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 Twelve attendees took the town tour. |
 Originally this
garage was the Stables, Telegraph Office, and Firehouse for the town.
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 Dave Mangold,
Symposium Coordinator enjoyed the symposium and took many notes.
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 I liked his button. |
 Homes just across the street from the Visitor Center |
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 Ornamentation at the corner of the Stables. |
 Horse heads on the stable's front wall. |
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 Michael Shymanski's license plate. |
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 After the
monopoly was broken up and the town went to private owners, the homes
deteriorated. Homeowners are being encouraged to improve their
property.
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 Greenstone
Church, constructed as part of the town, was non-denominational with
neutral decorations inside. The original Tracker Organ was
restored in 1980s. The green stones are from Pennsylania and is
like sand stone and is deteriorating from weather and pollution.
The base, as you can see, has been replaced.
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 Across the
street from the Greenstone Church are the only graystone homes in town,
the rest are brick. These homes, near market square, were for
incoming Doctor.
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 The reflecting
ball in this home's window caught my eye, didn't they have these in the
day?
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 Market Square,
used to be two stories, now just a shell.
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 Butter joints
that Mike had mentioned earlier in the clock tower
reconstruction. Less than 1/4 inch wide joints.
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 Row Houses or Flats. |
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 Few porches are original design over the 150 years. An original slate room, right. |
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 Mike Shymanski
during a light sprinkle, explaining the Historic Pullman Center.
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 The Historic
Pullman Center 614 is where the Florence Hotel's furniture is being
stored on 3rd floor. Some day the Florence Hotel might open as "a
B&B on steroids" Mike said.
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 While listening
to Mike's tour, we heard this man pulling a metal wheeled lift with a
discarded couch - stolen or retrieved from the alley? The
storefront beyond is typical of what happened when the town went
private, some people opened a store in their home.
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 Original slate roof. |
 Original street
trees were American Elm, which made a complete canopy over the street
keeping the temperature cooler in summer.
"Honeymoon row" very small studio or one-bedroom inexpensive flats. |
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 'Four over Two'
original window design. Center window has a small screen (I
remember those from my youth.)
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 Wooden sidewalk
section above, was one reason the Chicago fire spread so quickly, the
sidewalks were hollow underheath and became drafts for the fire.
At construction, this town had wooden sidewalks.
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