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Photograph of 414 W. Main St.
Photograph of 414 W. Main St. this house was built by J.W. Race about 1880. He sold it in 1904 to William Y. Jackman. It changed hands several times before 1911 when John Henton bought it and tore it down and built the Henton Apartments on that site.
Photograph of 440 W. Main St.
Photograph of the cabin in the yard at 440 W. Main St., where Mrs. Alice G. Evans, Decatur Librarian, and Miss Ella Glore, sister of Mrs. Evans resided. In 1931 Heston I. Baldwin bought the property and tore down the house and added the ground to the…
Photograph of 404-418 W. Main St.
Photograph of 404-418 W. Main St. This building was built by J.R. Henton and J.W. Richardson, brother-in-law of Henton, in 1909-1912. It was known as the Henton Apartments. In 1954 it was owned by Don Richardson of Shelbyville, IL., who is a son of…
Photo of House on 335 W. Main Street
Photograph of House on 335 W. Main Street, Decatur, IL. "Home of w. H. Starr back as far as 1883. It was listed in the 1954 city directory as the Bender Apartments. (Information from clips and city directory.)"
Photo of House on 308 W. Main Street
Photograph of House at 308 W. Main Street. "Built by W. H. Linn in 1888. It was later the home of his son, W. W. Linn, and his daughter, Mrs. M. A. DeForest.. She sold it to Dawson and Wikoff in 1922. In 1928 it was bought from Dawson and Wikoff by…
Photograph of 358 N. Main St.
Photograph of 358 N. Main St. This house was one of the last downtown Decatur residences to go in making room for business houses. The house was torn down in 1921. George W. Moeller had bought the house from the Isabelle Stafford estate and on the…
Photograph of 809 N. Main St.
Photograph of 809 N. Main St. after the February 2, 1883 storm. At that time it was the home of I.C. Pugh. In the 1954 city directory there was no such house number listed on North Main.
