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Knobeloch–Seibert Farm

1832 establishments in IllinoisBuildings and structures in Belleville, IllinoisFarms on the National Register of Historic Places in IllinoisNational Register of Historic Places in St. Clair County, Illinois
Knobeloch Seibert Farm
Knobeloch Seibert Farm

The Knobeloch–Seibert Farm is a historic farm located on the east side of Schneider Road east of Belleville, Illinois. The farm was established circa 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.The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1983.

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Cathedral of Saint Peter (Belleville, Illinois)
Cathedral of Saint Peter (Belleville, Illinois)

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