McPIKE MANSION
ALTON, IL

FAMED ARCHITECT LUCAS PFEIFFENBERGER BUILT
THE MCPIKE MANSION IN 1869 FOR HENRY GUEST
McPIKE AND HIS FAMILY. THE HOME WAS BUILT ON   
FIFTEEN ACRES OF LAND THAT WAS NAMED
“MOUNT LOOKOUT”.  IT WAS GIVEN THIS NAME DUE
TO THE FACT THAT THE LAND OVER LOOKED THE
TOWN OF ALTON. THE MANSION IS NOW OWNED BY
SHARYN AND GEORGE LUEDKE, AND IS KNOWN AS
ONE OF THE “MOST HAUNTED HOMES” IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Henry Guest McPike
Lucas Pfeiffenberger