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St. Charles in St. Charles County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

208 North Main

Shulze Plumbing • 1906-1941

— 1906 • Albert Runge —

 
 
208 North Main Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018
1. 208 North Main Marker
Inscription.
"John Schulze, Sanitary Plumber: Plumbing, Gas-fitting, and Sewering, Hot water heating for dwelling houses a specialty." St. Charles City Directory, 1912.
John Schulze did plumbing work to modernize St. Charles including sewering & plumbing Benton and Jefferson schools, St. Charles Savings & Loan, St. Joseph Hospital, and the 400 employee Rand Shoe Factory on Fifth Street.
 
Erected 2011 by Historic Downtown Association.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.
 
Location. 38° 46.944′ N, 90° 28.84′ W. Marker is in St. Charles, Missouri, in St. Charles County. It is on North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 208 North Main Street, Saint Charles MO 63301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri River Corridor and in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North
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America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 213 North Main (a few steps from this marker); 212 North Main (a few steps from this marker); 218 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 215 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 201-203 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 219 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 142 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 223-225 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Charles.
 
208 North Main Street image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018
2. 208 North Main Street
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 357 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 14, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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