Horace M. Tallman House

Horace M. Tallman House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	816 W. Main, Shelbyville, Illinois
Coordinates	39°24′23″N 88°48′11″W / 39.40639°N 88.80306°WCoordinates: 39°24′23″N 88°48′11″W / 39.40639°N 88.80306°W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1905
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	88000470[1]
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1988

The Horace M. Tallman House is a historic house located at 816 W. Main St. in Shelbyville, Illinois. Horace M. Tallman built the Queen Anne house for his family in 1905. Tallman was a farmer and farm implement salesman, and he became the owner of the Ann Arbor Machine Company in 1920. In 1928-29, Tallman invented the pickup hay baler, which automated the process of baling and collecting hay. While Tallman died in 1929, his sons developed and marketed the baler, which became a labor-saving machine which permanently changed farming practices. Tallman's house is the only surviving building connected to Tallman and the invention of the pickup hay baler.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1988.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Kirchner, Charles (December 28, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Tallman, Horace M., House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 14, 2014.