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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 ...
1812 Productions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The 52nd Street Project, New York; 7 Stages, Atlanta, Georgia About Face Theatre, Chicago, Illinois; Academy Theatre ...
Progress City USA, located in Decatur, Illinois is an outdoor convention center and is a division of Richland Community College.. The 300-acre (1.2 km 2) facility was built as a semi-permanent home for the Farm Progress Show from 2005 to 2025.
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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 ...
The Transfer House was built on Lincoln Square (Intersection of N/S Main Street and E/W Main Street) in 1896 to serve as Decatur's main transfer point for City Electric Railway streetcars and Illinois Traction System interurban trains. As Lincoln Square was facing competition from other Decatur business districts, local business leaders felt ...
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.
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