Rural H Historic c Struct tural S Survey - Will County Land Use

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Wiss, Jann ney, Elstner Associates, A Inc c. Postcard vie ews of Symerton n, likely in the fir rst decade of the twentieth centurry. Left: the elevvator built by A. N. Hilton was loocated just to the ea ast of the railroa ad and north of Commercial C Stre eet in the villagee. Right: A view looking west down Commerciall Street with the dep pot in the foregro ound, likely take en from inside the elevator. Notee the church steep eple visible beyonnd the trees at leeft and the open agricultural fields beyond the one-street of the vill lage. Views of Sym merton today. Above left: The fo ormer Wabash Railroad in the toownship is now tthe Wauponsee GGlacial Trail. Abbove right: A view w looking west down d Commercia al Street today. Neither N the grainn elevator nor thhe depot survivee. There has beenn almost no new construction in the village, and a many of the existing e structurres are visible inn the earlier vieww. Below left: Thhe Florence To ownship Hall in the village. Belo ow right: A former commercial bbuilding in Symeerton. Page 24 Will CCounty Rural Hisstoric Structural Survey Florence Toownship
Plat map of f the village of Sy ymerton, 1893. Although A five blo ocks were plattedd, many of the loots shown remaiined vacant. “Noorth Street” depi icted at the top of o the plan was apparently a never r graded or laid out, although thhe one block defi fined by “South SStreet” and “James s Street” still exi ists today. Comm mercial Street ex xtended east acrooss the centerline of Section 23, while “Northernn Avenue” wa as a pre-existing g Section-line roa ad in the township. After Wor rld War I, wh heat began to be cultivated d on the farmss in Florence Roads that exxisted in 1928 in ncluded U.S. Route 66, wh hich was desig gnated a fedeeral route in 11926. In Floreence Townshiip, the highway was a concre ete road runn ning south fr rom Joliet whhich entered the townshipp at the nortthwest corner of Section 6 an nd followed the t western to ownship line of Sections 18 and 19 annd half way aacross Section 30 before turn ning west tow ward Wilmin ngton. The noorth-south cennterline of thhe township wwas a stone-surf faced road, to oday’s Old Ch hicago Road / Will Countyy Highway 7. Another stonne-surface roaad ran east-west to the south h of Sections s 19 through h 24, today’ss Wilmingtonn-Peotone Rooad / Will CCounty Highway 25. A third st tone-surfaced d road ran nor rth through Syymerton and continued north to the towwnship centerline e, today’s Sym merton Road. The remainder of the roadds in the townnship were graaded dirt roadds. 79 With even n better conne ections via au utomobile in the t twentieth century, the ssmall village of Symerton could not comp pete with the e more established comm mercial centerr of Wilminggton, and litttle public acctivity remained in the village e. The post office closed in i 1931, and the school cllosed with disstrict consoliddation in the 195 50s. The chur rch merged with w a congre egation in Wiilmington in tthe same era. . Today, Symmerton has a popu ulation of a li ittle more than n 100 persons s. Florence Township wa as greatly aff fected by the e constructionn of the Elwoood Ordnancee Plant unit oof the Joliet Ars senal in 1940 0–1941. Almo ost half the area a of the toownship camee under federral ownershipp, and farm fami ilies living in the area were e forced to relocate. Todayy, only ruins oof building fooundations annd two cemeteries remain as physical p evide ence of the pre e-1940 develoopment of thee area. 78 August Maue, M History of Will County y, Illinois (Indianapolis: Histoorical Publishinng, 1928), 2044. 79 Maue (1928), 205. Will County y Rural Historic Structural Surve ey Florence To ownship Wiss, Janney, Elstnner Associates, Inc. Township. 78 PPage 25
Page 1 and 2: Rural Historic H c Structtural SSur
Page 3 and 4: Rural Historic Structural Survey Fl
Page 5 and 6: Executive Summary Wiss, Janney, Els
Page 7 and 8: CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOG
Page 9 and 10: Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, I
Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER 2 CONTEXT HISTORY OF THE RU
Page 17 and 18: Original 1821 survey plat of Floren
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Page 25 and 26: Twentieth h Century De evelopments
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Page 33 and 34: This duplex residence at 30789-3079
Page 35 and 36: Site ID 178 PIN 1988 Survey Number
Page 37 and 38: The Germ man Evangelic cal Cemetery
Page 39 and 40: Joliet Ars senal The Joliet Arsenal
Page 41 and 42: Major Production Lines Elwood Ordna
Page 43 and 44: In June 1992, the arm my announced
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Page 49 and 50: Above left: Typical T earth-co over
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Two exampl les of the Ranch h type
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Left: A draw wing of heavy tim mber
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types, suc ch as Quonse ets, develo
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effectively y reduced th number of
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typical ba arn types such h as plan
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Pole barns and manufactu ured build
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Crib barns, usually with two o bins
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CHAPTER 4 SURVEY SUMMARY AND RECOMM
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Outbuildings Wiss, Janney, Elstner
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Notable Farmsteads s in Florenc ce
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Previous Surveys Wiss,
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