Post House (Alton, Illinois)


Post House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1516 State St., Alton, Illinois
Coordinates	38°54′21″N 90°11′43″W / 38.90583°N 90.19528°W / 38.90583; -90.19528Coordinates: 38°54′21″N 90°11′43″W / 38.90583°N 90.19528°W / 38.90583; -90.19528
Area	less than one acre
Built	1837-38
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	80001390^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1980

The Post House is a historic house located at 1516 State St. in Alton, Illinois, United States. William Post, a steamboat captain who later became mayor of Alton, built the house in 1837-38. The brick and limestone house is designed in the Greek Revival style. The house's front facade features four Doric columns topped by an entablature and a pedimented gable end. The front porch of the house wraps around both sides, each of which has an additional column and a pilaster. The cornice and front pediment are both dentillated. James Patterson, owner of the Illinois Iron Works, purchased the house in 1854; Patterson may have added the iron porch railing.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 1980.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Means, Ruth (January 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Post House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

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