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Pages in category "Brick buildings and structures in Illinois" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
In addition to its broad long-standing industrial base, the city enjoyed notable growth in the 1840s during the construction of the feeder canal (now the Calumet Sag Channel) for the Illinois and Michigan Canal and as the center of a large brick-making industry beginning in the 1850s, which eventually gave Blue Island the status of brick-making ...
A section of IL 4 north of Auburn and south of Springfield, which was also part of the original span of US 66, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1998. [6] This is the last brick alignment in Illinois. Route 66 then passed through Chatham, and entered Springfield.
In 1896, the Auburn post office was the site of the first Rural Free Delivery service in Illinois, part of a nationwide test. [13] Three rural letter carriers rode 35-mile routes. [ 14 ] The experiment was well-received: some local farmers changed their post office to Auburn to take advantage of the new system. [ 14 ]
The city dates its founding to the period between 1831 and 1837, following the Indian Removal Act, when Erastus Gary laid claim to 790 acres (320 ha) of land near present-day Warrenville. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The Wheaton brothers arrived from Connecticut, and in 1837, Warren L. Wheaton laid claim to 640 acres (260 ha) of land in the center of town.
Acme Brick Company is an American manufacturer and distributor of brick and masonry-related construction products and materials.Founder George E. Bennett (October 6, 1852 – July 3, 1907), chartered the company as the Acme Pressed Brick Company on April 17 1891, in Alton, Illinois, [1] although the company's physical location has always been in Texas.
Near Rosiclare: 4: Orr-Herl Mound and Village Site: Orr-Herl Mound and Village Site: November 21, 1978 : Northern bank of the Ohio River midway between Elizabethtown and Rosiclare [6: Near Rosiclare: 5: Rose Hotel: Rose Hotel
Local grocery stores, which paid property taxes to the city of Galena, were not interested in helping to maintain their competitors. In about 1910 the stalls of the Old Market House went out of business. [3] The city of Galena moved its offices elsewhere in 1938, making the old building redundant. It was given to the state of Illinois in 1947. [3]