Collins House
201 Cedar Avenue

Now part of the business area, Century Corners, this National Style building once served as a home and place of business for Thomas Collins and his family. Collins, who owned a tailor shop on Second Avenue, moved into the home in 1853. The home itself was built in 1836.

Evidence of a trap door in the floor of an old coal bin lead many people to believe that the home served as a stop on the Underground Railroad.

For additional photographs, see these sources, more fully described in the Bibliography.

St. Charles of Illinois
Reflections of St. Charles p 130

Also see...

Beith House
Klink's Wagon Shop
Durant House

Sources

• Badger, David Alan. St. Charles of Illinois. Havana: David Alan Badger, 1985.
  
• Pearson, Ruth Ann. Reflections of St. Charles. Elgin: Brethern Press, 1976.
  
• St. Charles Historical Society Bus Tour of Historic Homes. St. Charles: St. Charles Historical Society. 22 Oct. 1978.