Waterloo in Monroe County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
SS Peter and Paul High School
Photographed by Thomas Smith, March 26, 2023
1. SS Peter and Paul High School Marker
This flag pole stood in front of Memorial Hall.
Foundation stones and sandstone from the front entrance of the high school building form the bench supports.
The bricks for the planter are original bricks from the building which served as a Catholic school at 211 West, Fourth Street from 1866 to 1967. SS Peter and Paul High School dates from 1945.
This is our school--how many stories it could tell if only it could talk! Deep within its brick walls, its wooden floors, its high ceilings are buried the sounds of merry laughter, of profound recitations, of gay repartee. On its walls and furniture are the stains of the years--water guns, colored chalk, pencil marks, the neatly carved initials of amorous young couples. Yes, our school is aged; it's water-stained; it's carven and chiseled, but it's ours--and we love it. If, in the future we see men razing the dear old building that a new, more modern one may sing up in its place, we shall be sad, and wonder how any other walls--no matter how shiny, how convenient, how beautiful--can ever be as welcoming, as sheltering, as warmly embracing as the dear brick arms of the old SS. Peter and Paul's.
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Location. 38° 20.715′ N, 90° 9.438′ W. Marker is in Waterloo, Illinois, in Monroe County. It is on Moore Street north of Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling north. On the side of Gibault High School. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 501 Columbia Ave, Waterloo IL 62298, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is 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 and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Kolmer Family Log Cabin (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Schatte Cabin (approx. 0.4 miles away); Metzger-Crook Post 6504 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Peterstown and the Merchant Prince (approx. 0.4 miles away); Millstones (approx. 0.4 miles away); Waterloo Fire Department Memorial Bell Plaza (approx. half a mile away); Ford Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Kaskaskia Cahokia Trail (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waterloo.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, March 26, 2023
2. SS Peter and Paul High School Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 30, 2023, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 258 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 30, 2023, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
