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Edwardsville, IL
Edwardsville is located on the 1926 to 1956 alignment of Route 66. The
town was bypassed by the 1957 - 1977 alignment along I-55. West of town,
on Hwy. 157, you pick up Chain of Rocks Rd at S. University Dr. just north
of I-270
 1920s
Halley's Market Bldg.
817 Hillsboro Ave, Edwardsville, IL
This little building dates back to the 1910s. When Route 66 came
along it was the first market early travelers on the Mother Road
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 Cathcart
Tourist Home, Cabins
454 E. Vandalia. It was the Joseph Hotz house that George Cathcart
purchased in 1922. Next door he opened a hamburger stand that was
expanded into ... read
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 Narodni
Sin
209-211 E. Vandalia
Narodni Sin was built in 1906 to accommodate the Czech community.
Narodni Sin means "National Hall" in Czech... read
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 Stagger
Inn
104 E. Vandalia
This building has been home to the Stagger Inn and the Stagger Inn
Again since 1974 interupyed only by a couple of ... read
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Bohm Building
Main & Vandalia (Route 66)
When new the 1911 Wm. Bohm building had retail spaces on the 1st
floor, office space on the 2nd floor and a ballrom ... read
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Side trip on Main St. If you turn north on Main Street it takes
you past several interesting historic buildings.
 Giese
Building
110 N Main St, Edwardsville, IL
Olin Giese bought this building 1920 and remodeled to accommodate
his new 700+/- seat OH Gee Theater ... read
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Tunnell Building
142/44Edwardsville, IL
The 1892 Tunnell Building has seen a variety of business tenants
over the years. It housed an IGA Grocery for 22 years ... read
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1892 Hoehn
Building
216 N Main St, Edwardsville, IL
The 1892 Hoehn building served as a saloon, bank, theatre, grocercy
store, offices and more over the 130+ years it has ... read
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 1885
Trares Building
222-226 N. Main St. Edwardsville
This building opened with 3 storefronts on the 1st floor & other
spaces upstairs . At one time it was connected ... read
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The Wheeler
Block
229-231 N. Main St., Edwardsville, IL
The Wheeler Block was built in 1871 by William Wheeler & Alonzo
Keller with the south section being a small building, the middle
two-story
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 1884
Opera House
228 N. Main St, Edwardsville, IL
The Opera House was built by John S. Trares. It was managed for
many years by the Tuxhorn brothers ... read
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 Clock
Tower Park
200 Block N. Main St.
This clock was installed on the 1923 long gone Edwardsville National
Bank building. The clock was saved & placed here in 1998 ...
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Goshen Butcher
Shop
246 N. Main St., Edwardsville, IL
Edwardsville Frozen Foods built this building in 1947 and has
been in business every since. ... read
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 Wildey
Theatre
252 N. Main St.
This theatre opened in 1909 as an opera house with a second floor
meeting hall for the IOOF ... read
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 1891
Blickle Building
301-303 N Main St, Edwardsville, IL
Jacob & Dorothea Blickle operated a tavern, & boarding house.
Later the second floor was converted to apartments ... read
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 Wabash
Hotel
1101 North Main St.
The Wabash Hotel building was was built in the 1839, one exterior
wall has been left showing the original ... read
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Back on 66: Turn around and return to Vandalia St. and turn west.
 Madison
County Oil Co.
620 St. Louis St.
The 1930 Madison County Oil Co. station, became known as the West
End Service Station in the mid-1930s ... read
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Side Trip: To see the Brooks Giant Catsup Bottle follow 157 as it
turns south and crosses I-270. Go south to W. Main St. and turn east.
Go to Morrison Ave. and turn south, the a few blocks to the Giant Ketchup
Bottle.
Back on the 1926 Route 66: Back track to 157 and Chain Rocks
Rd. just north of I-270 and turn west.
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tuned, there's more to come! |
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About Us We started traveling Historic U.S. Route 66 as a destination in 2009. It's like a 2,400 mile long drive back in time from Chicago to Santa Monica! more
Did
You Know: Many parts of the old 4 lane Route 66 were reverted to a 2 lane
road after 66 was realigned to the interstate. In many places the abandoned
lanes are still there.
Hi-Way
Tavern
1906
Carnegie Library
John
S. Trares House
Madison
County Historical Museum
Immanuel
Methodist Church
Route
66 Experience Hub
World's
Largest Catsup Bottle
Town
and Country Motel Sign