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The Monticello Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district in downtown Monticello, Illinois.The district includes the historic commercial center of the city, the county seat of Piatt County, and is centered on the Piatt County Courthouse. 80 buildings are included in the district, 73 of which are considered contributing to its historic character.
Monticello officially became a town on July 1, 1837. Townsfolk held a celebration on July 4. [9] The first house in the new town was built by a Mr. Cass who used the building as his home and a grocery store. The second house was a log cabin built by John Tenbrooke. In 1839, Nicholas DeVore built the "Old Fort" which was later used as a hotel.
The Allerton nature preserve is a National Natural Landmark. The Robert Allerton Park is a 1,517-acre (614 ha) park, nature center, and conference center located in the rural Piatt County township of Willow Branch, [2] (T 18 N, R 5 E) near Monticello, Illinois, on the upper Sangamon River.
The South Charter Street Historic District is a nationally designated historic district in Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois.The residential historic district includes all of South Charter Street from Marion Street to Sage Drive; it contains 73 buildings, 59 of which are considered contributing to its historic character.
The North State Street Historic District is a nationally designated historic district in Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois. The residential district is centered on State Street north of downtown Monticello; it includes 77 buildings, 56 of which are considered contributing to its historic character. The houses in the district represent the ...
Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District, Logan County East Dubuque School, Jo Daviess County Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County Illinois State Capitol, Sangamon County Dennis Otte Round Barn, Stephenson County Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, Lee County Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria County General Dean Suspension Bridge, Clinton County
Piatt County is a county in Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 16,673. [1] Its county seat is Monticello. [2] Piatt County is part of the Champaign–Urbana, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The two pioneer railroads were later consolidated and the lines eventually became part of the Illinois Central. The Monticello Railway Museum purchased 7 miles of the former Illinois Central Decatur and Havana District branch lines between Monticello and White Heath on 29-July-1987. White Heath is located at the northern end of the Museum's ...