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Peoria City Hall, located in the United States city of Peoria, Illinois, is a historic red sandstone building designed by Reeves and Baillee. The city hall was built in 1897 and dedicated in January 1899. [ 2 ]
On July 27, 2016, the City of Peoria filed a condemnation notification for the building. [9] City inspectors reexamined the building on August 25. As most necessary repairs were complete at that time, the city's assistant community development director stated, "we'll likely dismiss the demolition case" after additional minor repairs were made. [10]
Peoria was named after the Peoria tribe, a member of the Illinois Confederation. The original meaning of the word is uncertain. [15] A 21st-century proposal suggests a derivation from a Proto-Algonquian word meaning "to dream with the help of a manitou." [16] Peoria was incorporated as a village on March 11, 1835. The city did not have a mayor ...
The video, posted on Facebook by Peoria resident Tia Smith on Monday, Nov. 18, shows an unnamed worker using a nebulizer in the food preparation area of McDonald's, 627 N. Western Avenue. Smith ...
Peoria Public Schools District 150, also known as Peoria Public Schools (PPS), is a school district headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. The district is in Peoria County . It includes most of Peoria, as well as much of West Peoria and sections of Bartonville .
Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson [3] and John Burgee, [4] it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. [5] It opened in 1982 [6] and completed an expansion to its lobby and meeting facilities in 2007. [7]
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, located at 100 Northeast Monroe Street in Peoria, Illinois, is a U.S. district courthouse for the Central District of Illinois.The building was constructed in 1937-38; [1] [2] it has a PWA Moderne design, a variant of Moderne architecture commonly used in Public Works Administration projects.
[8] [9] Its original address was 464 Moss Avenue [2] [10] before Peoria's address renumbering in the 1950s. The last resident was Miss Jean Morron, who lived there from 1953 until she died in 1966; the Peoria Historical Society acquired the house in 1967.