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| Title | Front of Typical I-House |
| Coverage / Year | 1842 |
| Description | The front of the Isaac Funk home, and I-house, which was built in 1842. |
| Interpretation | I-houses were named as such because they were commonly found in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. Isaac Funk built this home after having farmed in McLean County for 20 years. This is the formal part of the I-house with symmetrical placement of windows and two front doors. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities; Communities and Geography; American Communities in History |
| Learning Standards | 15 Economics; 16 History; 18 Social systems |
| Author or Creator | McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill. |
| Other Contributors | Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
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| Source | 'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.; ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997) |
| Subject / Keywords | McLean County, Illinois; Frontier & pioneer life; Dwellings; Funk, Isaac, 1797-1865 |
| Collection Publisher | McLean County Museum of History
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | mch0235; IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 2:12, p. 25 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 500501632002_mch0235.jpg |
