Frances Willard House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Frances Willard House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Frances Willard House
location= 1730 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 2
lat_seconds = 53.93
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds = 45.17
long_direction = W
locmapin = Illinois
area =
architect= Josiah Willard
architecture= Mid 19th Century Revival, Other
designated= June 23, 1965cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=208&ResourceType=Building
title=Frances Willard House |accessdate=2007-10-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000318

Frances Willard House was the home of Frances Willard and her family and was the longtime headquarters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

The house's south half was built in 1865 by Willard's father in Gothic Revival style, and enlarged in 1878. It was Willard's home from its construction until her death in 1898. Her will bequeathed the house to the Temperance Union, which in 1900 moved its headquarters from Chicago to the house. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000318.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Frances Willard House / "Rest Cottage"] |396 KB|date=November 29, 1975 |author=Blanche Higgins Schroer and S. Sydney Bradford |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000318.pdf Accompanying 4 photos, exterior, from c.1887 and 1975.] |1.18 MB]

References

External links

* [http://www.franceswillardhouse.org Frances Willard House]
* [http://www.wctu.org/house.html Woman's Christian Temperance Union - Frances Willard House]