Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Freight Office, Second & Broadway Streets, Quincy, Adams County, IL
Summary
See written historical & descriptive pages for floor plans.
Significance: The structure embodies the distinctive characteristics of late-nineteenth century industrial architecture and also for its association with the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, for which Quincy served as the southern terminus and which contributed to the city's status as an important transportation hub and commercial/industrial center from 1825 to 1910.
Survey number: HAER IL-10
Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1910
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Bruce, J, delineator
Watts, Roger, photographer
Location
Quincy (Ill.), 39.93461, -91.30025
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html