Lyman Scott House

Historic house in Illinois, United States

United States historic place


Lyman Scott House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°32′47″N 90°55′9″W / 39.54639°N 90.91917°W / 39.54639; -90.91917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1844
NRHP reference No.	83000334^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 10, 1983

The Lyman Scott House is a historic house located on U.S. Route 54 in Summer Hill, Pike County, Illinois. The house was built in 1844 by Lyman Scott, who founded Summer Hill the following year. Scott, an early Pike County settler who also founded Rockport, built the house as a summer home for his family. The two-story post and beam house features a front porch over its two front entrances; a gabled dormer was added to the porch in 1870. Scott, a prominent local merchant, also founded and funded Summer Hill's first school. Scott also served as a representative to the International Peace Conference in 1850. In 1853, Scott moved to Kansas, where he served in the state legislature. The house is the oldest surviving building in Summer Hill.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1983.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Grote, Frederick (September 20, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Scott, Lyman, House" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.