{"nrhp_refnum":"83000328","name":"St. Louis Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"603-1306 St. Louis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Edwardsville","county":"Madison County","state":"IL","lat":38.81074677350006,"lon":-89.96896427822543,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 35 acres along St. Louis Street (roughly 603-1306) in Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, two blocks from the courthouse square. It contains houses built from the mid-1800s through 1940.","why_significant":"The district developed as Edwardsville's premier residential street and shows a wide range of architectural styles in a short distance, including a Prairie School house designed by Walter Burley Griffin. It was also home to prominent political, legal and business figures such as E. M. West and Congressman W.F.L. Hadley. Few other places in the city match its concentration and variety of architecture.","narrative":"St. Louis Street in Edwardsville began as a service road for small farms and the county fairgrounds, then grew into the city's most fashionable residential address. Wealthy families built large homes on the south side by 1870, and an 1883 lot sale opened the north side to closer-spaced houses. Railroad-driven prosperity brought Queen Anne, Chateauesque, Italianate and Classical Revival homes, followed by Prairie School, Craftsman, Colonial Revival and bungalow designs through the 1930s. The district includes a Prairie School house by Walter Burley Griffin, built in 1909-10 for his brother Ralph, and Hadley House, home of Congressman W.F.L. Hadley and now school district offices. Other houses are tied to E. M. West, a delegate to the 1848 Illinois Constitutional Convention, and to local architects such as Charles Spillman and Michael B. Kane. Large lawns, mature trees and a winding street give the area a park-like character, and it reads as a compact record of changing American house styles.","period_of_significance":"1879-1940","architect_builder":"VARIOUS","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Prairie School, Chateauesque, Italianate, Classical and Colonial Revival, Craftsman, bungalow, and other styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely occupied and well maintained, mostly as residences. Hadley House is used as school district offices, there is one funeral home/residence, and two structures are being restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.605509-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/8935/28893566/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/83000328.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000328/4aa92fa270-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000328/4aa92fa270-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Richardhberry","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E.M.West_(627)_and_Ralph_Griffin_(705)_Houses.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Richardhberry</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E.M.West_(627)_and_Ralph_Griffin_(705)_Houses.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893566","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900583"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/madison-county/st-louis-street-historic-district-83000328/"}