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4-KLI-13
1972
14
2
This is the site of the former Gibbons School. The school operated until at least the 1944-45 school year...
7-KLI-2
1972
15
1
M & J Cafe on Route 66. This truck stop was likely in the way of Interstate 55 construction in the 1970s...
37-NLI-5
1981
16
1
This is the site of the former Prime School, a country schoolhouse in the southeast corner of section 17 in...
35-NLI-24
1981
11
1
Sunbury School. This was originally a one room schoolhouse.
6-BLV-34
1976
5
1
This is the site of the former Hoke School, one mile west of Loretto.
5-KLI-6
1972
8
1
Nevada, IL
9-BLI-23
1965
32
1
This is the site of the former Hoffman School, a one-room schoolhouse.
37-NLI-3
1981
18
1
This is the former Davis School at the southeast corner of section 16 in Dwight Township.
8-BLV-5
1976
16
1
This is the former Davis School at the southeast corner of section16 in Dwight Township.
7-BLV-19
1976
13
1
This is the former Davis School at the southeast corner of section16 in Dwight Township.
103-KLI-3
1972
12
2
This was Chase School, a one room country schoolhouse at the northeast corner of section 7 in Round Grove Township...
49-KLI-30
1972
10
1
This is the former Davis School at the southeast corner of section16 in Dwight Township.
3-ILI-11
1968
20
1
This is the former Davis School at the southeast corner of section16 in Dwight Township.
91-BLI-31
1965
22
1
This is the former Telford School at the southwest corner of section 13 in Union Township. The school was built...
105-KLI-9
1972
9
1
There's a newer house here now. Across the road to the right (west) was the site of the O'Brien School...
104-KLI-1
1972
7
1
House was gone by 1977.
103-KLI-36
1972
9
1
House was gone by 1977.
104-KLI-3
1972
6
1
This is the former Dorman School in the northeast corner of section 23 in Dwight Township. The school operated...
39-NLI-7
1981
20
1
In the lower right, across the road to the west, was the site of the O'Brien School, a one room schoolhouse...
66-BKA-12
1976
22
1
Just barely visible in the lower right is the of the former Binney School, a one room schoolhouse at the southwest...
35-MWI-13
1980
7
1
On the other side of the road, where the pole building is, was the site of the former Binney School, a one room...
37-MWI-16
1980
10
1
Former one room schoolhouse at the southwest corner of the Manteno Road and Old Chicago Road intersection. The...
37-MWI-18
1980
10
1
Pretty much all of this was gone by the late 1990s.
37-MWI-21
1980
17
1
Former women's minimum security prison. Was vacated in 2010 and slated for demolition in 2023.
37-MWI-22
1980
17
1
Warner Bridge looking west. The railroad bridge abutments are still there, originally built to serve a railroad...
82-DWI-34
1975
7
1
By 2005, just about everything shown here was gone.
82-DWI-35
1975
5
1
A newer house was built here between 1999 and 2005. Current address is 36005 Ohlhues Rd, Wilmington, IL 60481...
145-JWI-5
1971
50
2
At the time of the photo, this was the Custer Park elementary school.
40-MWI-19
1980
5
1
On the right is the former Robinson School, a one room schoolhouse in section 25 of Custer Township. The house...
143-JWI-35
1971
21
1
This is the former Robinson School, a one room schoolhouse in section 25 of Custer Township. There is a newer...