Guertler House
The Guertler House is a historic house located at 101 Blair St. in Alton, Illinois. Stonemason Ignaz Bruch built the house in 1854. Bruch, who immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1846, was a prominent Illinois stonemason who constructed buildings in cities ranging from Chicago to St.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
- Type: House
- Description: historic house in Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Bruch-Guertler House”
- Address: 101 Blair Avenue, Alton, IL 62002
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include McPike Mansion and Alton Military Prison.
McPike Mansion
McPike Mansion, or Mount Lookout, is a mansion in Alton, which is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Illinois. McPike Mansion is situated 1,900 feet north of Guertler House.
Alton Military Prison
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The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois, built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in Illinois and closed in 1857. During the American Civil War, the prison was reopened in 1862 to accommodate the growing population of Confederate prisoners of war and ceased to be prison at the end of the war in 1865. Alton Military Prison is situated 3,900 feet southwest of Guertler House.
Haskell Playhouse
Building
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The Haskell Playhouse is a children's playhouse located in Haskell Park in Alton, Illinois. Dr. William Abraham Haskell, a physician and one of the wealthiest residents of Alton, commissioned the playhouse as a present for his daughter Lucy's fifth birthday in 1885. Haskell Playhouse is situated 2,100 feet east of Guertler House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton and Godfrey.
Alton
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Alton is a charming river town in Illinois just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. Once a blue collar town of heavy manufacturing, Alton has transformed itself into a tourist destination and wedding and reception resort of the Midwest.
Godfrey
Town
Godfrey is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,825 at the 2020 census. Godfrey is located within the River Bend portion of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Godfrey is situated 4 miles north of Guertler House.
East Alton
Village
East Alton is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2020 census, down from 6,301 in 2010. East Alton is situated 4 miles east of Guertler House.
Guertler House
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Alton Township, Madison, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.90078° or 38° 54′ 3″ northLongitude
-90.18273° or 90° 10′ 58″ westOpen location code
86CFWR28+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 770236589OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseWikidata ID
Q16891958
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Guertler House” goes by many names.
- French: “Guertler House”
- Spanish: “Guertler House”
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