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King Barn
Flack Barn
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photo by Jock Hedblade
photo by Jock Hedblade
photo by Jock Hedblade
photo by Jock Hedblade
Argyle State Park - Macomb, IL Area - Colchester, IL
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photo by Jan Armstrong
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photo by Jock Hedblade
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photo by Jock Hedblade
Frank Hicks House in Blandinsville  by architect George Franklin Barber, 1895.
Lakeview Nature Center
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Adair Post Office
photo by Jock Hedblade
McDonough County's 2nd courthouse build in Macomb's town square, dedicated 1872.
Lizzie Magie inventor of Monopoly board game - born 1866 Macomb, IL
Lizzie Magie's "Landlord's Game" which later evolved into Monopoly, the world's most popular board game.
Game of "Monopoly" Was First Know as "Landlord's Game" Washington D.C. Evening Star article on Elizabeth Magie, Jan. 28, 1936
Lizzie Magie's original board for her Landlord's Game - precursor to Monopoly.
Macomb's historic town square
Opened as the Chandler Theatre in 1912, the theatre was renamed the Illinois Theatre on September 15, 1919. Remodeled a number of times since, including a twinning of the theatre in the late-1970’s, the Illinois Theatre screened it's last film in 2005. In 2006 reopened as The Forum, a nightclub, concert venue, and banquet hall.
Swearingen Windmill once the Old Dutch Mill Tourist Camp from 1927-1960, Industry, IL
Abraham Lincoln - This photo was taken five days after the first Lincoln-Douglas Debate and a day before the second Debate on Aug. 26, 1858 Macomb, IL
Lincoln's stay's in Macomb from the book, Macomb: A Pictorial History by John Hallwas
Lincoln plaque marking the location of Lincoln's speech at McDonough County courthouse in Macomb's town square.
Former Randolph House hotel.
Lincoln plaque on former Randolph House
William H. Randolph and the Randolph House, from the book, Macomb: A Pictorial History by John Hallwas
Plaque commemorating Lincoln's stay on outside of the building that was The Randolph House hotel
Built in the 1840's, the Blandin House was not only home to the founders of the village of Blandinsville, it also hosted a young lawyer from Springfield named Abe Lincoln. Today this historic site houses the local museum.
Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, Revolutionary War hero and namesake of the seat of McDonough County
Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb monument in Macomb's historic Chandler Park.
Plaque honoring the namesake of McDonough County
Industry's historic downtown
Former Lamoine hotel where Amelia Earhart once slept.
Washington Monument, Chandler Park
Statue commemorating McDonough County's Civil War heroes - Chandler Park
Ford Hopkins was a chain of drugstores that began in 1930, with 300 locations in Illinois, Iowa and Indiana. The Macomb location opened its doors on May 15, 1930 and feature a lunch counter and soda. Today it's home to Free Range yoga studio, but still houses the former pharmacy's original lunch counter.
W.I.U.'s Garwood Hall
Old Macomb cemetery
Warden Barn
This building located at 25-29 East Side Square in Macomb was built by C. V. Chandler. The 25 East Side Square was erected in 1881 while he section of the building to the north, 29 East Side Square, was built by the Masons the same year. The third floor was added in 1892. Though many business called the building home including F.W. Woolworth's from 1954-1979. Wyne Dry Goods Co. stayed the longest from 1893-1938 and the structure stills bears the name. The West Central Illinois Arts Center has called the building home since 2008.
Water from WWII Camp Ellis, Ipava, IL
Ghost sign - Macomb
Chandler Park gazebo, Macomb.
Established in the 1840's, Vishnu Springs, once renowned for the supposed healing properties of the water from its mineral springs sits near the town of Tennessee, IL. The resort was also a haven for bootleggers and gangsters, including Al Capone, to take refuge.
Historic Mesker Building of Adair, IL
Then New York Governor Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt greets the public in 1900 at Bushnell, Illinois on his campaign for Vice President of the United States, running with incumbent President William McKinley. - WIU Digital Archives
Everly Barn
Sherman Hall is the main administrative building of Western Illinois University and site of the original Western Illinois State Normal School, erected in 1900.
The Moses King Brick and Tile Works is a historic brickworks located at 738 North Coal Street in Colchester, Illinois. The complex includes King's Folk Victorian home, four of the original seven beehive kilns, the factory building and its drying tunnels, two exhaust stacks, and various outbuildings. Moses King established the brickworks on his own land, which held one of the county's richest clay deposits, in 1881.
Colchester, IL photo by Jock Hedblade
The Bailey House was built in 1887 by William S. Bailey, founder and first president of Union National Bank, Macomb, IL
Hammond Barn photo by Ken Kashian
Former Illinois Theatre
Kipling Barn photo by Jan Armstrong
Bushnell, IL
SHerman Hall - WIU, Macomb
Round Barn, Colchester, IL
photo by Sharon Knight Walters
Old Union National Bank, Macomb
Colchester, IL photo by Jock Hedblade
Civil War Monument, Chandler Park, Macomb
Flack Barn photo by Jan Armstrong
Sullivan - Taylor Block erected 1895
Monument recognizing the McDonough County suffragette movement - Chandler Park, Macomb.
King Barn photo by Jan Armstrong
Originally built by the Standard Oil Company in 1926, this brick structure still functions and is open for business as an auto mechanic shop.
McDonough County courthouse Macomb, erected 1872
photo by Seth Gains
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