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- Title
AN ENGLISH STONEMASON AND HIS FAMILY'S IMPACT ON THE RURAL ILLINOIS LANDSCAPE: A Look at the Howarth Farmstead, Peoria County, Illinois.
- Authors
Stratton, Christopher; Mansberger, Floyd
- Abstract
In 1842, the Richard Howarth family immigrated to the United States from Lancashire, England, and settled on a farm in rural Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, Illinois. In 1842, shortly after arriving in the region, Richard Howarth, an experienced stonemason, constructed a traditional stone house. Although Mr. Howarth died shortly after constructing his new farmhouse, the farmstead was occupied throughout the remainder of the nineteenth century by his son, also named Richard. At various times during his life, the younger Richard was a farmer, stonemason, and even a coal miner. In 1859, the younger Howarth built a large stone barn, and shortly thereafter (circa 1860), he constructed a stone wing onto the small traditional house constructed by his father. Of particular note, the barn constructed by the younger Howarth was a traditional farm structure with ties to rural England. Typical of many barns dotting the rural countryside around his homeland, this barn type is often referred to as a Lancashire Barn. This paper will describe the structures constructed by the Howarth family and attempt to place them into a regional context.
- Subjects
PEORIA (Ill.); ILLINOIS; EMIGRATION &; immigration; HOWARTH, Richard; STONEMASONS; STONE houses; FARMHOUSES; COAL miners
- Publication
Material Culture, 2003, Vol 35, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0883-3680
- Publication type
Article