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J. H. Hawes Elevator, Second Street, Atlanta, Logan County, IL
Summary
1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: The J. H. Hawes Elevator is located in the small town of Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois. Built in 1904, it is an excellent surviving example of a heavy-timber stud-constructed country elevator. Stud-constructed or studded refers to the framing of the bins...John Hardin Hawes (1847-1938) was a grain dealer who in partnership with Jeremiah Miller purchased an elevator in 1881. After years of handling grain and coal, Hawes was well aware of elevator design when he hired contractors McIntyre and Wikle to Build his new elevator...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N486
Survey number: HABS IL-1202
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Bakshis, Douglas
Laughlin, Jennifer
Ciolek, Jerome
Emrick, Anthony
Johnson, Carl
McNeal, Nuria
Olsen, Kirstan
Pickard, Charles
Yontsey, Amy
Garner, John, faculty sponsor
University of Illinois, School of Architecture, sponsor
Location
Atlanta, 40.26463, -89.23000
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
