National Register of Historic Places - Illinois (IL), Coles County

Coles County Illinois has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Old Main, Pemberton Hall and Gymnasium and U. S. Post Office, Airtight Bridge and Blakeman Bridge.

Several famous people are associated with these Coles County historic places including Alexander Briggs and Dr. Hiram Rutherford.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Coles County places including Mangnus & Son Yeager, Alexander Briggs, W. Carbys Zimmerman, James K. Taylor, George H. Miller, Mercantile Bridge Co., Emerson and Greg Hewitt, David McLaughlin, Almon W. Stoolman and Cornelius W. Rapp. Prominent architectural styles found in Coles Country are Art Deco, Classical Revival and Beaux Arts.

Airtight Bridge (added 1981 - - #81000211)

Also known as Bridge Number 3165

NE of Charleston , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

James,Claude L.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Blakeman Bridge (added 1981 - - #81000212)

Also known as Bridge Number 3133

SE of Charleston , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mercantile Bridge Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Briggs, Alexander, House (added 1980 - - #80001341)

Also known as The Stone House

210 Jackson St. , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Briggs,Alexander

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Renaissance

Historic Person:

Briggs,Alexander

Significant Year:

1894

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Burgess-Osborne Memorial Auditorium (added 2018 - - #100002149)

1701 Wabash Avenue, Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1953-1967 AD

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Shiloh Encampment Site (added 2014 - - #13001110)

Illinois, 3rd PM., T11N, R9E, sec. 21, NW. 1/4, NE. 1/4, SW. 1/4, Lerna

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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Station (added 2004 - - #86000135)

Also known as Big Four Railroad Station

1632 Broadway St. , Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Economics, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Coles County Courthouse (added 1978 - - #78001118)

Charleston Public Sq. , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rapp,Cornelius W.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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Fifteenth Street and Oklahoma Avenue Brick Street (added 1999 - - #99001357)

500 through 1217 Fifteenth St. and 1500 through 1521 Oklahoma Ave. , Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Harrison St. Bridge (added 1981 - - #81000213)

Also known as Bridge Number 3034

E of Charleston , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Oliver & Alexander

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Health Education Building (added 1995 - - #95000993)

Also known as McAfee Gymnasium

1611 4th St. , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hammond, C. Herrick, Hewitt, Emerson and Greg

Architectural Style:

Art Deco, Moderne, International Style

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education, Health Care, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Clinic, College, Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

College, Outdoor Recreation

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Illinois Central Railroad Depot (added 2002 - - #02000098)

Also known as Illinois Central Railroad Station

1718 Broadway Ave. , Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Parking Lot

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Parking Lot

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Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision Historic District (added 2017 - - #100001921)

Roughly bounded by Logan and 6th Streets, Lafayette and Charleston Avenues, and Elm Ridge Subdivision, Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1871-1962 AD

McFarland House (added 1991 - - #91001690)

Also known as Dudley House

895 Seventh St. , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mitchell,Charles D.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Museum, Single Dwelling

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Old Main (added 1981 - - #81000214)

Also known as Livingston C. Lord Administration Building

Lincoln Ave. and 7th St. , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Briggs,Alexander, Miller,George H.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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Pemberton Hall and Gymnasium (added 1982 - - #82002521)

Lincoln Ave. and 4th St. , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing

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Railway Express Agency Building (added 1994 - - #94000974)

Also known as American Railway Express Company Building

1804 Western Ave. , Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Warehouse

Roytek, Richard, House (added 2011 - - #11000030)

3420 Richmond Ave, Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

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Rutherford, Dr. Hiram, House and Office (added 1982 - - #82002523)

14 S. Pike St. , Oakland

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Rutherford,Dr. Hiram

Significant Year:

1855, 1846

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Professional, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Street Stone Arch Bridges (added 2001 - - #01000869)

700 blks of Sixth, Seventh and Tenth Sts. , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Briggs, Alexander

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Starr Hotel (added 1994 - - #94000975)

Also known as Custer Hotel;Shafer Hotel

1913--1923 Western Ave. , Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Restaurant

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

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Stone Quarry Bridge (added 1981 - - #81000215)

Also known as Bridge Number3111

NE of Charleston , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

King Iron Bridge Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

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U. S. Post Office (added 1979 - - #79000818)

1701 Charleston Ave. , Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Yeager,Mangnus & Son, Taylor,James K.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office

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Unity Church (added 1982 - - #82002522)

220 Western Ave. , Mattoon

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church School, Religious Structure

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Will Rogers Theatre and Commercial Block (added 1984 - - #84001066)

705-715 Monroe Ave. , Charleston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kennedy,Roy M., multiple

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store, Theater

More Information:

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