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

230 North Main

Schubert Music/St. Charles Music Co. 1906-1935 • Walters Jewelry 1935-

— 1878 • S.H. Merten & Company —

230 North Main Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018

1. 230 North Main Marker

Inscription. This Italianate building with elaborate wood bracketed cornices has been described as a "structure unsurpassed in the quality of dignity." It has been home to Walter's Jewelry since 1935. From 1906 until 1935, Edward Schubert, pianist, composer and grandnephew of Franz Schubert, operated a music store here. An earlier owner, John Rochester, built a one-story house on this site in 1817. It was possibly this log house that was rented to George and Mary Sibley in 1827. Sibley had just returned from surveying the Santa Fe Trail. Two years later, the Sibleys moved to a farm near Lindenwood School, which they established as a women's college.

Erected 2011 by Historic Downtown Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 38° 46.974′ N, 90° 28.825′ 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: 230 North Main

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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 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: 220-226 North Main (a few steps from this marker); 302-306 North Main (a few steps from this marker); 227-229 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 223-225 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 308 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 311 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 218 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 219 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Charles.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018

2. 230 North Main Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 349 times since then and 8 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.