I was up in Central Illinois, so I thought I would check out some of the historic districts in Bloomington that looked interesting. I’ve already checked out White Place, one of the other prominent historic districts, back in March of 2016. We’ll be looking at four in all, starting with the North Roosevelt Avenue Historic…
Tag: Central Illinois
South Main Street, Revisited, Washington, Illinois
I first photographed these houses all the way back in July of 2009, and then I completely forgot I just photographed them again back in May of 2024 in Washington, Illinois. But I liked how the branches were casting shadows on the facades of the houses in the early morning late of the early spring….
Family Farm, Late March 2025
Time to get back to the family farm now that the weather is getting warmer and the sun is staying up later. Planting has not begun yet, of course, so the landscape has not yet transformed.
Family Farm, November 2024
I was up at the family farm in Illinois in mid November and things were looking good after harvest, which had finished by the time I visited. The cattle had been let out into the corn field for the purpose of cleaning up any missed cobs that had been left behind by the combine.
Lincoln Mausoleum, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield
I made a pitstop in Springfield, Illinois during a rainstorm and stopped by the Lincoln Mausoleum, which some people insist on calling a tomb. It is located in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Under reconstruction on the exterior, I focused on the interior. Its history is convoluted, so I will defer to other websites for the mausoleum’s…
East of North Street, Peoria, Part Two
Continuing around on Columbia Terrace in Peoria, there are these houses from the early Twentieth Century. There is also this impressive Tudor Revival house around on Randolph Avenue. But then there are some amazing Queen Anne houses, with elaborate paint schemes, such as the one below. There is this unique house below in green stone.
East of North Street, Peoria, Part One
I’d looked at some of the streets northeast of Main Street in Peoria before, but this time I went up North Avenue. North Avenue heads to the north just about opposite of High Street, which I’ve looked at twice before, once in September of 2013 and 2019. These houses date from the early Twentieth Century,…
West Callender Avenue and Environs, Peoria
I was up on the bluffs on Moss Avenue in Peoria, which I’ve looked at before back in July of 2021, here and here. Then I realized, wait a minute, this house below looks familiar, so I turned off Moss Avenue and went north on Cooper Street. I went up to Callender Street, and discovered…
Arch Peoria
Someone has been borrowing ideas from St. Louis for their advertising out Farmington Road in Peoria, which gets weirdly rural quickly less than a mile from Bradley University.
Family Farm, Last Day of Summer 2024
Things are looking good around the family farm east of Peoria. Harvest will begin in a week or two, and the crops are looking good. Cattle have returned to the pasture, as well.