McNamee-Ford House

536 North Wabash Street

Built: 1901

Style: Colonial Revival

Henry McNamee constructed this home while he was employed as an assistant cashier for the Wabash National Bank. He later went on to become treasurer and vice-president for Honeywell Specialty Manufacturing Company. In 1926, Edwin H. Ford, founder of the Ford Meter Box Company, purchased the home. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

The Colonial Revival style of the home is evident in its central projecting bay with a pedimented gable, columned portico topped by a balconette, and lunette window on the gable. Other noteworthy Colonial Revival features include the small, square attic windows on the north and south façades, and symmetrically positioned windows with wood surrounds and architrave heads. The enframement of the entrance with leaded-glass side-lights and fanlight transom is especially finely detailed.