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📸 Credit: St. Charles Historic Preservation Commission agenda packet
A historic St. Charles structure with deep roots in the community now has landmark status.
Known as “John Gartner’s East Side Bakery” and built around 1910, the vernacular-style building at 115 Cedar Avenue remains largely intact in its original form.
According to city documents, Gartner opened the bakery in 1911, which then became a destination for east-side residents. Its new landmark status protects the building from alternations without Historic Preservation Commission approval.