Windows Built for Millionaires Row
The historic homes along Monticello's State Street and the Allerton mansion, built 1899-1903, featured more architecturally elaborate window openings -- larger panes, more elaborate trim -- than a standard Piatt County farmhouse of the same period. Monticello became the county seat in 1841, and its wealthiest properties have carried that architectural ambition in their windows ever since.
Replacing Windows in Historic-District Homes
A historic Monticello window opening often doesn't match standard modern sizes and may fall under historic-district expectations for appearance, which changes how a replacement project should be scoped compared to a standard house. That's an important first question for any window project on or near Millionaires Row.