|
 The Standard
City Powerhouse lies approximately one-half mile south of Standard
City, Macoupin County, Illinois. The coal-fired Powerhouse was
built in 1918-1919 for Standard Oil Company to generate electricity
for the Schoper, or “Standard B” Mine and for the neighboring
community of Standard City. At the time it was constructed, the
facility was described as one of the largest power plants of its
kind in the state. The Powerhouse played a significant role as a
support facility for Standard Oil Company’s mining-related
activities in the Standard City area between 1918 and 1925 and in
its ancillary role as an electrical generating station for Standard
City. The Standard City Powerhouse represents a Neo-Classically
inspired, relatively large, early twentieth-century, coal-fired
power plant that is relatively rare in central Illinois. This
project documented the abandoned and deteriorated Powerhouse prior
to its destruction. |
