AKA: McCoy Memorial Library, McLeansboro, IL
Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses
Designers: Reid Brothers, Architects (firm); James William Reid (architect); Merritt Jonathan Reid (architect)
Dates: constructed 1882-1884
3 stories
Banker and businessman Aaron Guard Cloud (1818-1893) commissioned the Reid Brothers of Evansville, IN, to design his McLeansboro, IL, residence in 1882-1884. Cloud and his son Chalon Guard Cloud (1846-1908) previously retained the Reid Brothers to design their People's National Bank in McLeansboro erected 1880-1882. In 1975, the Hamilton County Historical Society established its Museum and McCoy Memorial Library in the Cloud Residence.
Tel: 618.643.2125 (2012).
PCAD id: 17551