Illinois - Macon County
Macon County Illinois has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Millikin, James, House, Decatur Downtown Historic District, Decatur Historic District and Millikin Building and Decatur and Macon County Welfare Home for Girls.

Several famous people are associated with these Macon County historic places including James Millikin and Eli Ulery.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Macon County places including Boyington,W.W., & Co., William W. Boyington, Bramhall & Dague Brooks, Bramhill & Dague Brooks, H.B. Kravel, Theodore Link, Swen A. Clausen, Edward H. Menke and C.S. Bainum. Prominent architectural styles found in Macon Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Italianate.

Decatur Downtown Historic District (added 1985 - - #85001011)
Merchant St. roughly bounded by North, Water, Wood, and Church Sts. , Decatur
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
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Decatur Historic District (added 1976 - - #76000719)
Also known as See Also:Millikin,James,House
Roughly bounded by Hayward, El Dorado, and Church, and Lincoln Park Dr. , Decatur
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Decatur and Macon County Welfare Home for Girls (added 2004 - - #99000982)
Also known as Webster Hall Girl's Welfare Home, Decature Turner Hall
736 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. , Decatur
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Meeting Hall, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Millikin Building (added 1980 - - #79000853)
100 N. Water St. , Decatur
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Boyington,W.W., & Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Millikin, James, House (added 1974 - - #74000765)
125 N. Pine St. , Decatur
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Second Empire
Historic Person:
Millikin,James
Significant Year:
1876
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Unknown
More Information:
Roosevelt Junior High School (added 2002 - - #02000462)
701 W. Grand Ave. , Decatur
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brooks, Bramhall & Dague, Kravel, H.B.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
More Information:
Transfer House (added 2002 - - #02000843)
1 Central Park East , Decatur
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Boyington, William W.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Octagon Mode
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Music Facility, Road-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Organizational
More Information:
Trobaugh--Good House (added 1996 - - #96000858)
Also known as House at Homestead Prairie Farm
1495 Brozio Ln. , Decatur
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
Ulery, Eli, House (added 1979 - - #79000854)
Also known as Woodbine Farm
SE of Mount Zion on SR 60 , Mount Zion
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Ulery,Eli
Significant Year:
1860
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Union Church (added 1999 - - #99000588)
2.5 mi. SE of Oreana, on Kirby Rd. , Oreana
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Cemetery, Government Office, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Social
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Meeting Hall
More Information:
Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency (added 1994 - - #94000029)
780 E. Cerro Gordo St. , Decatur
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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:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
West End Historic District (added 2002 - - #02001444)
Roughly bounded by S. Fairview Ave., Park Place, Fairview Park, Westdale Ave., W. Main St., Glencoe Ave., Sunset Ave. , Decatur
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brooks, Bramhill & Dague
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
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