Guertler House

The Guertler House is a historic house located at 101 Blair St. in , . 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 to St.
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  • 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.

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, or Mount Lookout, is a mansion in , which is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in the U.S. state of . is situated 1,900 feet north of Guertler House.

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The was a prison located in , , built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in 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. is situated 3,900 feet southwest of Guertler House.

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The is a children's playhouse located in Haskell Park in , . 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. is situated 2,100 feet east of Guertler House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton and Godfrey.

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is a charming river town in just across the from , Missouri. Once a blue collar town of heavy manufacturing, has transformed itself into a tourist destination and wedding and reception resort of the Midwest.

Town
is a village in , , United States. The population was 17,825 at the 2020 census. is located within the River Bend portion of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. is situated 4 miles north of Guertler House.

Village
is a village in , , United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2020 census, down from 6,301 in 2010. is situated 4 miles east of Guertler House.

Guertler House

Latitude
38.90078° or 38° 54′ 3″ north
Longitude
-90.18273° or 90° 10′ 58″ west
Open location code
86CFWR28+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 770236589
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Wiki­data ID
Q16891958
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Guertler House” goes by many names.

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