Ivory Quinby House

Ivory Quinby House
Ivory Quinby House is located in Illinois
Ivory Quinby House
Ivory Quinby House is located in the United States
Ivory Quinby House
Location605 N. 6th St., Monmouth, Illinois
Coordinates40°55′1″N 90°38′52″W / 40.91694°N 90.64778°W / 40.91694; -90.64778
Built1867 (1867)
ArchitectJohn C. Cochrane
Architectural styleItalianate-Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.80001415[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1980
Portrait depicting Ivory Quinby, a politician and businessman from Monmouth, Illinois, who helped found Monmouth College and owned the Peoria & Oquawka Railroad Company.

The Ivory Quinby House is an Italianate and Greek Revival estate built by architect John C. Cochrane for Ivory Quinby (1817–1869), a prominent Monmouth, Illinois citizen. Quinby, who was an early benefactor and a founder of Monmouth College, also helped the city of Monmouth become the transportation center it is today, by bringing the Peoria and Oquawka Railroad through town in the early 1850s. The National Register of Historic Places property has been owned by Monmouth College since 1965.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.