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

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Wiss, Jann ney, Elstner Associates, A Inc c. Bridges Two 1920 0s–1930s era a concrete bri idges survive e in Florence Township, wwhere Wiltonn Center Roaad and Warner Bridge B Road cross c Prairie Creek C near the southeast coorner of Secttion 12. In adddition to thesse two historic co oncrete bridges, limestone abutments re emain intact wwithin Midewwin National TTallgrass Praairie at the locatio on where Sym merton Road crossed c Above left: The Wilton Cent ter Road bridge over Prairie Creek. Above rightt: The Warner BBridge Road briddge over Prairie Creek. Below: One e of two survivin ng limestone bri idge abutments where Symertonn Road crossed Jordan Creek iin sections 14-115, now part of Mide ewin National Tallgrass Ta Prairie. . Page 32 Will CCounty Rural Hisstoric Structural Survey Florence Toownship
Joliet Ars senal The Joliet Arsenal wa as authorized by the U.S. Army in Se establishe ed after the start of Wo orld War II in Europe. nationwid de from June 1940 to Dece ember 1942. T was opera ated by a priv vate contracto or. Production other chemicals and th he loading, assembling, a a buildings, , 1,138 datin ng to the World W War II temporary y use. Of par rticular histor ric interest ar represents s the first exam mple of a late er widely used 94 eptember 19440, one of thhe first such pplants 4 Ultimately sixty plants were establlished The plant wass owned by thhe United Stattes governmeent but n activities inncluded the mmanufacturingg of explosivees and and packagingg of ammuniition. The sitte contained 1,391 I era. These utilitarian bbuildings werre constructeed for re six buildinngs comprisinng the TNT LLine 7; this group d industrial process for thee manufacturiing TNT. Prior to th he 1940s, the site was used (These ce emeteries are e now within Evangelic cal Cemetery and Starr Gr and Ceme eteries,” abov ve.) When the were dem molished, but ten farmhous wood fram med structure es and were r Section 17 7 of Florence e Township. A as site 195 in the prese ent survey. A on Illinois s Highway 53 3 in Florence two house es still exists and is docum streams were w straighte ened, ditches was create ed. Farm fam milies in the ar their land to the govern nment. by farmer rs who were residents that t they mus 95 d for farming. The site inccluded six cemmeteries, whicch were preseerved. n the Midew win National Tallgrass Praairie; two ceemeteries, Geerman rove Cemeter ry, are locatedd in Florencee Township; rrefer to “Chuurches e arsenal was developed, mmost of the aagricultural buuildings on thhe site ses were reloc cated to servee as staff houusing. Eight oof the housess were relocated to the t Administtrative Area oof the Elwoood Unit, locatted in A gatehouse for f the Adminnistrative Areea still exists and is docummented Additionally, tw wo brick farmmhouses weree retained on their originaal sites Township, ne ear the southwwest corner off the Elwood Unit. One off these mented as sit te 43 in the ppresent surveey. Throughouut the arsenaal site, and drain tile es were consttructed, and a complex rooad and rail syystem rea were give en as little as thirty days too pack their bbelongings annd sell The government began b the proocess of condeemnation of tthe property oowned reluctant to sell in Nove ember 1940; letters weree sent informming the remaaining st vacate the area a by March h 1, 1941. Left: The former gatehouse to the Administr rative Area (Gro oup 60) in Sectioon 17, site 195 inn the present surrvey. Right: The fformer Oscar Morg gan house in Se ection 7, retained d on the arsena al site for resideential use as parrt of Group 74 aand documentedd in the present surv vey as site 43. 94 This section is based on the following g sources: Pete er Rathbun, “Jooliet Army Ammmunition Plannt: Written Hisstorical and Descri iptive Data” Historic H American Engineerin ng Record Surrvey No. IL-18 (1984); Ritaa Walsh and PPatricia Wango, Th he World War r II Ordnance Department’s Government-OOwned Contraactor-Operatedd (GOCO) Indu dustrial Facilities: Joliet Army Ammunition Plant P Historic Investigationn (Cincinnati, Ohio: Gray & Pape, Inc., under contract to o Geo-Marine, , Inc., and the e U.S. Army Corps of Enggineers, 1995); ; USDA Natioonal Forest Seervice, Midewin Land L and Reso ource Manage ement Plan with w Final Envvironmental Immpact Statemennt (2002); andd U.S. Departmen nt of Veteran ns Affairs, “Abraham “ Lincoln Nationnal Cemetery, ,” . 95 , posted Noovember 11, 20009. Will County y Rural Historic Structural Surve ey Florence To ownship Wiss, Janney, Elstnner Associates, Inc. PPage 33
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
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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
Page 31 and 32: Plat map of f the village of Sy yme
Page 33 and 34: This duplex residence at 30789-3079
Page 35 and 36: Site ID 178 PIN 1988 Survey Number
Page 37: The Germ man Evangelic cal Cemetery
Page 41 and 42: Major Production Lines Elwood Ordna
Page 43 and 44: In June 1992, the arm my announced
Page 45 and 46: Above: Buil ldings of Group 3A, dem
Page 47 and 48: Above: Buil ldings of Group 23. Abo
Page 49 and 50: Above left: Typical T earth-co over
Page 51 and 52: Table 2. Florence Township Farmstea
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Page 67 and 68: Masonry y Construct tion Brick Hist
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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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ID Barn Type Date Significance Mate
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Notable Farmsteads s in Florenc ce
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Among th he farmsteads s associated
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Swival-St tewart Farms stead Site 2
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Farmstead d site 93 in th he northe
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Previous Surveys Wiss,
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