Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photos of the old Lincoln Hotel and Demolition.

Photograph of the Lincoln Hotel before demolition, located at 1164 E. Eldorado Street, Decatur. Photographs of the demolition.

Tags: 1164 E. Eldorado, 2/12/1974, 3/12/1974, BS1774, BS1775, BS1776, Business, Decatur IL., Demolition, hotel, Lincoln Hotel

Photographs of Illinois Power Gas Plant Building and Structures.

Tags: 1951, 9/28/1933, BS1690, BS1691, BS1692, BS1693, BS1694, BS1695, BS1696, Buildings, Business, Demolition, E. Wood St., Gas Plant, Illinois Power

Photographs of Decatur High School taken shortly before it was demolished in 1977. The High School was built at 400 N Franklin St. in 1911.

Tags: 1/20/1977, 1977, building, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Demolition, exterior, Facade, Franklin St., high school, James A. Woodruff, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School, Woodruff

Photographs of the Carnegie Library cornerstone time capsuled being opened on August 9, 1972.

Tags: 1972, Capsule, Carnegie, Carnegie Library, Cornerstone, Decatur IL, Demolition, History, library, Photo File: Library, Public, Public Library, Time, Time Capsule

Photographs of the Carnegie Library Demolition in 1972.

Tags: 1972, Carnegie, Carnegie Library, Decatur IL, Demolition, Downtown, exterior, library, Photo File: Library, Public, Public Library

Photographs of the demolition of the Empress Theatre taken 11/25/1962.

Tags: 1962, 419 N. Water St., Buildings, Decatur IL., Demolition, Empress Theatre, Photo File: Buildings, Theaters