Historic Alton: Paintings & Narratives
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Michael Barr Mossman
Michael Barr Mossman was born in Alton, Illinois. He served honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam. Mr. Mossman attended St. Bernard College in Cullman, Alabama. He graduated from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and received a Master’s Degree from Oklahoma University at Norman. Mr. Mossman spent thirty-three years in the fields of Elementary and Special Education. He and his wife Barbara, are currently residing in Orange Park, Florida.
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Historic Alton - Michael Barr Mossman
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16499.pngArtist Note: This work is intended to be under the umbrella of art. The information provided is intended to inform the viewer about the historic elements centered on the art. I would like to thank the Alton Telegraph Newspaper and the Hayner Genealogy Library for providing historical photos and information about those buildings that have long been razed. Almost all the art work was painted from my own personal photos. Although a few other photographs, paintings and illustrations were used as examples, the art work was colored, changed and re-shaped into my own ideas and methods of painting. Some of my paintings, such as The Blue Pool, were entirely done by sketch work. I used my own point and shoot camera to take many of the photos.
MBM
Index of Alton Area Paintings
1. The Burch – Guertler House
2. Alton Landing and Prison
3. The Old Alton City Hall
4. Midtown Restaurant and Lounge
5. St. Mary’s Church
6. Lincoln-Douglas at City Hall
7. Alton Dental School Building
8. Alton Market Square
9. St. Patrick’s Church
10. Unitarian Church
11. College Avenue Old Train Station
12. The Bluff Line Railroad
13. Chief Illiniwek on the River Bluff
14. Day on the River at Chautauqua
15. The Old Rock House
16. Lovejoy Monument
17. Moses Atwood House
18. The Post House
19. The Old Cathedral
20. Haskell Playhouse
21. Kennedy in Alton
22. Lighthouse at Chautauqua
23. Loomis Hall
24. Elijah P. Lovejoy
25. The Robert Wadlow Statue
26. The Last Debate of Lincoln-Douglas
27. Legend of the Piasa Bird
28. The Lovejoy Warehouse Attack
29. The Blue Pool
30. Rock Spring Park
31. The Illini Hotel
32. First Presbyterian Church
33. Drummond House
34. Piasa Bird Attack
35. The Alton Doughboy
36. Riverview Park
37. The Flat Top Shop
38. Fast Eddie’s Bon-Air
39. The Old Princess Theater
40. The Grand Theater
41. Blocks Drive-Up Restaurant
42. Starlight Drive-in
43. The Pullman House
44. John Mason Peck
45. The Hanson House
46. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
47. The Confederate Monument
48. Turner Hall
49. The Bright Spot
50. Trumbull House
51. First Train Station
52. Union Depot
53. The Wedge Bank
54. The Lincoln Express
55. The Wiseman Building
56. The Mineral Springs Mall
57. Our Lady of the Rivers
58. Western Military Academy
59. Alton Flour Mill
60. The Golden Eagle
61. The Carson Apartments
62. The Hayner Library
63. Boyd’s Sandwich Shop
64. Vogue Apparel Store
65. Alton YMCA
66. Bowl Haven
67. Synder Building and Sears
68. The Old Clark Bridge Entrance
69. Lou Franz Service Station
70. The New Clark Bridge
71. Alton Little Theater
72. The Windmill Cafe
73. Marquette High School
74. Current Alton City Hall
75. Old Alton Post Office
76. Marquette and Joliet
77. Marquette Monument Site
78. The Beall Mansion
79. Humboldt School
80. St. Joseph’s Hospital
81. The McPike Mansion
82. Old Alton Downtown Scene
83. The Gudell Grocery Store
84. Guertler Market
85. The Henry Watson House
86. Honke Pharmacy
87. Monticello College
88. Benjamin Godfrey House
89. Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel
90. Duke Bakery
91. The Old Alton Street Car
92. The former Alton Senior High School
93. Marquette Park Lodge
94. Owens-Illinois Glass Company
95. The Alton Telegraph
96. Broadway and Market Streets
97. The Loretto Home
98. Kresge’s Five and Dime
99. Six Chimney’s Home
100. City of Alton Steamer
101. Ryrie House
102. Odd Fellows Lodge
103. Upper Alton Presbyterian Church
104. The Madison Hotel
105. The John Bostwick House
106. The Ursuline Convent Building
107. Roller Service Station
108. The Franklin House
109. The Red Train
110. Phillip Yakel Brewery House
111. The Flamingo Motel
112. Penitentiary Flats
113. The Old Clark Bridge
114. The Elk’s Building
115. The Old Hippodrome
116. Shurtleff College Adm. Building
117. The Faulstick Building
118. The Uptown Theater
119. Alton Memorial Hospital
120. The Dinky
121. Old Bluff Line Rail Train
122. Thornton Family Grocery
123. The Great River Road
124. Bertier ’s Market
125. Miller ’s Mutual Insurance Building
126. The Lacy-Hilderbrand Home
127. Leo and Louie’s Restaurant and Lounge
128. Dr. Emil Guelich Home
129. Roosevelt Junior High School
130. Upper Alton News Stand
131. Old Union Depot and City Hall
132. The Alton Lock and Dam
133. The Zeller and Dunn Grocery
134. Jones Confectionery
135. The old Altona Firehouse
136. Old Clark Bridge Exit
137. The old Cole-Clark House
138. Grace Methodist Church
139. The old St. Patrick’s Church and School
140. The old Alton House
141. Buck Inn
142. Eagles Perch
143. The new Clark Bridge taken from 5th street
144. Jay Gould in Elsah
145. The Catholic Children’s Home
146. Oblate Lodge
147. Rufus Easton
148. The Kerr Drug Store
149. Bluff City Beer Truck
150. Alton, All-America City
151. The Carnegie Library
1.jpg1. The Burch – Guertler House — The Burch-Guertler House is located at 101 Blair Avenue. The house was built by Ignatz Burch in 1822. Mr. Burch was a skilled stonemason from Baden, Germany. Burch’s widow married Peter Guertler and the house remained in the Guertler family. The limestone foundation was thought to have been quarried from the bluffs behind the house. The uniqueness of the house could be in