James C. Twiss House - Aviston, IL
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N 38° 36.666 W 089° 36.346
16S E 273114 N 4276842
Queen Anne House in small town Illinois
Waymark Code: WMWA7K
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2017
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County of house: Clinton County
Location of house: N. Page St & Maple St., Aviston
Built: 1907
Architect: George Franklin Barber
"The James Twiss House, 298 N. Page Street, Aviston, Clinton County, Illinois, is a two'and a halfstory
Queen Anne style dwelling designed by architect George F. Barber and constructed in 1907.
The dwelling has an irregular plan with a hipped and gabled roof clad with asphalt shingles. The
Queen Anne house has clapboard and wood shingled exterior walls and a rock-faced limestone
foundation. The porch is one-story with a hipped roof and wraps from the facade (east elevation) to
the side (north and south) elevations. A hexagonal tower bay extends above the roofline level near
the north end of the house. An off-center one-story hipped porch is located at the rear (west)
elevation. The interior of the dwelling reflects detailed decorative embellishments typical of the
Queen Anne style including spindlework, parquet wood floors, decorative tile surrounding the
fireplace, and stained glass windows. Original floors, woodwork and built-in cabinets are intact, as
are original radiators, door and window hardware, and some overhead light fixtures. The Twiss
House is an excellent example of a Barber design Queen Anne style dwelling that remains relatively
unaltered since its construction in 1907." ~ NRHP Nomination Form