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The historic district reflects the history of Morris, Illinois as a canal town on the Illinois & Michigan Canal. Named after canal commissioner Isaac N. Morris, the town became the Grundy County seat in 1841 and was originally platted a year later. The earliest of the buildings were built in the 1850s, shortly after the canal's construction.
John Deere opened his first factory along the Mississippi River in 1847, as part of a partnership, Deere, Tate, and Gould. The partnership would dissolve in 1852 and become Deere & Company. The name of the area was changed to Moline, an adaptation of the French word for "milltown." [3] Moline was incorporated into a town on April 21, 1848. [4]
Plainfield, Illinois was founded in August 1834 by Chester Ingersoll, who platted a town just north of the 1828 settlement of Walker's Corners. In December that year, Levi Arnold bought the land directly north of Ingersoll's and began to subdivide it; this area would later become the historic district.
City or town Description 1: Floyd and Glenora Dycus House: Floyd and Glenora Dycus House: March 2, 2001 : 305 S. Second St. Brownstown: 2: First Presbyterian Church: First Presbyterian Church: March 24, 1982 : 301 W. Main St.
The project included restoration of the 100-year-old courthouse dome. Original copper was salvaged and reused and the clock restored to working order. On December 24, 2004, the tower bell was rung for the first time in nearly fifty years. The dome was restored from its oxidized copper green to the original copper color. [5]
The Oakley-Lindsay Center is the regional convention center for Quincy, Illinois and the tri-state region. It opened in 1995 at a cost of $8 million. It opened in 1995 at a cost of $8 million. It serves as the convention hub of the Quincy micropolitan area and fills the market in-between St. Louis and Iowa City .
The Dixon Downtown Historic District is a historic district which encompasses 154 properties in downtown Dixon, Illinois.The district includes the city's commercial core, which includes buildings dating back to the 1850s.
Roughly between Orange & Madison Sts., Lincolnway, UPRR, Morrison, Illinois Coordinates 41°48′34″N 89°58′00″W / 41.80944°N 89.96667°W / 41.80944; -89