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The Christian Hill Historic District is a historic district and neighborhood in Alton, Illinois. The district is located west of Alton's central business district on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. A primarily residential area, the district includes 274 buildings, of which 266 are contributing buildings to its historic character. [2]
Alton (/ ˈ ɔː l t ən / AWL-tən) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) north of St. Louis, Missouri.The population was 25,676 at the 2020 census.
Universities and colleges in Madison County, Illinois (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Madison County, Illinois" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Spanning multiple counties in southwest Illinois, the Great Rivers and Routes Region celebrates three great U.S. rivers (the Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois) and famous roadways like Route 66 ...
The Alton Museum of History and Art, sometimes known as the Robert Wadlow Museum, in Alton, Illinois was founded in 1971 as a not for profit organization. [1] [2] It is located in Loomis Hall, named for Rev. Hubbel Loomis, on the grounds of the former Rock Spring Alton Baptist Seminary established by missionary John Mason Peck, later renamed Shurtleff College, and presently the home of the ...
Location of Madison County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Alton Little Theater, founded in 1933, is a non-profit community theater located in Alton, Illinois. Dorothy Colonius, a local English teacher, along with other educators and their students worked to create a community theater in Alton. Dorothy became the permanent artistic director and pushed for a permanent home for the theater.
The primarily residential district includes portions of Alton's Middletown and Hunterstown neighborhoods and comprises 653 buildings, 613 of which are contributing buildings. [2] Settlement in the district dates to the original plat of Alton in 1817, which included the southern half of Middletown. Development in the district continued through ...