Looking E. From 200 Block Of W. Main St., Decatur, Illinois
A view of the north side of W. Main St. looking east toward downtown Decatur. In addition to the beautiful brick laid street, the most interesting building in this view is the restored Texaco gas station seen on the left. The 90-year-old station was saved from the wrecking ball in 2005 by Bruce Nims, a vintage Texaco gas station memorabilia collector and founder of an information technology consulting company. The restoration took five years to complete, and the building is now used by Nims as his personal office.
The stoplights in the distance mark Lincoln Square, the former location of Decatur's famous Transfer House at the intersections of E/W Main St. and N/S Main St. Transfer House, shown in previous photos in this series on Decatur, was built on Lincoln Square in 1896 to serve as Decatur's main transfer point for City Electric Railway streetcars and Illinois Traction System interurban trains. The structure was relocated to its present site in Central Park in the 1960s.
Decatur is the seat of Macon County. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in central Illinois. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city is home of private Millikin University and public Richland Community College.
Decatur's estimated population for 2019 was 70,746, making Decatur the thirteenth-most populous city in Illinois, and the state's sixth-most populous city outside the Chicago metropolitan area.
Looking E. From 200 Block Of W. Main St., Decatur, Illinois
A view of the north side of W. Main St. looking east toward downtown Decatur. In addition to the beautiful brick laid street, the most interesting building in this view is the restored Texaco gas station seen on the left. The 90-year-old station was saved from the wrecking ball in 2005 by Bruce Nims, a vintage Texaco gas station memorabilia collector and founder of an information technology consulting company. The restoration took five years to complete, and the building is now used by Nims as his personal office.
The stoplights in the distance mark Lincoln Square, the former location of Decatur's famous Transfer House at the intersections of E/W Main St. and N/S Main St. Transfer House, shown in previous photos in this series on Decatur, was built on Lincoln Square in 1896 to serve as Decatur's main transfer point for City Electric Railway streetcars and Illinois Traction System interurban trains. The structure was relocated to its present site in Central Park in the 1960s.
Decatur is the seat of Macon County. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in central Illinois. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city is home of private Millikin University and public Richland Community College.
Decatur's estimated population for 2019 was 70,746, making Decatur the thirteenth-most populous city in Illinois, and the state's sixth-most populous city outside the Chicago metropolitan area.