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Illinois Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings (page 4)

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Daily Times
Ottawa, IL
The Daily Times building was constructed in 1939 and is still used by the newspaper. [map]

Beacon News [gone]
Paris, IL		 Illinois National Guard Building
Pontiac, IL
The Beacon-News Building was faced with mint green vitrolite tiles. There was originally black vitrolite along the bottom of the building. It was probably built in the 1930s. This photo is from 2010. While the building and the newspaper are still there, in 2012, the vitrolite facade was removed and destroyed. In 2017, the building itself was demolished.

This Illinois National Guard Building was built in 1939. The same design was used in Champaign, IL, Elgin, IL, Urbana, IL, and maybe other cities as well. [map]

Boy Scouts of America
Quincy, IL
The Boy Scouts of America building was constructed around 1940 as the Chatten House. In 1967, it became the Gardner Memorial Boy Scout Service Center for the Saukee Area Council (now Mississippi Valley Council). [map]

Jackson Piano Building
Rockford, IL
The Jackson Piano Building is next door to the Coronado Theatre which was built in 1927. The Jackson Building was probably constructed at or near the same time. The ground floor is currently in use as "Coronado Corner", a gift shop and visitor's center operated by Friends of the Coronado. [map]

Security Building Co.
Rockford, IL
The Security Building Co. was probably built in the 1920s. The building has been vacant for many years. [map]

Community High School
Roxana, IL
The Community High School was built in 1941. [map]

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