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Penfield Elevators, Front Street, Penfield, Champaign County, IL
Summary
1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention
Significance: Penfield is located in east central Illinois, approximately 20 miles west of the Indiana border. Until recently, 2 early grain elevators with weigh station in between bordered the north edge of town. The west elevator was constructed shortly after the arrival of Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railway in 1878, which eventually became part of the Illinois Central Railroad system. The bins were constructed of 2x4 and 2x6 inch lumber laid flat and nailed horizontally (crib construction) and rested on a stone foundation...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-146
Survey number: HABS IL-1133
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Gifford Elevators
Garner, John S, faculty sponsor
University of Illinois, School of Architecture, sponsor
Lambert, Michael A, delineator
Meier, Joseph, delineator
Moore, Daniel, delineator
Rotheroe, Kevin, delineator
Wydick, Susan, delineator
Location
Penfield, 40.30638, -87.94395
Source
Library of Congress
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
