Architecture
Fourteen buildings form the Garfield Farm and Tavern on 237 acres (96 ha). It is bordered by Campton Hills Drive to the north and Illinois Route 38 to the south, accessed via Garfield Road. The Garfield Cemetery also lies along Garfield Road, used mostly by Garfield family descendents. The tavern and house building was built by T. P. Garfield in 1846. The house was a red brick neoclassical with Federal Style details. The 2 1⁄2-story structure has a center door with sidelights and 2-over-2 windows (originally 12 over 8). Inside, a center hall has two rooms to the right (the ladies' parlor and a bar, one room to the left (dining room), and one to the rear (a bedroom). The center hall on the second hall has a staircase leading to the third. The rear of this floor was used as a ballroom, and three other rooms were used as bedrooms. The third floor had a bedroom on either side of the center hall and storage. The first floor dining room had stairs leading to the basement, which was 8 feet (2.4 m) deep. The tavern annex is one and a half stories, measuring 20 by 28 square feet (1.9 m2 × 2.6 m2). It was used as a kitchen with a storage room for firewood, grain, equipment, and laundry. An 8 by 14 square feet (0.74 m2 × 1.3 m2) recessed porch has half columns on its ends. The southeast wall had a brick chimney for use as a stove for the kitchen.
Four barns are standing on the grounds; the 1842 hay barn is 44 by 32 square feet (4.1 m2 × 3.0 m2), the 1849 horse barn is 28 by 52 square feet (2.6 m2 × 4.8 m2), the c. 1895 grain barn is 34 by 28.5 square feet (3.2 m2 × 2.65 m2), and the 1908 dairy barn is 34 by 84 square feet (3.2 m2 × 7.8 m2). A carriage house retains its historical integrity aside from a cement floor added in 1949. A small chicken house was built sometime after 1900, and a larger, six-sided chicken house was built in the 1930s. The milk house was built between 1900 and 1920 with cement blocks and four windows. The cement silo rises 50 feet (15 m) high with an 18 feet (5.5 m) diameter. In 1908, a windmill was built to provide water for the farm and tavern. A cistern was built in the crawlspace under the kitchen of the house in 1841. A 30 foot (9.1 m) deep dug water well provides groundwater, and an outhouse also stands on the property.
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