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.
Criteria
List of landmarks
Individual landmarks +Landmark NameImageLocationBuiltDesignation dateNRHP dateFormer hardware store102 S. Linden Street1887April 15, 1996Ecology Action Center202 W. College AvenueCirca 1860July 19, 1993Residence206 W. Lincoln Street1866-1870June 15, 1992Normal Theater209 North Street1937November 4, 1991July 25, 1997Sprague's Super Service305 E. Pine Street1930-1931August 15, 2011April 25, 2008John Gregory House607 N. Main Street1860sApril 15, 1991Orson Leroy Manchester House705 S. Broadway Avenue1916November 20, 1995Fairview Sanitorium905 N. Main Street1919September 1, 2021Residence905 W. Hovey Avenue1900May 18, 1998Kersey Fell's house1202 S. Fell Avenue1870May 15, 2000Van Leer's Broadview Mansion1301 S. Fell Avenue1906August 17, 2015Camelback BridgeConstitution Trail1870April 15, 1991May 15, 1997Cook HallIllinois State University1898February 20, 1986Fell Parkmid-1850sOctober 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.
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.
206 W. Lincoln Street This Italianate house was built by John R. Gaston between 1866 and 1870.
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.
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.
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.
Historic Districts
Local Historic Districts
Cedar Crest Historic District Highland Historic District Old North Normal District
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in McLean County, Illinois
References
External links Official site