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Photograph of the Parlor of Mr. and Mrs. Stafford

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Photograph of the parlor room in Mr. and Mrs. Stafford home located at 888 W. North St. This is similar to what parlors looked like around the year 1908. The heavy drapery was popular in its day, but one unusual thing about this room is the planter…

Photo of 5 Montgomery Place home of A. E. Staley

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Photograph of 5 Montgomery Place, home of A. E. Staley, photo taken 7/7/1941.

Photograph of No. 1 Millikin Place

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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.

Photo of House on 117 N. Monroe Street

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Photograph of House on 117 N. Monroe Street, Decatur, IL. Built and designed by Mrs. Julius G. Badenhausen in 1905. It was then known as the Badenhausen Flats. It was sold to Mrs. O. t. Eddy in 1908. In 1954 it was known as the Monroe Apartments.…

Photographs of No. 4 Millikin Place

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Photographs of No. 4 Millikin Place. This house was built by Adolph Mueller in 1912. It was sold in 1946 to Richard S. Reeser.

Photograph of No. 3 Millikin Place

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Photograph of No. 3 Millikin Place. This house was built by W.J. Grady in 1909 and 1910.

Photograph of No. 2 Millikin Place

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Photograph of No. 2 Millikin Place. This house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1910 for wealthy industrialist Edward P. Irving.

Photo of House on 334 W. Main Street

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Photograph of House on 334 W. Main Street, Decatur, IL.., residence of Lycurgus L. Bobblett, 1909, city directory.

Photo of House on 1900 W. Main Street and Fairview Avenue.

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Photograph of House on 1900 West Main and Fairview Avenue, taken about 1902. Home of Edmiston McClellan who served 28 years as Macon Co. circuit clerk. Lived in Decatur 1835-1900. (Information from Decatur and Macon County History.)

Photograph of 800 W. McKinley

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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…