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The St. Louis House Tavern in Highland

Citation

“The St. Louis House Tavern in Highland,” Madison Historical, accessed November 3, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1020.

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Description

This is a photograph of the St. Louis House Tavern in Highland sometime during its operation. It served Highland residents as a tavern and hostelry in the 19th and early 20th centuries, prior to the building burning down in 1913. In the early 21st century the site is the home of Ethel's, a tavern in operation since the end of Prohibition in 1933.

Subjects

  • culture
  • Highland

Contributor

  • Latham, Darren

Date

Before 1913

Relevant Encyclopedia Articles

Language

English

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Coverage

  • Highland, Illinois
  • Late 1800s
  • Early 1900s

Identifier

  • HHS-P-0001
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