Alton Chapter House


Alton Chapter House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	509 Beacon St., Alton, Illinois
Coordinates	38°53′43″N 90°11′24″W / 38.89528°N 90.19000°W / 38.89528; -90.19000Coordinates: 38°53′43″N 90°11′24″W / 38.89528°N 90.19000°W / 38.89528; -90.19000
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Architect	Helfensteller,Hirsch and Watson
Architectural style	Prairie School
MPS	American Woman's League Chapter Houses TR
NRHP Reference #	80001388^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 28, 1980

The Alton Chapter House is a historic building located at 509 Beacon St. in Alton, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Alton's chapter of the American Woman's League. The American Woman's League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the women's suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women's magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Alton Chapter House is an example of a Class II building, which was designed for clubs with 60 to 100 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $2,500. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a private home.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980.^[1] It is one of nine American Woman's League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Meyer, Pauline (July 12, 1980). "American Woman's League Chapter Houses in Illinois Thematic Resource" (PDF). Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved February 5, 2014.

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