African American Civil War veteran Simon Malone built a home southeast of
this location in the late 1860s. Malone and his wife were early Black residents
of Normal, joining the Esque, Fields, Barton, and Underwood families. Others
would follow . . . — — Map (db m253445) HM
This capital stone, carved in the Corinthian order, capped a fluted column on the courthouse building. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, this domed building burnt in the Great Fire of June 1900, which destroyed 5 square blocks in downtown . . . — — Map (db m276402) HM
Cedar Crest was the Town of Normal's first comprehensively planned subdivision. This district was designed by architect Aaron T. Simmons and built by Bert Marley Kuhn between 1914 and 1930. Cedar Crest's curving streets and craftsman style houses . . . — — Map (db m163006) HM
This typical one room school of the early 1900 period, was restored and moved to this location from a site southwest of Normal. The project was sponsored by the I.S.U. Alumni Association to commemorate the part the one room school has played in . . . — — Map (db m276566) HM
Built in the second and third decades of the 20th century, homes in the Highland Historic District feature high quality construction and materials, as well as designs by noted architects A.L. Pillsbury and George Miller. This district provides a . . . — — Map (db m163008) HM
The town of Normal was created at the junction of the Illinois Central and the Chicago and Alton Railroads. The Camelback Bridge is the last surviving structure in Normal associated with the railroad. Its location was chosen because here the . . . — — Map (db m58105) HM
Title IX
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. . . . — — Map (db m276501) HM
The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School (ISSCS) opened in 1865 as the Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home. Dedicated in 1869, it provided a home for children of Civil War veterans who had been killed and wounded. In 1899, the state . . . — — Map (db m160048) HM
Thanks to the foresight and generosity of Abraham Lincoln's McLean County friends, Jesse W. Fell, David Davis, and others, the Illinois State Board of Education located the first state-supported university near the junction of the Illinois . . . — — Map (db m183699) HM
The first state normal school to be established in the Mississippi Valley and the ninth to be founded in the United States this building, begun in 1857, is the oldest state normal school building now in use in the United States. — — Map (db m276482) HM
This garden is dedicated to the Illinois State University faculty, staff, students, and alumni veterans who served with honor in the five branches of the United States military — — Map (db m276411) HM
[Plaque on the left side of the gate:]
To the founder of Normal
Jesse W. Fell
Friend of education
Lover and planter of trees
Philanthropist of mighty vision
This gate is dedicated by the Women's Improvement League and his many . . . — — Map (db m276493) HM
I have been East, Lincoln as far as Boston, and up into New Hampshire, travelling in all the New England States, save Maine; in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana; and everywhere I . . . — — Map (db m253451) HM
(front:)
Route 66, the Mother Road, is an American icon that symbolizes romance and freedom of the open road. Born in 1926, Route 66 was one of the first numbered U.S. highways, journeying 2,500 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. Today, . . . — — Map (db m158093) HM
Here on the prairie stood Old Main, the first building erected by and for state supported higher education in Illinois. Dedicated to a hope, to an ideal, it was a place to attempt great things. Itself an act of faith, it justified that faith in its . . . — — Map (db m276450) HM
In 1860 Illinois State Normal University celebrated completion of Old Main, the first building constructed on campus. For two decades a bell in the building's tower chimed reminders of the hour to the campus community. When the original bell was . . . — — Map (db m276483) HM
This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the seven staff and friends of Illinois State University who perished in an airplane crash on April 7, 2015. The accident occurred while on approach to land at the Central Illinois Regional Airport near . . . — — Map (db m276503) HM
Eyestone School, formerly known as Rose Hill School District No. 143
Originally located west of Normal on Hovey Road
Building Donated by Dr. and Mrs. G.J. Kruger
Building Refurbished by ISU Alumni and Friends — — Map (db m276565) HM
This fountain was part of the landscape for the first men's dormitory at Illinois State Normal University, Smith Hall. Located where the South Campus residence halls once stood, south of the Student Fitness Center, the three story wood framed home . . . — — Map (db m276272) HM
Opened in 1930 by William Sprague, this is the only two-story Tudor Revival service station on Route 66. Although the station was built in the depth of the Great Depression, Sprague knew that travelers still needed food, gas, and car repairs. He . . . — — Map (db m163009) HM
(left plaque:)
The following inscription was engraved on one of the original bells that hung in the Broadview Mansion Bell Tower:
"Dedicated to the glory of God
and in loving memory of
Bird Colladay Van Leer, 1867-1933 . . . — — Map (db m162820) HM
William "Billy" Quigley Jr. of Wilmington, IL was a dedicated student leader at Illinois State University at the time of his death as a result of an automobile accident. Billy was a student in the college of business and also passionate about . . . — — Map (db m276502) HM
In memory of
William Saunders
1822-1900
First master of the National Grange
Famous horticulturist and landscape gardener who prepared original landscape plans for the campus of Illinois State Normal University — — Map (db m276439) HM
William Auth Ralph Barron C. Nolan Smith Earl Ralph Hart Louis Eddy Davis Rolf Leo McManus Howard Henry Hardy Doy William Skinner Maurice James Peters William Roy Hinthorn Allington Joyce Jolly Robert Benjamin Huffman Edmund . . . — — Map (db m276424) WM
