Ruffin Drew Fletcher House

	Ruffin Drew Fletcher House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	609 E. Broadway St.,; Streator, Illinois
Coordinates	41°7′31.5″N 88°49′40.4″W / 41.125417°N 88.827889°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1890
Architectural style	Stick style
NRHP reference No.	91001000
Added to NRHP	August 5, 1991

The Ruffin Drew (R. D.) Fletcher House, also known as the George Allen Dicus, M.D., House, is a historic house in the city of Streator, Illinois. It was constructed in 1890 and is a good example of stick-style architecture. The house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

History

The Ruffin Drew Fletcher, or simply R. D. Fletcher, House was constructed in 1890. Ruffin Drew Fletcher took a job with the Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company in 1876 and moved to Streator, Illinois. The coal company constructed the house for Fletcher and he stayed in it until 1900 when he was transferred to another location and the house was sold to Dr. George Dicus.^[2]

Architecture

The Fletcher House shows the characteristics of

gabled roof classification in their Field Guide to American Houses. The Fletcher House contains many of the specific elements described by the McAlesters.^[2]

Outbuildings

There are two outbuildings on the property, a one-story wash house and a two-story carriage house. Both structures were built at the same time as the house and also in the stick style. The outbuildings lack the ornamentation of the house but still contribute to the architectural significance of the Fletcher House.^[2]

Historic significance

The Fletcher House maintains its 1890s architectural integrity. On a local level, the earliest changes to the house, such as the installation of electric fans, illustrates the life style of the

contributing properties in the National Register listing.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
, accessed May 15, 2008.

References

McAlester, Virginia & Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, New York: 1984, pp. 254–61, (
ISBN 0394739698
)

External links

Ruffin Drew Fletcher House, Property Information Report, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
, accessed May 12, 2008.

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

[nrhp-2] 
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
, accessed May 15, 2008.

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