Shared Photo: The Amelung House & Saloon

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I just wanted to share this photo of the rear of the Amelung House and Saloon (where my aunt, Nelle White, and my dad grew up at) with the community.  The Amelung family purchased this house in 1903 and it remained in the family until 2003.  The house was built in 1858 and it is still standing!

Location: 202 S. Bogy St., Pilot Knob, Missouri. 
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WikiTree profile: Nelle White
in Photos by Marcine Lohman G2G2 (2.0k points)
What a beautiful house Marcine that you for sharing

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Wow!  It's fantastic that its still in good shape.
by Maggie N. G2G Astronaut (1.3m points)
selected by Susan Laursen
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I’ll bet there is a lot of history in that historic house being pre U.S. Civil War being built c.1858. Missouri 

Nice photo yes

by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (685k points)
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Looks like the house is still in great shape Marcine. Thank You for sharing it with us. Did the family live in the whole building, or was the family upstairs, and the bar downstairs?
by Marty Franke G2G6 Pilot (792k points)
The bottom floor had the saloon on one side and a store on the other.  The upstairs is where my Dad and his family lived.  There is a small hidden door on the stairwell that lets you look into the saloon.  My Dad said that in hot summers they slept outside on the back balcony.  I think the upstairs might have been a hotel at one time, especially since it was right across the street from the Pilot Knob Depot.  

This is a photo of the inside of the saloon.  https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~celticlady/genealogy/images/amelung_saloon1.jpg

After my aunt passed, the person who bought it said there were several feet of coal dust in the basement where the furnace was.  I didn't even know it had a basement!  And when he took the wallpaper off, it had several layers of the different wallpaper through the years because they kept putting the new wallpaper over the old.  I would have loved to see that old wallpaper.

My uncle sold the bar from the saloon and I've since found out who bought it and they still have it in their basement!
What a great picture! Thank You for sharing this great piece of history with us.

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