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HABS ILL,15-OAK,1- (sheet 13 of 20) - Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, and West Main Streets, Oakland, Coles County, IL
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Mesker Brothers; Rutherford, Hiram; Citizen's National Bank; The Columbian; Tibbs Furniture; Garner, John S, faculty sponsor; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Architecture, sponsor; Bonhart, Michael, delineator; Buterbaugh, Phillip, delineator; Fairlamb, Mary, delineator; Gottlieb, Deborah, delineator; Koester, Sara, delineator; McCormick, Brian, delineator; Paillet, Michel, delineator; Peterson, Jon, delineator; Shippen, Sarah, delineator; Skala, Alena, delineator; Wilson, Ida, delineator
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HABS ILL,15-OAK,1- (sheet 13 of 20) - Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, and West Main Streets, Oakland, Coles County, IL
Depicted place Illinois; Coles County; Oakland
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS ILL,15-OAK,1- (sheet 13 of 20)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Buildings delineated include 7, 15, 23 North Walnut Street, 2, 4, 10, 12, 16 North Pike Street, 2,4,8,10,12,22,24,26 West Main Street.
  • 1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention
  • Significance: Oakland, Illinois, although platted as the town of Independence in 1835, early settlers favored the name of the nearby post office that had been established in 1833 and thus decided on Oakland to simplify their correspondence. Oakland is representative of an urban type, a small market and residential center serving an agricultural area. .. The Public Square, dedicated in the original plat, remains the principal feature of the town and the center of activity....
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-147
  • Survey number: HABS IL-252
  • Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1890- ca. 1899 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0440.sheet.00013a
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Camera location39° 39′ 14″ N, 88° 01′ 34″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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