Eli Ulery House

Eli Ulery House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Mount Zion, Illinois
Coordinates	39°45′49″N 88°50′6″W / 39.76361°N 88.83500°WCoordinates: 39°45′49″N 88°50′6″W / 39.76361°N 88.83500°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1860
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP Reference #	79000854[1]
Added to NRHP	October 1, 1979

The Eli Ulery House is a historic house located on County Route 60 southeast of Mount Zion, Illinois. The house was built circa 1860 for Eli Ulery, an early settler of Macon County. The Italianate structures features bracketed eaves and a cupola atop the roof. Ulery came to the county in the 1830s; he worked as a cowboy until he started his own cattle farm in 1851. Ulery became wealthy enough to build his house in the ensuing decade, and by his death in 1897 he had more than doubled his holdings and branched out into horse breeding and crop farming. His son, Eli S. Ulery, continued to expand the farm and donated land for a 40-acre (16 ha) Chautauqua park.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1979.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Penhallegon, G. Patton; Manuell, Anne E. (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Eli Ulery House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved March 22, 2015.