{"nrhp_refnum":"80004524","name":"Jacksonville Labor Temple","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"228 S. Mauvaisterre St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jacksonville","county":"Morgan County","state":"IL","lat":39.732942612000045,"lon":-90.22823118399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story rectangular brick labor hall, about 80 by 20 feet, at 228 South Mauvaisterre Street in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, built in 1904 by local union members for the Jacksonville Trades and Labor Assembly.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was the third labor temple built in the United States, after those in Los Angeles and Belleville, Illinois. Because those two are no longer in use, it is described as the oldest continuously used labor temple in the country. It has served as a central meeting place for most of the city's unions since 1904.","narrative":"Jacksonville Labor Temple is a three-story brick meeting hall at 228 South Mauvaisterre Street, about 80 feet long and 20 feet wide. Union members built it in 1904 for the Jacksonville Trades and Labor Assembly, which had outgrown its rented quarters. Members bought a run-down building and lot for $1,000, razed it, and put up the new hall largely with donated labor and materials. Carpenters, plumbers, brick suppliers and hod carriers all contributed, and the cornerstone holds the names of 900 union men. Inside, the entrance lobby has a hand-made plaster ceiling and walls with a floral bas-relief painted by union painters, now covered in white paint. Meeting rooms occupy the basement and upper floors. The building was the third labor temple erected in the United States, after those in Los Angeles and Belleville, Illinois. With those two no longer in use, it is considered the oldest continuously used example, and most of the city's unions still meet there.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"Jacksonville labor union members","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"In continuous use by most Jacksonville unions since 1904; described as in good repair and much as first built, with some modifications.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.532642-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/8937/28893781/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/80004524.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004524/a31bd42518-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004524/a31bd42518-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacksonville_Labor_Temple.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacksonville_Labor_Temple.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100002915","name":"Jacksonville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/jacksonville-downtown-historic-district-100002915/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893781","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville_Labor_Temple","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19880944"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/morgan-county/jacksonville-labor-temple-80004524/"}