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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 ...
This is a list of theatre companies with membership of the Theatre Communications ... Congo Square Theatre, Chicago, Illinois; ... PushPush Theater, Decatur, Georgia ...
The Transfer House is a historic building located in Central Park in Decatur, Illinois. Built in 1896, the building originally served as a transfer point for Decatur's electric streetcar system. Architect William W. Boyington's design for the building was influenced by a number of Victorian styles, particularly the Richardsonian Romanesque.
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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, Lincoln County, North Carolina; Lincoln Theatre (Raleigh, North Carolina), a music venue in ...
Square Roots (previously called the Folk & Roots Festival) is a two- to three-day music festival that has been held each summer in the Lincoln Square neighborhood in Chicago since 1998. Organized by the Old Town School of Folk Music and the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce, the festival features world music and dance performances from a ...
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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.