Dr. Charles M. Wright House Museum, Illinois, United States
5.0 (1 review) Sunday: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Spent Ranking #2 in Altamont Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings • History Museums
A linkage to the past
Altamont, Illinois, is a community of 2,300 people in Effingham County, a 3 1/2-hour drive or 224 miles from Chicago, on I-70 and U.S. Route 40, south of Champaign, southeast of Springfield, midway between St. Louis and Terre Haute, Indiana. If you enjoy visiting historic houses, as my wife and I do, you are encouraged to visit the Dr. Charles M. Wright House Museum in Altamont. Located at 3 West Jackson Avenue, it is a historic house that was built in 1889 for Charles M. Wright I and his family. Wright, one of the only doctors in western Effingham County until his retirement in 1878, ran the only bank in Altamont at the time. Architect Charles H. Spilman designed the brick house in the Second Empire (Mansard) style with Italianate style influences as evidenced by the Mansard roof patterned slate on the roof, the dressed stones on the exterior corners of the building and asymmetrical front facade with two tall bay windows to the left of the front entrance. The window bays are topped by a large half-hipped dormer. And the house's cornice and the tops of the window bays are decorated with brackets. Designated as a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the 6,000-square-foot house has seven bedrooms and one bathroom. Designed to be self-sufficient, it was the first house in Altamont to have a gas lighting system, indoor plumbing and a central steam heating system. Open for tours since 2003, it features some of the original furnishings.
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3 W Jackson Ave, Altamont, IL 62411-1460
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http://wrightmansion.org
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Sunday, May 12, 2024, 21:25
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