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ST BONIFACE CHURCH / 117 N 7TH
> Magnificent terrazzo floors & stone walls / 160-ft steel steeple > Listed on the 150 most significant structures in Illinois > Built on the site where Augustine Tolton’s first Solemn High Mass occurred in Quincy upon his return as America’s first African-American Priest
1962 / MID-CENTURY MODERN / JOHN BENYA architect
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ERNEST WOOD OFFICE & STUDIO / 126 NORTH 8TH
> Illustrates the architect’s depth of reverence for Frank Lloyd Wright > On the National Register of Historic Places
1912 / PRAIRIE SCHOOL / ERNEST WOOD architect
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THE STATE THEATRE / 434 S 8TH
> Opened Christmas Day with Alexander’s Ragtime Band starring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, and Don Ameche; erected by Leo Monckton [see p. 12] > Two innovations never before in Quincy: acoustical devices for the hearing impaired and a crying room for mothers with babies to still view & hear the show
1938 / ART DECO / CHARLES BEHRENSMEYER architect
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