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The center of the district includes Waterloo's town square, the site of the Monroe County Courthouse, as well as a two-block section of Main Street which forms the city's commercial core. The town square is surrounded by residential development on three sides, an unusual arrangement among small towns in Illinois.
The house was later an inn and stagecoach stop along the Kaskaskia-Cahokia Trail, the first road in Illinois, [2] which connected the French settlements at Kaskaskia and Cahokia. In the late 19th century, the Peterstown House became a social hall. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1977. [1]
Waterloo is located northeast of the center of Monroe County at (38.335243, -90.152685 Illinois Route 3 passes through the west side of the city, bypassing the downtown; it leads north 8 miles (13 km) to Columbia and southeast 13 miles (21 km) to Red Bud.
Frederick B. Townsend was born in Malta Township, DeKalb County, Illinois in 1858. This native son belonged to an elite family tree that included such prominent residents as Daniel Pierce, his maternal grandfather, who founded the National Bank & Trust Co. in 1867.
Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois.According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 34,962. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Waterloo. [2]
The John C. Anderson House is a historic house located at 920 W. Breckenridge St. in Carlinville, Illinois. The house's first floor was built in 1883, while its second floor was added in 1892. The first floor has an Italianate design featuring tall, narrow windows, an asymmetrical porch with paired columns, paired brackets, and a dentillated ...
Fults is located in southern Monroe County at (38.165688, -90.214395 It is 15 miles (24 km) south-southwest of Waterloo, the county seat, and 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Prairie du Rocher.
Its open floor plan carries the Queen Anne style further than any other house in the state of Illinois. [2] The Silas Williams House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1976, with NRHP reference #76002146.