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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Freight Office, Second & Broadway Streets, Quincy, Adams County, IL

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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Freight Office, Second & Broadway Streets, Quincy, Adams County, IL

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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

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Date

1910
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Bruce, J, delineator
Watts, Roger, photographer
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Location

Quincy (Ill.)39.93461, -91.30025
Google Map of 39.934612, -91.300245
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Library of Congress
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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

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