Peterstown House

The Peterstown House is a historic building located in Waterloo, Illinois. The saltbox building was constructed in the mid-1830s; an addition was placed on its north side around the 1860s. Emory Peter Rogers, for whom the house and surrounding neighborhood were named, was the first owner of the building. The building served as an inn and stagecoach stop along the Kaskaskia-Cahokia Trail, which was the first road in Illinois.[2] The stagecoach route connected the French settlements at Kaskaskia and Cahokia. The Peterstown House is the only intact inn which still stands along the trail; while another building in Waterloo once served as an inn on the trail, it has been extensively remodeled. In the late nineteenth century, the Peterstown House became a local social hall.[3]

Peterstown House
Front and southern side
Location275 N. Main St.,
Waterloo, IL, USA
Coordinates38°20′31″N 90°09′03″W
Built1830
Architectural styleColonial, Saltbox
NRHP reference No.77000489[1]
Added to NRHPNov 16, 1977

The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1977.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. Spiers, Wally (October 19, 2013). "Kaskaskia-Cahokia trail wins award". Belleville News-Democrat. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  3. Mueller, Alfred B. (August 1, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Peterstown House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 13, 2014.


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