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Photograph of No. 3 Millikin Place
Photograph of No. 3 Millikin Place. This house was built by W.J. Grady in 1909 and 1910.
Photograph of No. 2 Millikin Place
Photograph of No. 2 Millikin Place. This house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1910 for wealthy industrialist Edward P. Irving.
Photograph of No. 1 Millikin Place
Photograph of No. 1 Millikin Place. This house was built by Robert Mueller in 1911 and 1912. His widow, Addie E., still lived there in 1954.
Photograph of Nancy Williams, Carnegie Library Staff
Photograph of Nancy Williams, Carnegie Library Staff, Acquisitions
Photograph of N. Water St. at the 900 Block
Photograph of N. Water St. at the 900 block at King Anson Packard's home. He owned an 80 acre farm bordered at Broadway, now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, on the east, Water on the west and extending south from King. This photo was made in the…
Photograph of N. Jackson St. at the 500 Block
Photograph of the house at the 500 block of N. Jackson St. This house was built by David S. Shellabarger in 1866. In 1879 he built another home at Franklin and Eldorado which became the Decatur High School annex and was torn down in 1934.
Photograph of N. Franklin at the 300 Block at North St.
Photograph of the house at N. Franklin and the 300 block at North St. This house, the first brick house in Decatur, stood for many years on the southeast corner of Franklin and North streets where the Sears Roebuck & Co. farm store was in 1955. It…
Photograph of Mrs. Minerva Albert R. Taylor
Photograph of Mrs. Minerva Albert R. Taylor Born 1849; d. 4/21/1938; married to Albert Taylor, 1873. Mr. Taylor was the first President of Millikin University.
Photograph of Mrs. Lillian Merrill
Photograph of Mrs. Lillian Merrill; died May 12th, 1939. Dean of women at Millikin University for 19 years. She came to Millikin from Wooster, Ohio in 1912 and in addition to serving as dean of women she had charge of Aston Hall. She retired from…
Photograph of Mrs. A.R. Taylor
Photograph of Mrs. A.R. Taylor; died April 21st, 1938. Wife of Albert R. Taylor, first president of Millikin University. In this picture are, front left: Mrs. Mary E. Dyer, front right: Mrs. A.R. Taylor. In the back, left to right are: Mrs. Jemima…