South Side Of Square Looking West, Jacksonville, Illinois
This is day two of our exploration of the buildings that surround the city square, known as "Central Park," in the heart of Jacksonville's business district. The square and surrounding buildings forms the heart of the Jacksonville Downtown Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2018.
Our first post looked toward the east at the south side of the square. This view looks toward the west at the south side of the square, known formally as S. Central Park Plaza.
The type of square layout in Jacksonville is known as the Four-Block Square. In addition to streets running along the four sides of Jacksonville's square, two other streets enter the square at midpoint from the north and the south (Main Street), and from the east and west (State Street).
The twelve buildings shown in this view were constructed between 1860 and 1892, and all but one of them are contributing properties in the historic district. The architectural style of the buildings is predominantly Italianate and Late 19th-Century Commercial. One notable exception is the three-story Richardsonian Romanesque-style building seen to our left on the southwest corner of S. Central Park Plaza and S. Mauvaisterre St.
Of the five buildings on the east half of S. Central Park Plaza (east of S. Main St), all have had their ground floor exterior appearances modernized, and two of the buildings have seen their facades completely changed. 45-47 S. Central Park Plaza, constructed in 1890, has seen its upper facade completely refaced with porcelain-enameled steel panels in two shades of green. The same dark green panels also frame the lower façade’s metal framed glass store front.
Also constructed in 1890 is the building next door at 39 S. Central Park Plaza. The upper façade has been framed with precast stone and maroon porcelain-enameled steel panels. The lower façade is also framed with porcelain-enameled steel panels (side and spandrels). Despite the alterations, all five buildings are listed in the National Register as being contributing properties in the historic district.
Located in West Central Illinois, thirty-five miles west of the State Capitol in Springfield, Jacksonville is the seat of Morgan County. The population of the city at the 2020 census was 18,267.
South Side Of Square Looking West, Jacksonville, Illinois
This is day two of our exploration of the buildings that surround the city square, known as "Central Park," in the heart of Jacksonville's business district. The square and surrounding buildings forms the heart of the Jacksonville Downtown Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2018.
Our first post looked toward the east at the south side of the square. This view looks toward the west at the south side of the square, known formally as S. Central Park Plaza.
The type of square layout in Jacksonville is known as the Four-Block Square. In addition to streets running along the four sides of Jacksonville's square, two other streets enter the square at midpoint from the north and the south (Main Street), and from the east and west (State Street).
The twelve buildings shown in this view were constructed between 1860 and 1892, and all but one of them are contributing properties in the historic district. The architectural style of the buildings is predominantly Italianate and Late 19th-Century Commercial. One notable exception is the three-story Richardsonian Romanesque-style building seen to our left on the southwest corner of S. Central Park Plaza and S. Mauvaisterre St.
Of the five buildings on the east half of S. Central Park Plaza (east of S. Main St), all have had their ground floor exterior appearances modernized, and two of the buildings have seen their facades completely changed. 45-47 S. Central Park Plaza, constructed in 1890, has seen its upper facade completely refaced with porcelain-enameled steel panels in two shades of green. The same dark green panels also frame the lower façade’s metal framed glass store front.
Also constructed in 1890 is the building next door at 39 S. Central Park Plaza. The upper façade has been framed with precast stone and maroon porcelain-enameled steel panels. The lower façade is also framed with porcelain-enameled steel panels (side and spandrels). Despite the alterations, all five buildings are listed in the National Register as being contributing properties in the historic district.
Located in West Central Illinois, thirty-five miles west of the State Capitol in Springfield, Jacksonville is the seat of Morgan County. The population of the city at the 2020 census was 18,267.