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July 30, 1974. The Haskell Playhouse is a children's playhouse located in Haskell Park in Alton, Illinois. Dr. William Abraham Haskell, a physician and one of the wealthiest residents of Alton, commissioned the playhouse as a present for his daughter Lucy's fifth birthday in 1885. Architect Lucas Pfeiffenberger designed the playhouse in the ...
In 2015, the Lucy Haskell Playhouse underwent a major exterior renovation. One hundred and thirty years after its construction, the playhouse began deteriorating. According to the Haskell Association "The house had lead paint on its exterior, which was in poor condition, and had to be removed before the playhouse was repainted.
Added to NRHP. May 2, 1978. The Upper Alton Historic District is a historic district located in northeast Alton, Illinois, in what was once the separate town of Upper Alton. The district includes the campuses of Shurtleff College and the Western Military Academy as well as the surrounding residential areas. Upper Alton was platted in 1817, but ...
Alton: 23: Haskell Playhouse: Haskell Playhouse: July 30, 1974 : Henry St. in Haskell Park Alton: 24: Horseshoe Lake Mound and Village Site ...
September 16, 1982. January 4, 2022. The Middletown Historic District is a historic district in Alton, Illinois. The primarily residential district includes portions of Alton's Middletown and Hunterstown neighborhoods and comprises 653 buildings, 613 of which are contributing buildings. [2] Settlement in the district dates to the original plat ...
Shurtleff College was the oldest Baptist college west of the Appalachians until it was absorbed by Southern Illinois University. The college's first year as an SIU campus saw a jump of enrollment to 1,200 students. In two years the enrollment doubled. The Alton campus flourished until 1965 when SIU opened a campus at nearby Edwardsville, which ...
Alton Little Theater. Coordinates: 38.9155°N 90.1771°W. Alton Little Theater, founded in 1933, is a non-profit community theater located in Alton, Illinois. Dorothy Colonius, a local English teacher, along with other educators and their students worked to create a community theater in Alton. Dorothy became the permanent artistic director and ...
Beall was born in Alton, Illinois on September 27, 1848. His parents, John and Mary, were one of the earliest families to settle in the city. As a young child, he witnessed the final Lincoln–Douglas Debate held in Alton on October 15, 1858. This debate occurred during Abraham Lincoln 's race for the Illinois Senate against incumbent Senator ...