Built 1849 Opened 1849 | NRHP Reference # 76000727 Added to NRHP 28 May 1976 | |
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Location 1st Ave., Hampton, Illinois Similar Sala Apartment Building, Robert Wagner House, Rock Island Lines Pas, Peoples National Bank Buil, Connor House | ||
Black's Store is an historic building located in Hampton, Illinois, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and is now known as Brettun & Black Museum.
The mercantile store was built in 1849 and was the largest store in Northwest Illinois when it opened. It is a 3 story brick structure that had one of the first elevators in the Midwest. Preservationist Ron Nelson of Bishop Hill, Illinois restored the elevator in recent years. The store served as a riverboat stop and later as a stop on the Galena Stagecoach.
The Brettun & Black Museum recreates the 1849 store.
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