Shiloh House, a 25 room mansion, is a historic house at 1300 Shiloh Boulevard in Zion, Illinois. John Alexander Dowie, the founder of Zion, built the house in 1902-03. He lived there until his death in 1907. Directly across the street to the NE is the horse stable that went with this house, it is now used as a church. Behind the stable are still the original steel rings where they would tie the horses while they prepared them for use. Architect Paul Burkhardt of Chicago, who worked on many of Zion’s early buildings, designed the home. Burkhardt’s design incorporated the Queen Anne and Swiss Chalet styles. After Dowie’s death, the house passed through several owners, including the Great Lakes Bible Institute. The school used the house for twelve years before moving to Missouri in 1945. The Zion Historical Society bought the house and renovated it for the new headquarters in 1967. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1977.
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