Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Freight Office, Second & Broadway Streets, Quincy, Adams County, IL
Summary
See written historical & descriptive pages for floor plans.
Significance: The structure embodies the distinctive characteristics of late-nineteenth century industrial architecture and also for its association with the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, for which Quincy served as the southern terminus and which contributed to the city's status as an important transportation hub and commercial/industrial center from 1825 to 1910.
Survey number: HAER IL-10
Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work
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Tags
offices
warehouses
railroad facilities
brick buildings
transportation industry
historic sites
quincy ill
chicago
burlington
quincy
railroad
quincy railroad
freight
freight office
broadway
broadway streets
adams
adams county
illinois
j bruce
burlington and quincy railroad chicago
historic american engineering record
roger watts
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
united states history
library of congress
Date
1910
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Bruce, J, delineator
Watts, Roger, photographer
Location
Quincy (Ill.)
,
39.93461, -91.30025
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html