Looking East On E. Main St. Showing Hagel Bros. Building, Mount Sterling, Illinois
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A view of the north side of E. Main Street in the Mount Sterling Commercial Historic District. Of particular note in this view is the Hagel Bros. Building with the large mural on its side. Constructed in 1891, this Italianate Commercial structure was the home of Hagel Brothers fine furniture and undertaking business.
Over the years, the building has been repurposed as a stove, furnace, and fence business, followed by a hardware store. Today it is known as Hagel 1891, a modern American cuisine restaurant.
The Mount Sterling Commercial Historic District includes four entire city blocks and parts of four others. The district was added to the NRHP in 1987. The city is the seat of Brown County, and had a population of 2,006 at the 2020 census.
Sources:
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Mount Sterling Commercial Historic District; Mount Sterling, Illinois (Wikipedia); Mount Sterling Commercial Historic District (Wikipedia), Brown County, Illinois (Wikipedia)