Alexander Hall Buel House

A. H. Buel received a deed to the lot from Daniel Field on 18 October, 1841, and family members, some of whom lived in the house until 1986, believed that Buel, a tanner, built the house shortly after the deed was executed. The Buels came to Golconda in 1836, witnessed the 1838-39 Cherokee Trail of Tears, and told of feeding pumpkin to two weary travelers. A son, James William, became a renowned non-fiction author in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The property was purchased by Frank J. Mason of Springfield, who presented it to Governor Jim Edgar for the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency in 1992.

Golconda, Illinois · United States