National Register of Historic Places listings in Macon County, Illinois


This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Macon County, Illinois.

Location of Macon County in Illinois

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Macon County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.[1]

There are 11 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 25, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Decatur Downtown Historic District
 
Decatur Downtown Historic District
May 9, 1985
(#85001011)
Merchant St. roughly bounded by North, Water, Wood, and Church Sts.
39°50′32″N 88°57′20″W / 39.842222°N 88.955556°W / 39.842222; -88.955556 (Decatur Downtown Historic District)
Decatur
2 Decatur Historic District
 
Decatur Historic District
November 7, 1976
(#76000719)
Roughly bounded by Hayward, Eldorado, Church, and Lincoln Park Dr.
39°50′32″N 88°57′48″W / 39.842222°N 88.963333°W / 39.842222; -88.963333 (Decatur Historic District)
Decatur
3 Garfield School September 5, 2024
(#100010784)
1077 W. Grand Avenue
39°51′17″N 88°58′20″W / 39.8546°N 88.9723°W / 39.8546; -88.9723 (Garfield School)
Decatur
4 James Millikin House
 
James Millikin House
December 3, 1974
(#74000765)
125 N. Pine St.
39°50′31″N 88°58′01″W / 39.841944°N 88.966944°W / 39.841944; -88.966944 (James Millikin House)
Decatur
5 Roosevelt Junior High School
 
Roosevelt Junior High School
May 9, 2002
(#02000462)
701 W. Grand Ave.
39°51′16″N 88°57′55″W / 39.854444°N 88.965278°W / 39.854444; -88.965278 (Roosevelt Junior High School)
Decatur
6 Transfer House
 
Transfer House
December 3, 2002
(#02000843)
1 Central Park East
39°50′33″N 88°57′12″W / 39.842500°N 88.953333°W / 39.842500; -88.953333 (Transfer House)
Decatur
7 Trobaugh-Good House
 
Trobaugh-Good House
August 1, 1996
(#96000858)
1495 Brozio Ln.
39°49′24″N 89°00′42″W / 39.823472°N 89.011667°W / 39.823472; -89.011667 (Trobaugh-Good House)
Decatur
8 Eli Ulery House
 
Eli Ulery House
October 1, 1979
(#79000854)
Southeast of Mount Zion on County Route 60
39°45′49″N 88°50′06″W / 39.763611°N 88.835000°W / 39.763611; -88.835000 (Eli Ulery House)
Mount Zion
9 Union Church
 
Union Church
September 23, 1999
(#99000588)
2.5 miles southeast of Oreana, on Kirby Rd.
39°55′13″N 88°50′53″W / 39.920278°N 88.848056°W / 39.920278; -88.848056 (Union Church)
Oreana
10 Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency
 
Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency
February 4, 1994
(#94000029)
780 E. Cerro Gordo St.
39°50′50″N 88°56′47″W / 39.847222°N 88.946389°W / 39.847222; -88.946389 (Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency)
Decatur
11 West End Historic District
 
West End Historic District
November 27, 2002
(#02001444)
Roughly bounded by S. Fairview Ave., Park Place, Fairview Park, Westdale Ave., W. Main St., Glencoe Ave., Sunset Ave.
39°50′24″N 88°59′04″W / 39.840000°N 88.984444°W / 39.840000; -88.984444 (West End Historic District)
Decatur

Former listing

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Decatur and Macon County Welfare Home for Girls August 12, 1999
(#99000982)
August 14, 2004 736 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Decatur Also known as Webster Hall. Demolished December 10, 2003.[5]
2 Millikin Building July 24, 1979
(#79000853)
July 24, 1980 100 N. Water St.
Decatur Demolished in June 1980.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved October 25, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  5. ^ "Demise of Webster Hall lamented by those who once lived within its walls".