{"nrhp_refnum":"99000977","name":"Berger-Kiel House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"931 N. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mascoutah","county":"St. Clair County","state":"IL","lat":38.50001839600003,"lon":-89.80798186699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story hall-and-parlor log and frame house at 931 North 6th Street, Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, built about 1863-1864 with a rear frame addition added about 1868-1872. It was moved in 1994 from its original site near what is now Mid-America Airport.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a well-documented example of a modest mid-nineteenth-century vernacular log dwelling built for a low-income rural family. Its log construction, later saltbox-forming timber-frame kitchen addition, and changes over time were recorded in detailed studies. The house was occupied for almost 130 years by the Berger-Kiel and later Post-Roever families.","narrative":"This small hall-and-parlor house in Mascoutah, Illinois, combines a one-and-a-half story log core with a rear timber-frame kitchen addition that gives it a saltbox profile. The original portion was built about 1863-1864 from locally felled oak logs, hewn and joined with dovetailed corners, then covered with weatherboard. The addition followed around 1868-1872. The builder is not known, though the Jacob Berger family is thought to have built or commissioned it, and Nicholas Kiel's family probably added the kitchen wing. The house sheltered members of the Berger-Kiel family and later the Post-Roever family for almost 130 years. In 1994 it was relocated about three miles, after airport construction threatened its original site, and placed on a new foundation faced with its old bricks. Restoration was under way at the time of listing. It is valued as a carefully documented example of a modest rural log dwelling and its later alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Designer/builder unknown; likely built by or for the Jacob Berger family, with the rear addition probably by or for Nicholas Kiel and family.","architectural_style":"Other: hall and parlor house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved in 1994 to a new foundation on city park land and undergoing restoration (work in progress); original logs largely sound, rear addition in poorer structural condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.812039-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/8941/28894130/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/99000977.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000977/975a8ffdee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000977/975a8ffdee-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berger-Kiel_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berger-Kiel_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894130","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berger-Kiel_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16840622"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/st-clair-county/berger-kiel-house-99000977/"}