National Register of Historic Places - Illinois (IL), 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

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

More Information:

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