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The Historic Centre of Brugge illustrates continuity on an urban site that has been occupied since the early Middle Ages. Historical records of the town administration and regulations are condensed in the city records from the 13th century onwards.
An area of continuous settlement, the Historic Centre of Brugge has retained the original pattern of streets and places, canals, and open spaces. A very specific skyline of towers and taller civic buildings (such as the cathedral, the belfry and the churches) dominates the city. For the most part, buildings have retained the original parcels of land. The transformations that have taken place over time respect the functional changes in the town, and have become part of its historic authenticity, in a parallel way to other historic cities such as Siena in Italy.
The history of the town is well represented in the urban and architectural structures that harmoniously unify all periods of history since the origin of the city.
Since the second half of the 19th century, much attention has been paid to the history and the architecture of the town, and major debates about modalities followed the international trends in the field of restoration and conservation. This chronological and historical stratification is clearly recognizable in the urban morphology and architecture and is part of the present character of Brugge.
A view of the west side of Mount Pulaski's square as seen from the intersection of S. Washington (right) and E. Cooke St. (left). The strange looking building on the corner is the Farmers Bank of Mount Pulaski. The following information is sourced from the Farmers Bank of Mount Pulaski website which states the bank was established in 1872 when Leonard K. Scroggin, with the assistance of Walter Sawyer, formed a private bank, known as the Scroggin & Sawyer Bank. Mr. Scroggin was a local land owner and had a successful farming business which had grown to such an extent that he decided to open a private bank. The bank was originally located in a building that faced west on South Washington Street, about a half a block south of the square. This building no longer stands.
On February 7th, 1876, Mr. Scroggin bought the lot where the present bank (ed: shown in this view) is located to build a new building to house the bank. This building was very substantial for the time and consisted of the bank and a store with offices, a large opera house, and a dance hall located above. The building also included a three-story hotel and rooming house, which had 20 rooms in addition to a parlor and a dining room. Upon completion of the new building, the new bank was called Scroggin & Son, and a few years after that, was known as The Farmers Bank of Scroggin & Son. On July 1, 1914, The Farmers Bank of Scroggin & Son went public and was incorporated as a State Bank under the name of The Farmers Bank of Mt. Pulaski Illinois, as it is still called today.
I have not been found photographs of the 1876-era bank building that also contained offices, dance hall, opera house, and hotel. It certainly is possible the partial remains of that 1876 building have been "papered over" with the building seen before you. I plan to visit the Mt. Pulaski Historical Museum in the near future and will update this post soon after. Mount Pulaski's business district around the courthouse still retains much of its turn-of-the-century charm. All I can say is this monstrosity of a building contributes nothing to historical appeal of the square.
Mount Pulaski is located in southern Logan County, about 30 miles northeast of Springfield. The population of Mount Pulaski at the 2020 census was 1,537.