Watson & Hazelton. Located in Jacksonville, Illinois, the stately, six-bedroom house is a landmark of that city's historic district.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/white-beauxarts-htours0506-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/kitchen-dining-nook-htours0506-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 501px; height: 640px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">Beneath a crystal chandelier, a small table off the kitchen provides an intimate dining nook.<br /><br /></span><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/bookcase-painting-sofa-htours0506-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 501px; height: 640px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">The straight lines of the bookcase offset the curves of the carved and gilded sofa. A painting hangs somewhat eccentrically above.The sofa is upholstered in linen, similar to the linen-bound volumes on the shelves. Silk pillows.</span><br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/dining-room-oakfloor-htours0506-de.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 501px; height: 392px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">Tasseled, buttoned "ball-gown slipcovers" dress up gilded dining chairs. Their opulence is underscored by the bare oak floor, outlined in walnut parquet. The Drexel claw-foot table was dark brown until owner Annie </span>Brahler <span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">coated it with Sherwin-Williams "Pulmonaria" semigloss paint, deliberately avoiding a precise match with the slipcovers. </span><br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/living-sitting-room-htours0506-de.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 501px; height: 392px;" /><br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/childrens-bedroom-bedstead-htours0506-de.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 500px; height: 391px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">Eight-year-old daughter Isabel's bedroom has a bedstead that belonged to Princess Lillian of Belgium.</span><br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/slippertub-bedroom-mirror-htours0506-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 503px; height: 642px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">A slipper tub in the master bedroom.<br /><br /></span><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">All images and information from <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/">here</a>.<br /></span>

House Tour in Illinois

The William Howard Thompson House was built in 1868 and renovated in 1901 in the Beaux Arts style by the Chicago architecture firm Watson ...

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