County of building: St. Charles County
Location of building: N 5th St., 2nd house S of Franklin St., W side, St. Charles
Built: 1893
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Architectural Style: Federal
Original Occupant: Conrad J. and Lizzie Broeckelmann
Historic District Map
Marker Text:
Circa 1893
725 North Fifth Street
1830 - Part of Nathan Boone's survey of the Commons.
1837 - Part of Dr. Andrew Wilson's lease of the Commons.
1857 - Partitioned among the heirs of Dr. Andrew Wilson who subdivided the area as Wilson's
subdivision.
1893 - This St. Charles brick home was built in the four bay, double door, simplified Federal style. The
brick trim at the roofline plus the fan shaped window and door lintels are typical, locally. Note the
two Greek Revival dormers and the Queen Anne porch trim. A full width work porch was across
the back, but has since been enclosed. The recent addition of a wing at the rear has added living space.
1894 - Tax records indicate Conrad Broeckelman paid taxes on his lot equivalent to a home being
there. Mr. Broeckelman married Elizabeth Bartles January 18, 1891. At this time he was a
bartender.
1910 - Conrad Broeckelman and his wife, known as Lizzie, retained ownership and Conrad at this time
worked as a carpenter for A.C.F. (American Car and Foundry).
1945 - Conrad Broeckelman, now a widower, resided here with his daughter, Clotilda, who worked at
St. Joseph's Hospital.
1950 - Clotilda Broeckelman resided here alone until 1960: 65 years of single family ownership.
The home then passed to Mrs. Carroll Howell. (nee Parties) Clotilda's cousin.
"Built: 1893
Style/Design: Federal with Folk Victorian porch
A plaque in the front yard states that the house was built in 1893 for Conrad Broeckelmann and his wife Elizabeth Bartles Broeckelmann.
At that time Mr. Broeckelmann was employed as a bartender, and he continued to work as a bartender until at least1906, based on the
city directories. However, according to the yard plaque, by 1910 he was working as a carpenter at the American Car and Foundry Co.
The 1906 city directory indicates that Burt and Jessie Blessing were also living in the house, and Mr. Blessing was employed as a laborer. The earliest Sanborn Insurance map to show this block dates to 1909, and it and the 1917 and 1929 maps show the house as a
duplex. It presently is a single-family dwelling. By 1945 Mrs. Broeckelmann had died, and her husband continued to reside in the house with their daughter Clotilda, who worked at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Mr. Broeckelmann died in 1950, and Clotilda occupied the house until 1960, when it was inherited by Mrs. Carroll Howell, Clotilda’s cousin.
"A brick sidewalk extends from the public sidewalk to the gallery and continues along the south side of the house. The lot is flat and is
planted with ornamental shrubs and trees. At the rear of the property is a one-and-one-half story, three-car, side-gabled frame garage.
Opening onto the alley, the two overhead doors each have four horizontal flat sections. There is a large area of wall above these two openings, and on the south elevation is a 6/6 window on each level. The garage was built in 1996 and is noncontributing." ~ St. Charles Historic Survey Phase IV, PDF pages 49-52