National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form For Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision Historic District Mattoon, Illinois Prepared by Stephen A. Thompson and Carolyn Cloyd Coles County Historic Preservation Advisory Council April 2018 i Executive Summary The following document is the master National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination form, which was submitted in a draft version to the Illinois State Historic Preservation Officer on 29 June 2017 for the Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision Historic District (the District) located in the southeast quadrant of the city of Mattoon, Illinois. This NRHP document addresses the District’s historic significance regarding residential development and architectural resources within the broader historic contexts of the city of Mattoon. The research of the associated contexts and the preparation of the NRHP nomination form was undertaken by Coles County Historic Preservation Advisory Council members Stephen A. Thompson and Carolyn Cloyd, with the assistance of numerous past and contemporary District residents and other interested parties. The Coles County Historic Preservation Advisory Council is an historic preservation advisory body under the Coles County Regional Planning & Development Commission, which reports to the Coles County Board. After thorough research and evaluation it has been determined that the Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision Historic District is eligible for listing on the NRHP in that it: 1. Is locally significant under NRHP Criterion A, “…events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.” 2. Is locally significant under NRHP Criterion C, architectural resources which, “… embody distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction…,” for its association with U.S. residential architectural styles spanning the Late Victorian to Modern Movement Periods. 3. Retains a high percentage of its original, physical integrity. The draft version of this document was presented to and approved by the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council in Springfield, Illinois on 27 October 2017. Subsequently, the nomination was approved by Illinois State Historic Preservation Officer and forwarded to the National Park Service’s Keeper of the National Register in Washington, D.C. The final draft version of this document was approved by the Keeper and the District was entered in the National Register of Historic Places on 26 December 2017. The views/assessments conveyed within this document are the subjective opinions of primary preparers Stephen A. Thompson and Carolyn Cloyd. Any errors and omissions are the responsibility of the same. Stephen A. Thompson 01 April 2018 i NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets if needed (NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property historic name Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision Historic District other names/site number Lafayette Heights Name of Multiple Property Listing N/A (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing) 2. Location th street & number Roughly bound by Logan St., Charleston Ave., 6 St., Lafayette not for publication Ave. and Elm Ridge Subdivision city Mattoon vicinity 61938 state Illinois county Coles zip code 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: national statewide X local Applicable National Register Criteria: X A B X C D Signature of certifying official/Title: Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Date Illinois Historic Preservation Agency State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official Date Title State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision Historic District Coles, Illinois Name of Property County and State 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) (Check only one box.) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing X private building(s) 157 63 buildings X public - Local X district 2 site public - State site 1 structure public - Federal structure object object 160 63 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register None 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) (Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC/single dwelling DOMESTIC/single dwelling DOMESTIC/multiple dwelling DOMESTIC/multiple dwelling DOMESTIC/secondary structure DOMESTIC/secondary structure LANDSCAPE/park LANDSCAPE/park TRANSPORTATION/road-related TRANSPORTATION/road-related 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision Historic District Coles, Illinois Name of Property County and State 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions.) (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE VICTORIAN/Second Empire foundations: BRICK and CONCRETE LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS/Colonial Revival walls: BRICK, STUCCO, STONE, LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS/Tudor Revival SYNTHETICS and WOOD LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS/Italian Renaissance roofs: ASPHALT and TERRA COTTA LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS/Craftsman other: MODERN MOVEMENT/Minimal Traditional Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, and style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity). Summary Paragraph The Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision Historic District is the city of Mattoon’s most architecturally diverse late 19th and early to mid-20th century residential neighborhood. Located on the southeast periphery of the original 19th century city plat, the district exhibits the characteristics of rural and suburban neighborhood types which are the by-product of informal and planned development initiatives undertaken by local landowners and speculators during the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries. The district’s architectural variants encompass in excess of a dozen styles and sub-types ranging within the Late Victorian, Late 19th/20th Century Revivals, Late 19th/Early 20th Century American Movement and Modern Movement style categories. A majority (92%) of the 144 primary buildings located within the boundaries of the district retain a high degree of their historic integrity and, in conjunction with associated detached buildings and infrastructure features, effortlessly conveys the sense of an early to mid-20th century Midwestern residential enclave. The district includes a total of 157 contributing buildings, 63 non-contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites (Lumpkin Park and Elm Ridge Park), and 1 contributing structure, Wabash Avenue (a brick street). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description The city of Mattoon is located in the east-central Illinois county of Coles approximately fifty miles west of Indiana’s western boundary and fifty miles south of Champaign-Urbana in Champaign County. The original town located in Mattoon Township was platted in the early 1850s in speculation of the domestic and industrial growth expected from the anticipated crossing of the Terre Haute & Alton and Illinois Central rail lines in eastern Mattoon Township. Located within the fertile prairie drained by the Embarras and Kaskaskia Rivers’ watersheds, the community