List of Town of Normal Local Landmark Properties and Districts


Historic Landmarks and Districts is a designation of the Town of Normal Historic Preservation Commission. 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 approves new historic districts and landmarks. The Historic Preservation Commission was established in 1990 and authorized by Section 15.16.

List of landmarks

Individual landmarks

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.

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