Knobeloch–Seibert Farm

Knobeloch–Seibert Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Overview from north
Location	Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois
Coordinates	38°31′18″N 89°59′43″W
Area	8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built	c. 1832
NRHP reference No.	83004186[1]
Added to NRHP	May 9, 1983

The Knobeloch–Seibert Farm is a historic farm located on the east side of Schneider Road east of Belleville, Illinois. The farm was established c. 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.^[2]

The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1983.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Sculle, Keith A., and Michael Ward. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Knobeloch–Seibert Farm. National Park Service.