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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.
The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522. [4] It is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois. [5] Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production.
Decatur, Illinois: Saturday Produce Market, Richland Community College, June - September; Kansas City, Missouri: The Plaza, Westport and the City Market; Wichita, Kansas: Old Town and entire downtown area [5] New Orleans, Louisiana: The French Quarter and the entire city in general [6]
Jun. 17—A Decatur duo is bringing two newcomers and their high-end custom architectural millwork business, Renaissance Reclaimed, to downtown Decatur. Brent Collins and Benji Heidecker purchased ...
The developers instead built the mall in Forsyth, a village just north of Decatur, and it opened in October 1978. The mall's original anchors included JCPenney, Bergner's, and Carson Pirie Scott (later rebranded as Carson's), all of which relocated from downtown Decatur. [3] Kohl's was added in 1983 as a fourth anchor, and expanded in 2003. [4]
Apr. 8—Motorists driving through downtown Decatur might do a double take at a scene out of the late 1800s or early 1900s. A horse-drawn carriage could be traveling along streets such as Bank ...
Fifth Street Store: Walker's (Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego), main store in downtown Los Angeles was also known as the Fifth Street Store since it was located at the corner of Fifth and Broadway, main store was founded in 1905 as Steele, Faris, Walker Co., later became Muse, Faris, Walker Co., and then finally Walker Inc. in 1924; opened ...