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Foreword Places and People in Old Decatur is concerned with two things: first, with some presently existing structura located wi[hin Decatur's current city Gmi[s that were built before 1900; and second, with some of the people or events related to thos� structures. Zonta Club of Decatur presents it at this time as its contribution to the local celebration of our nation's bicentennial. Concurrent with the pubGcation of this volume is the presentation of five registers of data on Old Decatur structures to the Decatur Public libnry for use in iu local history room. These registers were compiled between November, 1973, and July, 1975, by members of the Public Affairs Committee of Zonta with the assistance and cooperation of the Macon County offices of assessor and recorder of deeds, the Decatur Public Library, and Decatur newspapers as well as many inter- ested citizens. Charlotte Meyer was responsible for basic i research. Readers who desire additional data on structures in- I ! cluded in this volume or on structures which were omitted i because of lack of space are referred to the registers at the II� ' lbrary. No defense is made of judgments regarding which struc- tures to include. There is an asierisk to designate structures which also appear in the Interim Report of An Inventory of Architecture before World War II in Macon County prepared by the Illinois f-iistoric Structures Survey of Octaber, 1974; however, architectural merit was the chief criterion for in- clusion in that report which was done under the direction of Dr. Paul E. Sprague,a well-known architectural historian. The . criteria for inclusion in this volume have been age of the struc- ture and relation to historic persons or events as well as report- ed architectural interest. Since no meznber of the writing committee is a professional architect, aRist, author, or historian, information given has been gleaned from the com- pilation of data in the registers. � �