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Here are scenes from Quincy and Adams County’s past. Have a historical photo you’d like to share? Email it with identifying information to us at the Historical Society for consideration.

Views of Quincy and Adams County’s Past

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1875 County Map

Observatory

Map of Adams County
1875

Riverview Park Observatory, Quincy 1900

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Werneth Meat Market,
1706 Broadway, early 1900s

Hospital Building, Soldiers
and Sailors Home, Quincy

LD Debate Site

Old Courthouse

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Site,
East Side Square, Quincy

Old Courthouse,
5th & Maine, Quincy, 1861

6th & Hampshire

Highland Park Pavilion

NE Corner 6th & Hampshire,
Quincy, circa 1870

Highland Park Pavilion
(Casino Starlight), Quincy, 1909

Quincy Boat Landing

Old St. Peters

Boat Landing,
Quincy Riverfront

St. Peters Church,
8th & Maine, Quincy, 1910

5th & Hampshire

Riverfront Ice Harvesting

5th & Hampshire,
Quincy, circa 1910

Ice Harvesting,
Quincy Riverfront, 1900

4th & Hampshire

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4th & Hampshire,
(looking south), Quincy, 1910

Ice Conveyor,
Quincy Riverfront, 1900

Maine Tw 4th & 5th

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Maine Between 4th & 5th,
Quincy, 1910

Bartlett Mansion/Sanitarium,
6th & Broadway, Quincy, 1877

Courthouse

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Adams County Courthouse
Quincy

Blessing Hospital
Quincy, 1861

Rail B ridge

Street Car

Railroad Bridge, 12th Street,
North of Locust, Quincy 1900

Street Car, end of State Street, Quincy, 1912

Kids Class Church

Hillcrest Sanitarium

Vermont Street Methodist Church Class, Quincy, 1865

Hillcrest Sanitarium,
3000 State Street, Quincy

 

 

 

 

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Fifth Street, 1853

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Mendon Street Scene,
Early 1900s

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Old Courthouse,
5th & Maine, Quincy, 1861

Wabash Depot

Wabash Depot,
Built 1857, Camp Point

Camp Point OPera House

State Street & Opera House,
Camp Point

50th Illinois Reunion

Annual Reunion, 50th Illinois Infantry, Camp Point

Chautauqua

Chautauqua Week, Bailey Park, Camp Point, early 1920s

Flood of 1903

Flood of 1903,
Indian Grave District

St. Mary's Hospital

St. Mary Hospital, 14th & Broadway, Quincy

 

 

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The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County
425 South 12th Street, Quincy, IL  62301  217-222-1835
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