This is perhaps the “purest” Prairie Style residence remaining in Jacksonville. Thurston Roberts, vice president of the Monticello Drug Company, commissioned architect W. B. Camp to design the house. The house was considered avant-garde in 1914, and Mrs. Bertha Roberts played a major role in the design. The outstanding leaded and beveled glass casement windows designed by Mrs. Roberts are an integral part of both the exterior and interior of the house. The main roof and the porch roof are cantilevered slabs, emphasizing the horizontality of the structure and allowing the windows to be left open even during rain to allow natural ventilation.
