The Edwardsville Historic Preservation Commission has designated 40 local landmarks including a number of historic homes. There are two districts on the National Historic Register.
The Leclaire district encompasses N. Nelson's company town and the St. Louis district is a lovely tree lined street of private homes exhibiting a variety of architectural styles. The mill was a brick building, four stories high with a basement. The machinery consisted of the latest roller process, 33 pairs of rolls and 3 burrs, with a capacity of manufacturing barrels of flour in twenty-four hours.
The product was shipped to different parts of the U. The elevator, 60 feet in height, had the capacity of elevating 10, bushels of wheat daily, and storing , bushels. A detached warehouse, x in size, was capable of storing 7, barrels of flour. The engine room was constructed of brick, using a Harriss-Corliss engine, horsepower. Schwarz, about a half mile from the city limits. Schwarz grew his own sugar cane and was manufactured into syrup.
They manufactured cane into sugar. The season of was a disastrous one, and no attempt was made to make sugar, other than in an experimental way, although 6, gallons of syrup were manufactured. Belcher, C. Miller, Dundas, C. Schwarz, B. Burroughs, and F. George C. Belcher served as President, B. Burroughs, Vice-President, and C. Schwarz as Secretary and Treasurer. As of , the company was still in growth and struggling. It was established by H. Springer in the spring of , and occupied a brick building two stories high, 30x65 feet.
A two-story frame building was attached and was used for a painting and trimming room. The factory machinery was driven by a four-horsepower steam engine and manufactured about fifty carriages per year. The mill was a frame building, located on Second Street near Union Street, two stories high. It contained two run of burrs, and had a capacity of grinding thirty-five barrels of flour daily.
The machinery was driven by a thirty-horsepower engine. Louis Streets. It was built in the spring of by Michael Desmond. The building was a frame, two-story building, where they repaired machinery and general work. Another building connected with the stop for the purpose of doing the woodwork was 40x30 feet.
Dippold Cooper Shop This business was owned by Martin Dippold, and was located on the southwest side of the railroad, on St. Louis Street, near the Wabash, St. There was a branch shop located in lower town. This business furnished Edwardsville flour mills with barrels to ship their flour. Thirty-eight men were employed, and 80, barrels were manufactured annually. The elder of the firm had been engaged in the business in Edwardsville since The building was a frame, 50x80 feet, two stories high.
A one-story frame attachment was used for storing woodwork, lumber, etc. It was a frame building, three stories high with a basement, with 54 feet frontage, and was constructed in the shape of an L.
It had four run of stone, with a capacity of making barrels in twenty-four hours. This was purely a merchant mill, and shipped its flour both to the East and West. Starmer in the spring of , and was located on Main Street, opposite the courthouse. The building was a small frame, one story, with a workshop in the rear of the salesroom. Enterprise Marble Works This business was located at the corner of St.
Louis and Vandalia Streets, and was established by Edward F. Begemann Cigar Manufactory This business was established by F. Begemann in , and was located on Main Street, east of the square. It manufactured , cigars annually. All goods were handmade and sold at various points in the state.
Harles Soda Factory This soda factory was established by Frank Harles in the spring of , and was located on Main Street, one block south of the courthouse square. The factory manufactured three to four thousand boxes of soda-water per annum.
Harles also supplied the city with ice. Its depth was feet to the surface of some of the finest quality coal found in this part of the state. Seven thousand bushels of coal were raised daily, when running at full capacity, and required men to operate it. Louis, and Pacific Railroad. About ten years later, it was purchased by John A. Prickett, and leased by the above company in the fall of for 20 years. The depth of the shaft was feet.
When fully worked, it mined 2, bushels of coal daily. Louis, and Pacific Railway on Union Street. Its depth was 65 feet. In the busy season, twenty-five men were employed, mining , bushels of coal within the year. The main shipment of coal was to St. Smidt, was located near the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Depot. It was opened by Henry Ritter about , and came into the possession of Mrs. Smidt in The depth of the mine was 96 feet, with five to six hundred bushels of coal produced per day.
Brown, passed into the hands of Louis Klinger in , and was purchased by Hellrungs in It was located about a quarter of a mile northeast from the public square. It had but one kiln, and annually turned out about , bricks. Elevator This elevator was located on the south side of the railroad track, above the Wabash depot. In was built in the fall of , and was a frame building, 20x40 feet, with a machine room attached.
It had the capacity of elevating 5, bushels of corn per day. In , a foundry was run in connection with the shop, but was found to be unprofitable and was abandoned. In , a sawmill was attached, but it was moved to the country a short time later. The business conducted in general repair work. Sherman Elevator This elevator was established by M.
Sherman, and was located on the Edwardsville Mill Switch, southwest of the big flour mill. It was build in the spring of , and had a capacity of shelling and elevating 2, bushels of corn daily. Two kilns were kept in operation, which manufactured about , bricks yearly. This business had one kiln, and went into operation in the spring of Crocker in the spring of and was located in Upper Edwardsville.
The property consisted of eight acres, with four hot-houses. All kinds of plants and vegetables were cultivated, shipping to Chicago, St. Louis, Decatur, Litchfield, and other towns. Broeck, Assistant. This fire company was well uniformed and performed their duty well. By , the membership increased to , with volumes. Leclaire, now a part of Edwardsville, was named in honor of the pioneer French profit-sharer, Edme Jean Leclair.
It was founded by Nelson Olsen Nelson of St. The second oldest brick house in the city, the Dr. The building was demolished in to make way for a new high school, now part of Columbus School. The Madison County Transit Station currently occupies the site. It is known that Abraham Lincoln was in Edwardsville twice, as an attorney in the courthouse and a speaker outside the courthouse on September 11, The present courthouse, a square, four-story neo-classic structure of white marble, was constructed from Louis and Randle Streets, is home to a commemorative plaque honoring five early residents who served as governor of Illinois.
There is the already-mentioned Coles and Edwards, plus John Reynolds, governor from , Thomas Ford, governor from , and Charles Deneen, governor from Richards Brick Company is still in operation. As the center of government and commerce with abundant visitors, Edwardsville was home to numerous hotels.
At one time five railroad lines came through Edwardsville, including an electric line. There have been several coalmines in and around Edwardsville. Edwardsville currently has 39 buildings designated as historic landmarks. There are also three historic districts. Nelson built a modern plumbing fixtures manufacturing facility, complete with a selection of new homes for his employees.
His factory was a model of efficiency, highlighted by exemplary working conditions. So, in , a group of concerned parents and business leaders from the chamber of commerce began an advocacy campaign to establish a public university in the Metro East. Groundbreaking for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was held in , and classes began in permanent facilities on the new SIUE campus in In , Col.
Samuel Judy, of Swiss lineage, settled on his military-granted acres near the base of the bluffs.
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