Of Green Garden Township Will County, Illinois Rural Historic Structural Survey of Green Garden Township Will County, Illinois
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Rural Historic Structural Survey of Green Garden Township Will County, Illinois Rural Historic Structural Survey of Green Garden Township Will County, Illinois July 2004 for the Will County Land Use Department and the Will County Historic Preservation Commission Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. 330 Pfingsten Road Northbrook, Illinois 60062 (847) 272-7400 Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Rural Historic Structural Survey of Green Garden Township Will County, Illinois TABLE OF CONTENTS Inside cover photographs: Views of Green Garden Township, clockwise from upper left: entrance door at the Sanders– Hedges–Kestel Farmstead, Section 5; detail of the Bettenhausen Farmstead, Section 8; barn at the Andrews –Piggush Farmstead, Section 32; Green Garden Township Hall, Section 21; and historic concrete bridge over Forked Creek on Pauling Road, west of 104th Avenue. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FEDERAL ASSISTANCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CHAPTER I: CONTEXT HISTORY OF THE RURAL SURVEY REGION Geologic and Topographic Background to the Illinois Region .............................................................I – 1 First Nations in the Illinois Region ............................................................................................................I – 1 The Arrival of European Settlers................................................................................................................I – 3 French Explorers and Settlers in the Illinois Territory ....................................................................................I – 3 Illinois in the English Colonial Period and Revolutionary War ......................................................................I – 5 Land Division and Distribution in the New Nation.........................................................................................I – 6 Development of the Northwestern Territory ...................................................................................................I – 7 Illinois Statehood.............................................................................................................................................I – 8 Settlement and Development of Will County................................................................................................I – 10 Early Farming in Will County.......................................................................................................................I – 12 Development of the Illinois and Michigan Canal..........................................................................................I – 14 Early Roads in Will County ..........................................................................................................................I – 17 Agricultural Development of the State and County.......................................................................................I – 18 Twentieth Century Developments.................................................................................................................I – 21 Suburban Development in the Post-World War II Era ..................................................................................I – 27 American Rural Architecture ...................................................................................................................I – 29 Farmstead Planning ......................................................................................................................................I – 29 Development of Ballon Framing............................................................................................................I – 33 Masonry Construction ............................................................................................................................I – 37 Local Limestone............................................................................................................................................I – 37 Joliet Limestone ..............................................................................................................................I – 38 Reinforced Concrete...............................................................................................................................I – 40 Concrete Block.......................................................................................................................................I – 42 Classification of Farmhouse Types..........................................................................................................I – 46 Architectural Style..................................................................................................................................I – 46 Greek Revival..................................................................................................................................I – 46 Italianate .........................................................................................................................................I – 47 Gothic Revival.................................................................................................................................I – 48 Second Empire ................................................................................................................................I – 48 Queen Anne.....................................................................................................................................I – 48 Colonial and Georgian Revival.......................................................................................................I – 48 Craftsman or Arts and Crafts Style .................................................................................................I – 49 Prairie Style ....................................................................................................................................I – 49 Tudor Revival..................................................................................................................................I – 50 Ranch ..............................................................................................................................................I – 50 House Types...........................................................................................................................................I – 51 Log House .......................................................................................................................................I – 52 I House ............................................................................................................................................I – 53 Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Hall and Parlor...............................................................................................................................I – 53 New England One and a Half .........................................................................................................I – 53 Upright and Wing............................................................................................................................I – 54 Gable Front and Wings...................................................................................................................I – 55 Gabled Ell .......................................................................................................................................I – 56 Side Hallway ...................................................................................................................................I – 56 Four-over-Four...............................................................................................................................I – 57 Gable Front.....................................................................................................................................I – 57 American Foursquare .....................................................................................................................I – 58 Cape Cod.........................................................................................................................................I – 59 Bungalow ........................................................................................................................................I – 59 Schoolhouses...................................................................................................................................I – 60 Development of the Barn...........................................................................................................................I – 61 Barn Types .............................................................................................................................................I – 66 English Barn or Three-bay Threshing Barn....................................................................................I – 66 German Barn...................................................................................................................................I – 67 Raised, Bank, and Basement Barns.................................................................................................I – 68 Round Barns....................................................................................................................................I – 68 Wisconsin Dairy Barn.....................................................................................................................I – 68 Plank Frame Barn...........................................................................................................................I