Joseph Schertz House

	Joseph Schertz House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Location within Illinois Location within the United States
Nearest city	Metamora, Illinois
Coordinates	40°46′43″N 89°24′35″W / 40.77861°N 89.40972°W
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1862
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	95000491
Added to NRHP	April 20, 1995

The Joseph Schertz House is a historic house located on Illinois Route 116 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Metamora, Illinois. Built in 1862 for area pioneer Joseph Schertz, the house is an example of a Greek Revival styled I-house. The two-story house is composed of a central hall and stairway with a room on either side on each floor, the typical I-house floor plan, and is topped by a side gabled roof. Key Greek Revival elements of the house include its six-over-six windows with stone sills and lintels and its frieze board and cornice below the roof.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1995.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ Kenyon, Leslie H.; Ulrich, Amelia (December 29, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Schertz, Joseph, House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2015.

[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Kenyon, Leslie H.; Ulrich, Amelia (December 29, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Schertz, Joseph, House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2015.

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