Rock Island in Rock Island County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Robert Wagner House

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 9, 2022

1. Robert Wagner House Marker

National Register plaque.
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Inscription. [First plaque]
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Second plaque]
The Wagner Mansion

1904

Local Landmark
Broadway Historic District

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1904.

Location. 41° 30.13′ N, 90° 34.086′ W. Marker is on Rock Island, Illinois, in Rock Island County. It is at the intersection of 23rd Street and 9th Avenue, on the right when traveling south on 23rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 904 23rd St, Rock Island IL 61201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Illinois

and in the Quad Cities.

It is also in the American Midwest,

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

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Connor House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fort Armstrong Hotel (approx. 0.6 miles away); Old Main, Augustana College (approx. one mile away); Fort Armstrong Cemetery Boulders (approx. one mile away); John Gale & Richard M. Coleman (approx. one mile away); Site of Fort Armstrong (approx. one mile away); Fort Armstrong Sesquicentennial (approx. one mile away); Fort Armstrong (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rock Island.

Regarding Robert Wagner House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:

The Wagner House design was commissioned by Robert Wagner and his wife, Thekla Klug Wagner, in 1900. Rock Island's most prominent architect, George P. Stauduhar received the commission.…

When the Wagners moved into their new house on 23rd Street in 1904, a decade after their marriage, Robert was well established in a leadership position in the family brewery business. Within the next decade he would assume a similar position in Rock Island financial institutions. The Wagners occupied 904 23rd Avenue together until Robert's death in 1937
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 9, 2022

2. Robert Wagner House Marker
Local landmark plaque.
(33 years). Thekla continued in residence until her death nineteen years later in 1956.

Robert Wagner House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 9, 2022

3. Robert Wagner House Marker

The National Register plaque is left of the main door. The local landmark plaque is on the opposite side of the door.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 508 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 12, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.