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Emmert-Zippel House

Historic house in Illinois, United States

United States historic place


Emmert-Zippel House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Comprehensive view from across the road
38°43′19″N 90°6′15″W / 38.72194°N 90.10417°W / 38.72194; -90.10417
Area	1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built	1837 (1837)
Architectural style	I-house
NRHP reference No.	96000511^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 2, 1996

The Emmert-Zippel House is a historic house located at 3279 Maryville Road in Granite City, Illinois. William Emmert built the house in 1837. He married the following year. Then, he and his family lived in the house. At the time, the house was located in a rural setting in Granite City, which was then known as Six Mile due to its distance from St. Louis. The house is a five-bay I-house, a housing style named for its popularity in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. I-houses, including the Emmert-Zippel House, were two-story structures with two rooms on each floor connected by a central hall and staircase. Emmert lived in the house until 1881, and his family sold the house to August and Elizabeth Zippel in 1884.

The Zippel family lived in the house until 1984, when the Old Six Mile Historical Society bought the house and made it a museum, known as the Old Six Mile Museum.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1996.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Engelke, Georgia (January 29, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Emmert-Zippel House" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2014.