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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 ...
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 ...
1897 built 2008 NRHP-listed 1873 Hillside Rd. Fairfield, Connecticut: Queen Anne style architecture [2] 5.5: Wallingford Grange No. 33 1933 built 586 Center St. Wallingford, Connecticut: 6: Grange Hall (Wilton, Connecticut) 1899 built
Boarding hotel built by a prominent member of the Rose Lodge of Oddfellows in Warwick. [6] IOOF Building (Adelaide) 1963-completed Adelaide, South Australia: First HQ of the Grand Lodge of South Australia of the IOOF was at 11-13 Flinders Street; [7] replaced by purpose-built 47 Gawler Place, completed in 1963. Norfolk Hotel a.k.a. Oddfellows Hotel