Rutter Store

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Rutter Store
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Location7346 IL 15, St. Libory, Illinois
Coordinates 38°21′49″N89°42′48″W / 38.36361°N 89.71333°W / 38.36361; -89.71333 Coordinates: 38°21′49″N89°42′48″W / 38.36361°N 89.71333°W / 38.36361; -89.71333
Arealess than one acre
Built1849 (1849)
Built byRutter, Heinrich
NRHP reference No. 94000436 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1994

The Rutter Store is a historic commercial building located at 7346 Illinois Route 15 in St. Libory, Illinois. Merchant and German immigrant Heinrich Rutter constructed the building in 1849 as a general store. The building became a commercial and social center for St. Libory, as it house a variety of other businesses in addition to the village's main store. The St. Libory post office became part of the building in 1856 and remained there until 1990, when it moved to a new building. Rutter operated a hotel and a bar in the building from the late 1850s until World War I, and a doctor's office occupied the second floor during the 1870s. The general store closed in 1986, and the building was later converted to a restaurant. [2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1994. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Roesel, Norbert A.; Dorothy M. Rutter Roesel (December 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Rutter Store" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-24. Retrieved February 15, 2014.