Maeystown
County: Monroe
Location: In Monroe County, 8 miles west of
Waterloo, on Maeystown Rd.
Erected: 01/01/1988 Erected by:
Maeystown Preservation Society, Village Board, Civic Ass., Fire
Department, Women's Club, & The Illinois State Historical Society
Maeystown, where three streams descend the bluff, was founded by
Jacob Maeys in 1852. The original settlers were German members of the
Forty-Eighter Movement. The village is unique in manner with
structures integrated into the landscape. The original stone church
held services intermittently in German until 1943. Sixty significant
buildings still exist, including Maeys' log house, the original
church, the stone bridge, Zeitinger's Mill, and various outbuildings,
barns and smokehouses made of limestone, brick, and wood. These
buildings built in the mid to late 1800's form this quaint little
village. Maeystown was designated as an Historic District in 1978.
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