Abundant Architecture in Quincy, IL Guide

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UNITARIAN CHURCH / 1479 HAMPSHIRE

> Very unusual style for church designs & one of the oldest congregations in Quincy > Windows are painted rather than stained glass, customary for Unitarian churches

1913 / TUDOR REVIVAL / HARVEY CHATTEN architect

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HENRY AND JOSEPHINE FREIBURG HOUSE / 1431 SPRING

> Freiburg emigrated from Germany in 1856 and began his Quincy business career working as a cobbler before building his own shoe factory in 1882

1879 / FOLK VICTORIAN / architect unknown

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TEMPLE B’NAI SHALOM / 427 NORTH 9TH

> Built in the residential & commercial neighborhood of a thriving Jewish community > A 1947 tornado took the original 80-ft high twin minaret-style towers > The Quincy B’nai Sholom Congregation dates from 1852; this location in use until 2019

1870 / MOORISH REVIVAL / ROBERT BUNCE architect P 13

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