Edwardsville Chapter House

United States historic place


Edwardsville Chapter House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Overview of the facade
38°48′50″N 89°57′42″W / 38.81389°N 89.96167°W / 38.81389; -89.96167
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 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]

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

^ ^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.