George M. Brinkerhoff House

George M. Brinkerhoff House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1500 N. 5th St., Springfield, Illinois
Coordinates	39°49′16″N 89°38′54″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869 (1869)-70
Architect	Myers, Elijah E.
Architectural style	Italian Villa
NRHP reference No.	78001186[1]
Added to NRHP	December 18, 1978

The George M. Brinkerhoff House is a historic house located at 1500 North 5th Street in Springfield, Illinois. Businessman George M. Brinkerhoff commissioned the house in 1869; it was completed the following year. Architect Elijah E. Myers designed the Italian Villa style house. The 2+1⁄2-story brick house features a Gothic-inspired tower on its southwest corner; the tower was originally four stories tall but was shortened in 1960. The house's design includes angled porches, brick quoins on the corners, bracketed eaves, a dentillated cornice, and Myers' signature ornamental rope trim. After Brinkerhoff died in 1928, Springfield College bought the house to serve as its main building.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1978.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Russo, Edward J. (June 1, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: George M. Brinkerhoff House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved December 15, 2014.^{[dead link‍]}