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Center & Chestnut Streets, Le Roy, McLean County, IL
Summary
1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: Le Roy is a small town in central Illinois that is largely supported by surrounding farms and agricultural businesses. Corn and soybean are the principal crops. Platted in 1835 on a grid that conformed to the township subdivisions of the old Northwest Ordinance, the town grew slowly until the arrival of the Big Four railway in 1870. Named for Le Roy, New York, by one of its settlers, it occupies land once roamed by the Kickapoo Indians...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N157
Survey number: HABS IL-1192
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cohen, Irene
Dronz, Brent
Esser, Eleanor
Gilbert, Douglas
Haggis, Susan
Lindenbach, Kristen
Meier, Thomas
Osgood, Richard
Robinson, Frederick
Seidel, Barbara
Garner, John, faculty sponsor
University of Illinois, School of Architecture, sponsor
Kasparek, Kate, transmitter
Location
illinois, 40.34713, -88.76049
Source
Library of Congress
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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
