Mill "C" Complex, South of Dee Bennet Road, near Illinois River, Ottawa, La Salle County, IL
Summary
Significance: A unique example of industrial architecture, the Sand-Sorting Building contains a large pyramidal roof with multi-light gable dormers. It and the adjacent Sand Draining and Drying Building constitute the Mill "C" complex which was part of the nationally important glass-sand industry in Ottawa, Illinois.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2
Survey number: HAER IL-24
Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1927 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Allen & Garcia
Thornton, Edmund B
Jones, Kimberly, transmitter
Location
illinois, 41.34559, -88.84258
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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