Guertler House, Alton

Name: Guertler House
Address: Alton, United States

#19 among attractions in Alton

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The Guertler House is a historic house located at 101 Blair St. in Alton, Illinois. 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 Chicago to St. Louis, Missouri. The Guertler House is a Federal building with three bays. The front door and windows have a pointed arch design, while the second story of the house's west side has a single Gothic arch window. ()

Built: 1854 (170 years ago)Coordinates: 38°54'3"N, 90°10'57"W

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Guertler House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alton Prison, Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument, Alton Little Theater, McPike Mansion.

0.8 miSW
Archaeological site
Alton Prison, Alton
20 min walk • The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois and originally built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in Illinois and later closed in 1857.
1.2 miSE
Monuments and statues
Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument, Alton
30 min walk • The Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument, also known as the Elijah Lovejoy Monument, Elijah Parrish Lovejoy Shaft, Lovejoy Monument, and Lovejoy State Memorial, is a memorial in Alton, Illinois, to the eponymous advocate of free speech and abolition of slavery.
1.1 miN
Theater
Alton Little Theater, Alton
27 min walk • Alton Little Theater, established in 1934, is a non-profit community theater located in Alton, Illinois. Alton Little Theater traditionally produces five shows a year from September to May.
~1840 ftN
Private tours, Museum, Tours
McPike Mansion, Alton
9 min walk • McPike Mansion, or Mount Lookout, is a mansion in Alton, which is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Illinois.
1.2 miSE
Cemetery
Alton National Cemetery, Alton
32 min walk • Alton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Alton, in Madison County, Illinois. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses only half an acre plot of land, and as of the end of 2005, had 522 interments.
0.4 miE
Park
Haskell Playhouse, Alton
11 min walk • The Haskell Playhouse is a children's playhouse located in Haskell Park in Alton, Illinois. 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.
0.8 miS
Nightlife, Gambling, Casino
Argosy Casino, Alton
21 min walk • Argosy Casino Alton is a riverboat casino located in Alton, Illinois, a city in the River bend Illinois area in Metro East area outside of St. Louis. It is currently owned by Penn National Gaming.
0.9 miW
Cliff painting of a mythical monster
Piasa, Alton
24 min walk • The Piasa or Piasa Bird is a Native American mythical creature depicted in one of two murals painted by Native Americans on cliffsides above the Mississippi River.
0.9 miS
38°53'15"N • 90°10'54"W
Alton Amphitheater, Alton
24 min walk • Concerts and shows, Entertainment, Music venue
0.7 miSW
38°53'32"N • 90°11'18"W
The Hayner Public Library District, Alton
17 min walk • Library
0.8 miSE
38°53'23"N • 90°10'33"W
Jacoby Arts Center, Alton
22 min walk • Art gallery, Museum, Shopping

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Which popular attractions are close to Guertler House?

Nearby attractions include McPike Mansion, Alton (9 min walk), Haskell Playhouse, Alton (11 min walk), Lyman Trumbull House, Alton (12 min walk), Middletown Historic District, Alton (16 min walk).