We continue to the northeast on Northeast Madison Avenue in Northeast Peoria, looking at the varied housing stock, including that interesting house above with a double gable. Note the three front doors on the first floor. There are more of that common workers’ houses, with some of the original millwork left in the lintels on…
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Northeast Madison Avenue Between Spalding and Voris Avenues, Northeast Peoria
I revisited the neighborhood in Peoria that I’ve dubbed Northeast Peoria, which are those streets that come out of downtown and have a wide variety of styles and ages of construction. I chose to view the entire length of Madison Avenue Northeast, starting at Spalding Avenue but really beginning at the giant trench that takes…
Peoria Panorama
There’s this bridge that vaults over Interstate 74 in East Peoria that’s impossible to take a photograph of because you’re on the highway, but I finally found a way to drive over it, and I was treated to a panoramic overlook of the city of Peoria (remember to click on the image above to see…
Indian Food and Peoria
Did you know that Peoria has over eight Indian restaurants, and they’ve all opened in the last several years? In fact, the city has become a bit of a mecca for Indian food, just like it had become a haven for Lebanese food back in the 1980s. The Indian food is really good, too. I…
Northeast Adams Street, Northeast Peoria, Late June 2026
The primaries for the 2026 midterm elections are coming up, so it’s time to see how Peoria is doing, and in particular, I like to look at Northeast Peoria. I drove up Northeast Adams Street, which is one-way to the northeast through much of downtown and northeast of the central business district, paired with Northeast…
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Peoria
I stumbled upon this Catholic church in downtown Peoria when I was visiting nearby. The parish dates from 1878 but the current church is from 1903. While it’s known as the Sacred Heart of Jesus, when looking at the cornerstone, it says Herz Jesu Kirche, so I will assume it was a German national church…
Northeast Peoria, Early June 2025
It wouldn’t be a complete visit to Central Illinois without checking in on Northeast Peoria, those streets that stretch out in a diagonal fashion from downtown Peoria. It is an interesting mix of rehabbed and abandoned buildings. This gas station is a find; if you look carefully, there are the letters for Standard Oil on…
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…