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SALEM EVANGELICAL CHURCH / 437 S 9TH
> Built primarily for its German congregation in Quincy’s South Side > Fashioned in a typical German “Hallkirche” design–a hall church with nave and side aisles of approximately equal height, lit through windowed side walls typically spanning the full height of the interior
1877 / VICTORIAN GOTHIC / JOHN MCKEAN architect
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TRAPP ROW / 303-321 SOUTH 10TH
> Situated on 30-ft lots in “Calftown”--nearly every household possessed a cow > A shotgun fired into the house from the front door would fly cleanly out at the back
1889 / SHOTGUN COTTAGES
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BREWERY DISTRICT / DICK BROTHER’S BREWERY / 9TH-10TH & YORK ST
> The first German migrants settled primarily in Quincy’s southeast corner, accumulating approximately 10,500 in number from 1840-1870 > Many homes in the German Historic District belonged to employees of Dick Brothers Brewery, founded 1857, once larger than Anheuser-Busch > Today the Brewery offers tunnel tours, a museum and event spaces: 217.242.9567 / dickbrothersbrewery.com
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