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While downtown Decatur was platted in 1829, it did not experience significant commercial development until 1854, when two railroads built lines through the city; all but one of the district's contributing buildings were built between 1854 and 1916. The district includes many of the commercial buildings which were built in the economic boom ...
The Decatur Historic District is a residential historic district in the Millikin Heights neighborhood of Decatur, Illinois.The district encompasses the city's historic Near West and Southwest neighborhoods and was formed beginning in the 1850s and continuing through the 1920s.
Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.), NRHP-listed; Lincoln Theatre (Miami Beach, Florida) Lincoln Theatre (Decatur, Illinois), mentioned in an episode of Most Terrifying Places in America; Lincoln Theater (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), NRHP-listed in East Baton Rouge Parish; Lincoln Theatre (Harlem), New York City, New York; Lincoln Theatre Guild ...
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1,157 (Theatre) 1972 Dow Event Center: Saginaw: 7,600 (Wendler Arena) 2,273 (Heritage Theatre) 2017 Huntington Event Park: 5,500 July 28, 1927 Temple Theater 1,750 1985 James O'Neill Arena: Kochville: 4,250 1975 Harvey Randall Wickes Memorial Stadium: 6,800 1968 Midland Center for the Arts: Midland: 1,500 unknown Midland County Fair Center ...
Decatur was the first home in Illinois of Abraham Lincoln, who settled just west of Decatur with his family in 1830. At the age of 21, Lincoln gave his first political speech in Decatur about the importance of Sangamon River navigation, which caught the attention of Illinois political leaders.
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The Transfer House was built on Lincoln Square (Intersection of N/S Main Street and E/W Main Street) in 1896 to serve as Decatur's main transfer point for City Electric Railway streetcars and Illinois Traction System interurban trains. As Lincoln Square was facing competition from other Decatur business districts, local business leaders felt ...