Carlinville in Macoupin County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Loomis House
Photographed By Thomas Smith, April 9, 2022
1. Loomis House Marker
This elegant fifty room hotel was built amid scandal in 1870 by Judge Thaddeus Loomis. Judge Loomis was one of the commissioners responsible for the building of the Macoupin County Courthouse. As courthouse costs continued to rise, Judge Loomis fell under suspicion. He admitted using limestone for the Loomis House from the Macoupin County Courthouse construction but said he obtained it legally. Charges against him were cleared due to lack of evidence but he had lost the trust of the Carlinville citizens.
Architect EE Myers designed the Loomis House and the Courthouse. It functioned only a few years as a hotel before closing due to financial woes, and since then has housed various businesses including a restaurant, bar, drug store, hair salon and women's clothing store.
Erected 2015 by Carlinville Tourism Committee/ Carlinville Chamber of Commerce.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
Location. 39° 16.811′ N, 89° 52.879′ W. Marker is in Carlinville, Illinois, in Macoupin County. Marker is on East Side Square (State Road 4) east of North Broad Street (State Road 4), on the right when traveling
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Loomis House/Loehr's Drug Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Circling The Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Abraham Lincoln (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of the Ariston Restaurant on the Original Route 66 (within shouting distance of this marker); Original Site of the Ariston Cafe, 1924 (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Abraham Lincoln (within shouting distance of this marker); Macoupin County Revolutionary War Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Abraham Lincoln Spoke Here (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carlinville.
Photographed By Thomas Smith, April 9, 2022
2. Loomis House
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 336 times since then and 78 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 12, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
