the Gideon Ives House is a historic house located in a US state that is often noted as what ?
a microcosm of the entire country
Title: Illinois
Passage: Illinois ( ) is a state in the midwestern region of the United States.  It is the 5th most populous state and 25th largest state in terms of land area, and is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country.  With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base and is a major transportation hub.  The Port of Chicago connects the state to other global ports from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois Waterway.  For decades, O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports.  Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics.
Title: Thomas P. Ives House
Passage: The Thomas P. Ives House is a National Historic Landmark at 66 Power Street in the College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island.  Built in 1803–06, this brick house is an extremely well-preserved and little-altered example of Adamesque-Federal style.  The house was built by Caleb Ormsbee, a Providence master builder, for Thomas Poynton Ives, a wealthy merchant.  Although two of its principal chambers were redecorated in the 1870s, these alterations were reversed in the 1950s.  The house was in Ives family hands for more than 150 years, and is now owned by Brown University.  It was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 30, 1970.
Title: Gideon Ives House
Passage: The Gideon Ives House is a historic house at 408 East Jefferson Street in New Boston, Illinois.  Gideon Ives, the co-owner of Mercer County's largest general merchandise and grain wholesale business, had the house built for his family in 1857.  The house is an early example of the Italianate style; its design mirrors the house across the street, which was built for Ives' business partner, Elmore J. Dennison.  The house's roof features bracketed eaves and is topped by a square cupola, and its windows are tall and narrow with cast iron hoods.  The entrance is flanked by pilasters, a Greek Revival element; the style was still popular at the time, and its presence reflects the transition between Greek Revival and Italianate as popular American architectural styles.
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