Browse Items (8415 total)

Photograph of 990 W. King

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/67166ecc723b0038306073a9915c5181.jpg
Photograph of 990 W. King. This house was built in 1907 and 1908 by Joseph Tolladay who was a bricklayer. His widow lived there until 1941. In 1942 it was listed as being owned by Jacob Noble who still owned it in 1954.

Photograph of 925 N. Main St.

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/097fdbca28a9a5826dd3ccf91b7c9451.jpg
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 878 W. William St.

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/8e76639339cad9a1ff993bd0ab26c45e.jpg
Photograph of 878 W. William St., taken October 19, 1946.

Photograph of 861 W. William St.

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/42033d974122226d5ca345fd825356a1.jpg
Photograph of 861 W. William St., taken April 18, 1951.

Photograph of 860 W. Wood St.

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/383fbc7eae0dfa99343b6b45682a72ff.jpg
Photograph of 860 W. Wood St. taken April 14, 1946.

Photograph of 836 N Church St

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/3f4cb082c94c26ecb0145f96a227855b.jpg
Photograph of 836 N Church St. This apartment house was built by J.W. Osgood in 1911. It has changed owners several times and was bought by Ralph E. McDaniel from Rosa Bauer in 1951. It is known as the McDaniel Apartments.

Photograph of 809 N. Main St.

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/2b849e34b93b5b5d9870914b330be6e6.jpg
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.

Photograph of 800 W. McKinley

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/ce2f62a8a8b8a3c0bcac7b585a01e328.jpg
Photograph of 800 W. McKinley. This house was built in 1909 by Hue Singleton, restaurant owner. His wife and her second husband, Samuel Finger lived there for many years. In 1941 it was owned by Mrs. Della F. Smull. In 1952 it was bought from the…

Photograph of 756 N. Main St.

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/b9a0a6da6af8e15b01165b8f92b8b595.jpg
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 752 N. Broadway

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/e6ee6a1b8662e00285ec75e4707f40a6.jpg
Photograph of the house at 752 N. Broadway, where the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen was organized in 1880. Home of William Felton.