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The Old Farmhouse, Pleasantview Road
Amazing how a change of seasons and the passage of over half a year can change a building. The old farmhouse outside of Washington, Illinois, is still clinging to life, but as you can see…
Redevelopment at Pleasantview School, Washington Township, Central Illinois
Woah, something has been happening at the old Pleasantview School! We learned from our family’s friend (and distant cousin to my father, possibly six degrees removed) who had actually attended the school as a boy…
Family Farm, Deer Creek Township, Illinois, Late August, 2012
Return to the Farmhouse on Pleasantview Road
I made it by the old farmhouse near my family’s farm that I’ve been photographing for the last couple of years, and as the summer passes by, so does time on the clapboards of the…
El Paso, Illinois
I took a short drive around the town of El Paso and saw some hidden gems, such as this library, which almost looks like a fortress of knowledge. The house above has been immaculately restored,…
The Elms Restaurant, El Paso, Illinois
On US 24 through El Paso, Illinois, it’s impossible to miss this grand dame of the Italianate style, sitting in between the highway and the railroad tracks. While obviously originally a single family house, and…
Deer Creek School
Much to our chagrin, the school in Deer Creek, Illinois, where my family had enjoyed a pancake breakfast twenty years ago, is no more. In a bizarre act, reminiscent of the destruction of the City…
Abandoned Stuckey’s, South of Springfield, Illinois
With the sad demise of the Stuckey’s in Goodfield I had been photographing for several years, I was pleased to discover a run-down member of the chain off of I-55 south of Springfield.
Family Farm, August 2011
It’s late summer, and things are looking good around the family farm.
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