William Gooding House
- Title:
- William Gooding House
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Harrington Studio (Photographer)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1845 (building)
1930 (photograph)
- Location:
- Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10035001
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00148
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10035001.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Greek Revival
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Architecture
Doric columns
Fluted columns
lunettes (wall components)
houses
William Gooding House, Lockport, Illinois
porticoes
pediments
photographs - Description:
- "Built circa 1845, this house is significant because of its architecture as well as its association with William Gooding, chief engineer during the construction of the I & M Canal. It has also been said that Abraham Lincoln visited the house. Architecturally the house is an excellent example of high-style Greek Revival architecture. Similar to the Old State House in Springfield, Illinois, the temple-front design of this house was used for various types of buildings throughout the United States including churches and public buildings. Wi thin unincorporated Will County, there are very few houses with the temple-front design. William Gooding arrived to Will County and established his farmstead in 1833. Between the years of 1834-35, Gooding acted as a Canal Commissioner in Indiana. He oversaw the surveys of the Wabash and Erie Canal extension. During his canal service in Indiana, Gooding was appointed Chief Engineer of t he I & M Canal and began working for the I & M Canal in 1836. Gooding acted as assistant treasurer and trustee on the I & M Canal Board of Trustees until 1871. In conjunction with his service on the Board of Trustees, Gooding was also appointed as a U.S. civil engineer and a special commissioner for the City of Chicago Board of Public Works to evaluate and analyze the expense for an enlargement of the I & M Canal." (Source: Will County Historic Preservation Commission website, )
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.