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| Illinois Art Deco & Streamline Moderne (page 2) |
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| Jackson Building Rockford, IL |
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| The Jackson Building is next door to the Coronado Theatre which was built in 1927. The Jackson was probably built at or near the same time. The ground floor is in use as "Coronado Corner", a gift shop and visitor's center operated by Friends of the Coronado. |
| Security Building Co. Rockford, IL |
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| The Security Building Co. appears to be from the 1920s. |
| Sabri Banquet Hall Chicago, IL |
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| The Sabri Banquet Hall occupies a nicely detailed Art Deco building on Western Ave. Does anyone know more about it? |
| First Church of Deliverance Chicago, IL |
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| The First Church of Deliverance was built in 1939 with the towers added in 1946. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Bloom High School Chicago Heights, IL |
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| Bloom High School was built from 1931-1934. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Summit-Argo, IL |
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| This Illinois Institute of Technology building now houses the National Center for Food Safety & Technology. |
| Kirby Risk Electrical Supply Danville, IL |
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| Kirby Risk Electrical Supply occupies this 1940s looking building. Does anyone know what was here originally? |
| Beacon News Paris, IL |
Boy Scouts of America Quincy, IL |
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The Beacon-News Building is faced with mint green vitrolite tiles. There was originally black vitrolite along the bottom of the building. It was probably built in the 1930s.
The Boy Scouts of America building was constructed around 1940 as the Chatten House. In 1967, it became the Gardner Memorial Boy Scout Service Center for the Saukee Area Council (now Mississippi Valley Council). |
| Daily Times Ottawa, IL |
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| The Daily Times building was constructed in 1939 and is still used by the newspaper. For more, see this website. |
| St. Charles Municipal Building St. Charles, IL |
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| The St. Charles Municipal Building was completed in 1940. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Restoration work to the River Wall was going on when these photos were taken in 2009. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. |
| Sterling Daily Gazette Building Sterling, IL |
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| The Sterling Daily Gazette Building was built in 1935. The former newspaper plant is now used as a bank. |
| Du Quoin State Fair Du Quoin, IL |
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| The Du Quoin State Fair was founded in 1923. The main entrance shown here was built in 1948. It features twin gate houses. A metal arch with the words "World Trotting Derby" connects them. It previously read "Hambletonian". For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Independent Order of Odd Fellows Meeting Hall Centralia, IL |
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| This Independent Order of Odd Fellows Meeting Hall was built around 1932. The terra cotta details probably continued to the ground floor originally. For more, see this website. |
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More IL Art Deco:
Carbide and Carbon Building: 1, 2 (Chicago) Chicago Board of Trade (Chicago) Gramercy Row Apartments (Chicago) McGraw-Hill Building (Chicago) storefront (Chicago) Wacker Tower: 1, 2 (Chicago) various buildings: 1, 2, 3 (Chicago) Elgin Tower (Elgin) unidentified building (Elgin) Illinois Building (Springfield) |
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