The Edwardsville Chapter House is a historic building located at 515 W. High St. in Edwardsville, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Edwardsville'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 Edwardsville 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]
Edwardsville Chapter House | |
 Overview of the facade | |
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 Interactive map showing the location of Edwardsville Chapter House | |
| Location | 515 W. High St., Edwardsville, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 38°48′50″N 89°57′42″W / 38.81389°N 89.96167°W |
| Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Helfensteller, Hirsch and Watson |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| MPS | American Woman's League Chapter Houses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001392[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1980 |
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
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Meyer, Pauline (July 12, 1980). "American Woman's League Chapter Houses in Illinois Thematic Resource". Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved February 5, 2014.