The Knobeloch–Seibert Farm is a historic farm located on the east side of Schneider Road east of Belleville, Illinois. The farm was established c. 1832 by John W. Knobeloch and his family; after passing through several generations of the Knobeloch family, it was inherited by Henry Seibert. Both the Knobeloch and Seibert families immigrated to the area from Germany as part of a wave of German immigration to Illinois' American Bottom region in the early 1800s. The first building on the farm was a farmhouse built in 1832, which no longer stands; the oldest surviving building on the farm is the 1844 barn. The second farmhouse, constructed in 1861, features a segmented arched brick cellar, a characteristic feature of German vernacular architecture.[2]
Knobeloch–Seibert Farm | |
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| Location | Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 38°31′18″N 89°59′43″W / 38.52167°N 89.99528°W |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | c. 1832 |
| NRHP reference No. | 83004186[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 9, 1983 |
The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1983.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Sculle, Keith A., and Michael Ward. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Knobeloch–Seibert Farm. National Park Service.