Hamilton, John M., House - Bloomington, Illinois - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

This house built in 1872 for John M. Hamilton who later became Governor of Illinois. He moved into this out with in a year of marrying his wife. At the time was practicing law in Bloomington. He began serving in the Illinois State Senate in 1877 where he served until 1881 when he became Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. He served in that role for 2 years until he became Governor of Illinois in 1883. He served as Governor of Illinois from 1883 to 1885.

The house is well maintained and continues to serve as a single family home.

Street address: 502 S. Clayton St. Bloomington, Illinois County / Borough / Parish: McLean Year listed: 1978 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   03/25/2011 teamMCLM visited it