Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
“The Tiedemann House is a historic house at 212 W. The house was built in 1884 for Ernst Tiedemann, a local merchant and a member of the city's board of trustees.”
Wikipedia article Tiedemann House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 27 National Register listings published here for St. Clair County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on O'Fallon Township in History of St. Clair County, Illinois. With Illustrations ... and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881 names O'Fallon. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Lodges. - The Royal Templars of Temperance was organized in February 1880. The Independent Order of Good Templers in February, 1881. The O'Fallon Lodge, No. 576, A F. and A. M., was chartered Oct. 6, 1868. Treu Bund, W. O. T. B., was organized May 6, 1871. The German Lodge No. 463, L O. O. F., organized in 1872. The 0 Fallon Lodge No. 431, I. 0. O. F., was chartered in 1869. St. Clair Lodge, K. of P. No. 40, chartered in 1875. German Lodge, K. of H. No. 878, chartered February 4, 1878. They are all well attended, and have a good membership.
Passage source: History of St. Clair County, Illinois. With Illustrations ... and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881.
There are also two more coal mines in this precinct, east of O'Fallon, the Van Court mine, and the Nicholas mine. The former was sunk in 1863 by Sharp and Thompson. It is now owned by B. J. Van Court, and operated by Savitz Brothers, of St. Louis. The mine is 207 feet deep, with a seven foot vein. The Nicholas mine was sunk about 1870, by Nicholas and McCoy. It is now owned and operated by Joseph Morris. The shaft is 212 feet deep, and the vein the same thickness of the above.
Passage source: History of St. Clair County, Illinois. With Illustrations ... and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on O'Fallon Township - 1,223 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tiedemann House: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Hill Brick Co. Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Little Canteen Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names O'Fallon, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | 2 hurt, $150,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused a home to collapse with two elderly residents inside. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | O Fallon | $150,000 | At approximately 10:28 PM a tornado began in the northeastern outskirts of O'Fallon, IL where it caused damage to multiple mobile homes, single family homes, outbuildings, and trees along its track northeast. The tornado then passed into southern Madison County. In Madison County the tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 6.75 miles and a maximum path width of 770 yards. In St. Clair County the tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 5.9 miles and a maximum path width of 450 yards. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | O'Fallon | $800 | Numerous power lines and large trees were knocked down across the county. |
| March 2025 | Hail | O Fallon | - | Wind driven hail caused extensive damage to west facing homes and buildings. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped a large tree which fell onto a house and its deck. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | Thunderstorm wind driven hail destroyed the siding and windows on numerous homes spanning entire neighborhoods in O'Fallon. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a 6 inch diameter tree. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down. Also, one house sustained minor siding damage. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | Several large trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2025 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | O Fallon | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Scott Field Historic District | 4.7 miles | 1994 |
| Lebanon Historic District | 5.4 miles | 1978 | |
 | Mermaid House Hotel | 5.8 miles | 1975 |
 | Gustave Koerner House | 6.6 miles | 2004 |
 | Belleville Historic District | 6.7 miles | 1976 |
 | Blair Historic District | 6.7 miles | 2015 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005233 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| St. Clair County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
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