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Gustave Koerner House

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
04000983

Added to NRHP
  
17 September 2004

Built
  
1849, rebuilt in 1854

Opened
  
1849

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Location
  
200 Abend St., Belleville, Illinois

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

Similar
  
Belleville Historic District, St Clair County LIbrary a, Labor & Industrial Museum, National Shrine of Our Lady

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The Gustave Koerner House is a historic house located at 200 Abend Street in Belleville, Illinois. The Greek Revival house was built in 1848-49 and rebuilt in 1854-55. Gustave Koerner, a German immigrant and prominent Illinois politician, lived in the house from its construction to his death in 1896. Koerner served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, sat on the Illinois Supreme Court, and was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. He was also a political ally of Abraham Lincoln during his senatorial and presidential campaigns and convinced many German-American voters to support Lincoln. During the Civil War, Koerner served as United States Minister to Spain and thereafter mounted a failed campaign for Governor of Illinois.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 2004.

References

Gustave Koerner House Wikipedia


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