Peterstown House

Peterstown House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front and southern side
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Location	275 N. Main St., Waterloo, IL, USA
Coordinates	38°20′31″N90°09′03″W / 38.34194°N 90.15083°W / 38.34194; -90.15083
Built	1830
Architectural style	Colonial, Saltbox
NRHP reference No.	77000489 [1]
Added to NRHP	Nov 16, 1977

The Peterstown House is a house in Waterloo, Illinois. The saltbox building was constructed in the mid-1830s; an addition was placed on its north side around the 1860s. Emory Peter Rogers, for whom the house and surrounding neighborhood were named, was its first owner.

The house was later an inn and stagecoach stop along the Kaskaskia-Cahokia Trail, the first road in Illinois, ^[2] which connected the French settlements at Kaskaskia and Cahokia.

In the late 19th century, the Peterstown House became a social hall. ^[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1977. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. Spiers, Wally (October 19, 2013). "Kaskaskia-Cahokia trail wins award". Belleville News-Democrat . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
3. Mueller, Alfred B. (August 1, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Peterstown House" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.