Mount Lookout

2018 Alby St., Alton, Illinois. County/parish: Madison.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 17, 1980. NRIS 80001389.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • McPike House

From Wikipedia:

McPike Mansion

McPike Mansion, or Mount Lookout, is a mansion in Alton, which is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Illinois. Built in 1869 by Henry Guest McPike (1825–1910), it is situated on Alby Street on a site of 15 acres (61,000 m2), one of the highest points in Alton, which was called Mount Lookout.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893527

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