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AWalking Tour
Of the Historic
Courthouse SquareIn
Macomb, Illinois
EVERY BUILDING
tellSA
STORY
Route of Walking Tour
begin at Western Illinois Museum,
proceed North,
turn East at corner,
turn North at corner,
turn West at corner,
turn South at corner,
end up back at Museum
Start walking tour at the Western Illinois Museum
Walk out the front
door!
Advanced Rehab Building Address: 130 S. Lafayette
Name on building
July 6, 1931
Lawrence Welk and his Novelty Orchestra
Zahren Building1929
Names on buildings across the street from Zahren building
Note windows
Town Square Diner (previously Louie’s/Cookie’s Diner) Address: 118 S. Lafayette
Note windows
PHOTO UNKNOWN DATE
Macomb Police Force c. 1899
Macomb Police Chief Melvin Barclay 1947
Macomb Police Officers at City Hall 1947
Doors to back of police station – jail entrance
Macomb Police Massacre Car Used in Shooting
THIS STORY IS CALLEDA DINER IS
NOT ALWAYS JUST A DINER
Note windows Chicks Address: 103-105 S South Side Square
Note windows 1922
Jack Stites Pharmacy
Vacant lot
Terrell TitleAddress: 117 South Side of square
Vacant lot where plows were displayed
Cottrell Hardware store
about 1873
Vacant lot where plows were displayed
THIS STORY IS CALLED HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
CLINIC
TERRELL’S
GONE
1911
1975GONE
TERRELL’S CLINIC
2000
2010
GONETERRELL’S
CLINIC
CLINIC
TERRELL’S
Note windows
Note windowsSouth side of
the square
4th window from the right on the top floor is the room Lincoln slept in - room 31
Randolph House Address: 1 to 5 East Side Square and 7-9 East Side Square
4th window from the right on the top floor is the room Lincoln slept in - room 31
See line showing where building was built in two parts
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Early 1900s
ca. 1930
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Demolished one-half of Randolph House Hotel
1937
1937
THIS STORY IS CALLED
NOTHING STAYS
THE SAME
Sullivan & Taylor Coffee HouseAddress: 119-125 S. Randolph
4 stories tall!
Masonic Temple Building Address: 131-137 South RandolphAlso known as the Gamage Building
4 stories tall!
McDonough County Courthouse
Southwest corner of the courthouse
Southeast corner of the courthouse
lawn
Mansard roof 1873
Mansard roof
1873
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Ball’s Barber ShopAddress: 19-23 East Side Square
Barbershop pole
photo unknown date
Wyne sign – The Wyne Dry Goods Co.
West Central Illinois Art Center Address: 25-29 East side of Square
MASONS BUILD 1881 C.V. CHANDLER
BUILDS 1881
MASONS BUILD 3RD FLOOR 1892
1920
Wyne sign
1929
Metal facing covering front of building and the
Wyne sign
about 1970
2004
June 2009 metal sign removed
Century 21 Address: 119 N Randolph
1917
about 1940
McDonough County Voice Newspaper offices Address: 203 N Randolph
New Copperfield’s Bookstore & Countywide Office Supplies Address: 120 – 122 North Side Square
1960s
Note windows
Country Insurance-Keefer Building Address: 100 North Side of Square
Note windows1873
ca. 1910
1922
Allstate BuildingAddress: 28 West side of square
PRESENT ALLSTATE BUILDINGNOT THERE
Note windows
R & R Spa Address: 24 & 26 West Side of Square
Note windowsca. 2000
2nd floor display windows Shiloh’s Restaurant Address: 2 & 4 West Side Square
2nd floor display windows
Macomb Courthouse Square
What can we learn from
historic buildings?
All Historical Photographs Courtesy of Archives and
Special Collections Western Illinois
University Libraries
THE ENDThe End