Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Postcard Views of Historic Belleville

Follow this link to visit a website offering hundreds of scans of historic postcards and photographs old Belleville.

"Signal Hill", the tiny (unincorporated?) neighborhood on the bluff connecting East St. Louis to Belleville, is a little-known gem from this part of our metro area, with one beautifully-maintained, hillside mansion with that unmistakable, antebellum look. Is it authentic? It sure looks like it.

2 comments:

Michael R. Allen said...

Great link!

Rick Bonasch said...

Based on the price tag of 67 Signal Hill, it looks like that neighborhood is out of our price range.

Bellevegas, is 67 Signal Hill the big house that looks like a southern plantation, facing southwest, with the big columns lining the front of the home?

If so, do you know if it predates the Civil War?