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Photograph of 557 N. Main St.
Photograph of 557 N. Main St. taken after the storm on February 2, 1883. During this time it was the Durfee home. Now there is no such number on North Main.
Tags: 1883, 557 N. Main St, Decatur IL, Durfee, house, Main St, Photo File: Houses, Storm
Photograph of 756 N. Main St.
Photograph of 756 N. Main St. after the storm on February 2, 1883. At that time it was the home of George H. Conklin. It later became the site of the Purity Baking Company.
Photograph of 925 N. Main St.
Photograph of 925 N. Main St. This house was built in 1865 and 1866 by J.Q. Brown who lived there until about 1874 when he sold it to Dr. W.A. Barnes. Dr. Barnes sold it in 1891 to James D. Tait, who left it to his son, Joseph S. Tait. In 1921 the…
Photograph of 1105 N. Main St.
Photograph of 1105 N. Main St. This house was built by Adam F. Gebhart in 1909. In 1954 it was owned by his son, Grover Gebhart.
Photograph of 740 N. Main St
Photograph of 740 N. Main St. taken after a storm on February 2, 1883. At that time it was the home of Joseph Mills. In the 1954 city directory there was no such house number listed on North Main.
Tags: 1883, 740 N. Main, Decatur IL, house, Joseph Mills, Main St, Mills, Photo File: Houses, Storm
Photographs of 413 W. Macon St.
Photographs of the house at 413 W. Macon St. This house was built by William F. Busher in 1873. The house was torn down some time before 1943 when the Lincoln Apartments were built on that site. At the time the apartments were built the property was…
Photograph of 323 W. Macon St.
Photograph of the house at 323 W. Macon St. This house was built by Smith E. Walker in 1912. His widow, Mabel Mills Walker, still lived there in 1954.
Photograph of 462 W. Macon St.
Photograph of the house at 462 W. Macon St. This house was built about 1896 by K.H. Roby, Sr. He traded it to C.W. Sigler in 1916. B.F. Coffman bought it from the Peter B. McCluskey estate in 1927 and remodeled it into apartments known as the…
Photograph of 451 W. Macon
Photograph of the house at 451 W. Macon St. It was the home of Samuel S. Jack. It was willed to his son, Dr. Cecil M. Jack, who lived there until his death in 1949. His widow, Charlotte, was still living there in 1954.
Photograph of 304 W. Macon
Photograph of 304 W. Macon taken in 1996.
Tags: 1996, 304 W Macon, Decatur IL, house, Macon St, Photo File: Houses, Playground