List of Town of Normal Local Landmark Properties and Districts

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Historic Landmarks and Districts is a designation of the Town of Normal Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). Many of these landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Historic Preservation Commission

The Town of Normal's Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) approves new historic districts and landmarks. The Historic Preservation Commission was established in 1990 and authorized by Section 15.16.[1]

Criteria

The Preservation Commission shall, upon such investigation as it deems necessary, make a determination as to whether a nominated property, structures, or area meets one (1) or more of the following criteria:

  1. Its character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural characteristics of the Town, County of McLean, State of Illinois or the United States of America (the Nation);
  2. Its location as a site of a significant local, county, state, or national event;
  3. Its identification with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the development of the Town, County of McLean, State of Illinois, or the Nation;
  4. Its embodiment of distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style valuable for the study of a period, type, method of construction, or use of indigenous materials;
  5. Its identification as the work of a master builder, designer, architect, or landscape architect whose individual work has influenced the development of the Town, County of McLean, State of Illinois, or the Nation;
  6. Its embodiment of elements of design, detailing, materials, or craftsmanship that render it architecturally significant;
  7. Its embodiment of design elements that make it structurally or architecturally innovative;
  8. Its unique location or singular physical characteristics that make it an established or familiar visual feature;
  9. Its character as a particularly fine or unique example of an utilitarian structure, including, but not limited to farmhouses, gas stations, or other commercial structures, with a high level of integrity or architectural significance; and/or
  10. Its suitability for preservation or restoration;
  11. The geographic area which is the subject of the petition has definable boundaries in the form of natural features or existing physical improvements; or a visual sense of history within the proposed boundaries; and the buildings, places or areas within the proposed district, by their inclusion therein, are of sufficient historic significance to be worthy of rehabilitation, restoration and preservation because either:

a. The proposed district contains within definable geographic boundaries one or more landmarks along with such other buildings, places or areas, which, while not such historic significance to be designated as landmarks, nevertheless contribute to the overall visual characteristics of the landmark or landmarks located within the district; or b. The proposed district contains within definable geographic boundaries such buildings, places or areas which while not such individual significance to be designated as landmarks, nevertheless, as an aggregate, possess historic significance establishing a sense of time and place unique to the Town of Normal.

List of landmarks

Individual landmarks

Landmark Name Image Location Built Designation date NRHP date
Former hardware store[2] File:102 S Linden Normal-Illinois 20240409 0168.jpg 102 S. Linden Street 1887 April 15, 1996
Ecology Action Center[3] File:202 W College Normal-Illinois 20240409 0169.jpg 202 W. College Avenue Circa 1860 July 19, 1993
Residence[4] File:206 W Lincoln St Normal-Illinois 20240409 0164.jpg 206 W. Lincoln Street 1866-1870 June 15, 1992
Normal Theater[5] File:Normal Theater, Normal, IL.jpg 209 North Street 1937 November 04, 1991 July 25, 1997
Sprague's Super Service[6] File:Sprague's Super Service in Normal, Illinois on Route 66..jpg 305 E. Pine Street 1930-1931 August 15, 2011 April 25, 2008
John Gregory House[7] File:607 N Main St Normal-Illinois 20240409 0166.jpg 607 N. Main Street 1860s April 15, 1991
Orson Leroy Manchester House[8] File:705 Broadway Normal-Illinois 20240409 0170.jpg 705 S. Broadway Avenue 1916 November 20, 1995
Fairview Sanitorium[9] File:Fairview Sanitorium Normal-Illinois 20240409 0163.jpg 905 N. Main Street 1919 September 01, 2021
Residence[10] File:905 W Hovey Normal-Illinois 20240409 0171.jpg 905 W. Hovey Avenue 1900 May 18, 1998
Kersey Fell’s house[11] 1202 S. Fell Avenue 1870 May 15, 2000
Van Leer’s Broadview Mansion[12] File:Broadview Mansion South View.JPG 1301 S. Fell Avenue 1906 August 17, 2015
Camelback Bridge[13] File:Camelback Bridge (7422354096).jpg Constitution Trail 1870 April 15, 1991 May 15, 1997
Cook Hall[14] File:Cookhall.JPG Illinois State University 1898 February 20, 1986
Fell Park[15] File:Fell Park Normal-Illinois 20240409 0167.jpg
  • Cypress St (north)
  • Willow St (south)
  • Oak St (east)
  • Walnut St (west)
 mid-1850s October 20, 2003

102 S. Linden Street

This two-story brick building was built in 1887 in Uptown Normal. It served as a hardware store owned by George Champion, an agricultural equipment dealer and mayor of Normal.[2]

202 W. College Avenue, Ecology Action Center

This wooden frame house with Italianate and Greek Revival elements dates to the early 1860s. It was built by Edwin C. Hewitt, one of the first professors at the Normal School.[3]

206 W. Lincoln Street

This Italianate house was built by John R. Gaston between 1866 and 1870.[4]

607 N. Main Street

The John Gregory House is the oldest residence in the Town of Normal. This Italianate-style home was likely built between 1857 and 1870.[7]

705 S. Broadway Avenue

This Queen Anne style house was built in 1916 by Orson Leroy Manchester, a dean at the Illinois State Normal University and mayor of Normal from 1907 to 1917.[8]

1202 S. Fell Avenue

1301 S. Fell Avenue

Fell Park

The land was set aside as a park in the mid-1850s by Jesse Fell and other co-owners. The park officially became a public property in 1898. The town constructed a water tower in the park in 1898 and built brick sidewalks on the park perimeter in the early 1900s.[15]

Historic Districts

Local Historic Districts

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Historic Preservation Commission | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "102 S. Linden Street | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "202 W. College Avenue | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "206 W. Lincoln Street | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  5. ↑ "209 North Street, Normal Theater | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  6. ↑ "305 E. Pine Street (Sprague's Super Service) | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "607 N. Main Street | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "705 S. Broadway Avenue | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  9. ↑ "905 N. Main Street, Fairview Sanitorium | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  10. ↑ "905 W. Hovey Avenue | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  11. ↑ "1202 S. Fell Avenue | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  12. ↑ "1301 S. Fell Avenue | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  13. ↑ "Camelback Bridge | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  14. ↑ "Cook Hall, Illinois State University | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Fell Park | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  16. ↑ "Cedar Crest Historic District | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  17. ↑ "Highland Historic District | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  18. ↑ "Old North Normal District | Normal, IL - Official Website". www.normalil.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10.

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