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Photograph of 561 N. Church St.
Photograph of 561 N. Church St. In 1874 the Enos Pratt family moved to Decatur and acquired the home on N. Church St. It was the home of Miss. Abbie Pratt until her death in 1940. She left the property to Florence Shade. The 1954 city directory lists…
Photograph of 560 Powers Lane
Photograph of 560 Powers Lane. This house was built by Frank Shlaudeman in 1906 and 1907. The city directories list it as being owned by George Conover from 1918 to 1921 and by Frank J. Parr from 1921 to 1925 when it was acquired by C.C. LeForgee.…
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.
Photograph of 464 W. Prairie Ave.
Photograph of 464 W. Prairie Ave. In 1909 this was the home of William Traver. It has remained the Traver family home since then. In 1955 it was occupied by Mrs. Dorothy Traver McCormick, granddaughter of William Traver.
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…