Completed in 1888 at a cost of $28,000, Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield was designed by the Springfield firm of Bullard and Bullard. The church is an example of the Richardson Romanesque revival style, and has a rusticated stone exterior. A parish house was added in 1914, and a Sunday school building was added in 1950.
Christ Episcopal Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Completed in 1888 at a cost of $28,000, Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield was designed by the Springfield firm of Bullard and Bullard. The church is an example of the Richardson Romanesque revival style, and has a rusticated stone exterior. A parish house was added in 1914, and a Sunday school building was added in 1950.
Christ Episcopal Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Dedicated in 1928, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield was designed by Joseph W. McCarthy (1884-1965), an architect in the early 20th century most famous for his work on buildings for the Roman Catholic Church. The Cathedral is designed in Greek Revival style, with Mankato Kasota limestone used for the exterior.
The Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, which includes 28 of Illinois' 102 counties. A 14-month long interior and exterior restoration of the Cathedral was completed in 2009.
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About three miles WNW of the courthouse square in Virginia, Illinois is Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The church was established in 1827, just nine years after Illinois was admitted as a state. The building shown here was erected in 1888.
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Bement is a village in Piatt County, and is located about 25 miles ENE of Decatur, Illinois. The population was 1,703 as of a special census in 2009.
More photographs of Bement can be found in my "Bement IL" set.
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