Old Buildings

JK Knives · Apr 22, 2016

One of our favorite things to do is drive to older towns and check out the old buildings. These are some older pictures I had, so I thought I would repost them for the new guys.

Bishop Hill

The church

Boarding house.

Hotel.

Town meeting hall (later converted to a hotel, now a museum.)

These are of an old gas station in Odell

Another old station in Dwight

Mansion in LaSalle Illinois. It has 56 rooms, 16000 square feet of space, and was built in 1874!

This is the one across the street, they are going to be restoring it too (that`s Connie`s old GT.

Heideikie Lake (I really miss my Jeep)

Hayley "behind bars" at the old Gardner jail.

Here is the old Gardner diner.

BTW · Apr 22, 2016

Nice pics John. My town was called the lumber capital of the world during the latter half of the 1800's. All the rich lumber barrons built expensive Victorian homes during that era. Not quite as big as the mansion above, but similiar. There's a historic district they call millionaire's row.

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outdoorsfan · Apr 22, 2016

Where is that cabin?

JK Knives · Apr 22, 2016

outdoorsfan said:
Where is that cabin?

On the trail by the Lake Heidickie nature center.

outdoorsfan · Apr 22, 2016

JK Knives said:
On the trail by the Lake Heidickie nature center.

It kind of looked like the Log House at Naper Settlement.

JK Knives · Apr 22, 2016

Have you checked out the settlement in Lockport yet? They have the old Mokena jail and a few other old buildings there.

outdoorsfan · Apr 22, 2016

No, not yet. I did see the WW2 reenactment they did over the 4th of July weekend. It was very cool. I really enjoyed the mock battle I saw, complete with tanks and fighter planes buzzing the battlefield. I was also very impressed with the reenactors who really take great lengths to be as authentic as possible.

Rupestris · Apr 22, 2016

I was in Maryland recently and was pointed to a nice little tourist town on the Chesapeake Bay. Being alone and not big on Botiques and candy shops, I wandered through the neighborhood looking at the old houses.

Rupestris · Apr 22, 2016

These were taken a couple months ago in the North Lake area of Charlotte, NC:

Next door:

Inside: