Residences of Fulton County

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Edgar Lee Masters' Home: Lewistown
on Main and Ave. D
Photo from the Prairie Journal: 1985
submitted by Donald Parkinson

Edgar Lee Masters' Home: Lewistown
submitted by Max Latimer

Postcard: Ross Residence, Lewistown: circa 1900
submitted by Janine Crandell

Postcard: Randolph House, Ipava
submitted by Janine Crandell

Postcard: John W. Gaddis Residence, Fairview, Illinois
Dr. John Gaddis, the first doctor in Fairview, arrived in 1838
and practiced until 1855-56 when he moved to Jacksonville.
submitted by Karen Swegle Holt

Postcard: The Nathan Beadles home. Lewistown.
It was torn down to build the Post Office.
Submitted by Donald Parkinson

The Master's home in Lewistown is one block north of Methodist Church
on the corner (Adams Street). It was formerly owned by the Macomb family.
Submitted by Donald Parkinson

Postcard: Dr. W. S. Strode's residence (wife Julia & daughter Catherine)
Located on southeast corner of Maple & Milton Sts. in Lewistown
Submitted by Donald Parkinson

Mrs. Martha Ewing Waggoner's Home. Lewistown.
Wife of Dr. D. M. Waggoner
Submitted by Donald Parkinson

Postcard: Robert Zemple's Residence in Lewistown.
It was located on what is now E. Euclid Ave.,
3 blocks from Main St.
It was destroyed by fire in Nov. 1932.
Submitted by Donald Parkinson
 

George Krider's home west of Lewistown: 1896
submitted by Rose Marie Bantz

Postcard: Mrs. Orendorff's home: Canton.
Submitted by Tina Reed

Post Card: Home of U. G. Orendorf, Canton
Submitted by Max Latimer

John Prickett's house: Lewistown
Picture taken shortly after it was built: 1907
Courtesy of Mr. Swisher and submitted by Max Latimer

A log cabin in Ipava that is believed to have been about 1840-1841 as
the residence of John Easley.  This  log cabin was discovered as part of a house
part of a house that, I believe, was being torn down.  The owner preserved the log
cabin when she found it inside the house; the house had been built around it.
Submitted by Kay Easley

Last log cabin in Farmington
submitted by Steve Slaughter

Barlow Residence: 1909
submitted by Todd Walter

Anderson-Johnson Funeral Home: 1931
Farmington: East Fort Street
I wonder who owned this house previously...
submitted by Steve Slaughter

Brown's Homestead 1930s-1940s	Brown's Homestead 1940

This house which still stands (1st house past the airport entrance on Hwy 9)
was built in 1855 by Samuel Brown and his son William H. Brown.
The front porch was added 1904-1905. There is currently a small house
attached to the rear of the house that was built by Howard C. Brown
during the 1940s-1950s -- submitted by Charlie McDaniel.