Full Text of HR1477 94th General Assembly
HR1477 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, the third Moultrie County Courthouse was | 3 |
| dedicated November 12, 1906 before a crowd of several thousand; | 4 |
| it was built on the same location as the 1845 courthouse and | 5 |
| the 1865 courthouse; the construction was authorized by the | 6 |
| citizens by a vote of 1,165 yes and 816 no at a special | 7 |
| election authorized by the Board of Supervisors and held | 8 |
| February 16, 1904; and
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| WHEREAS, In May 1904 the Board of Supervisors selected the | 10 |
| design of the firm of Deal & Ginzel architects of Lincoln, IL; | 11 |
| the plans called for a 75'x 90' three story building, with | 12 |
| basement, and 112" to the top of the dome; in August 1904 the | 13 |
| building contract was awarded to W. B. Walters, Co., Danville, | 14 |
| IL, in the amount of $67,952.50; and
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| WHEREAS, The cornerstone was laid October 14, 1904 under | 16 |
| the auspice of the Knight of Pythias before a crowd estimated | 17 |
| at 6,000; and
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| WHEREAS, On August 6, 1906 the courthouse was completed and | 19 |
| turned over the Board of Supervisors; and
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| WHEREAS, At the November 12, 1906 dedication a statue of a | 21 |
| Civil War soldier was dedicated and placed on the courthouse | 22 |
| lawn; a fountain paid for by the W.C.T.U. was also placed on | 23 |
| the courthouse lawn; In 1907 a Civil War cannon was obtained by | 24 |
| Sen. William McKinley of Urbana, given to the county and the | 25 |
| Grand Army of the Republic, and placed on the courthouse lawn; | 26 |
| and in 1921 a monument was erected on the courthouse lawn | 27 |
| commemorating Abraham Lincoln and his travels across the Eighth | 28 |
| Judicial Circuit, which included Moultrie County; and
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| WHEREAS, The Moultrie County Courthouse was placed on the | 30 |
| National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 1995 by the |
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| State of Illinois and the United States Department of the | 2 |
| Interior, National Park Service; and
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| WHEREAS, At the October 28, 2006 Centennial Celebration the | 4 |
| Civil War statue is being rededicated by all Moultrie County | 5 |
| Veteran's Organizations in honor of all Moultrie County | 6 |
| soldiers, past, present, and future; a bronze memorial plaque | 7 |
| is being placed on the Civil War Canon by Hagen Drug Store and | 8 |
| Sullivan Sons of the American Legion; the Moultrie County Bar | 9 |
| Association is placing a Centennial Celebration bronze plaque | 10 |
| inside the courthouse; the Moultrie County Board is placing a | 11 |
| new monument in the courthouse lawn with brief information on | 12 |
| the three courthouses on a bronze plaque; therefore, be it | 13 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we congratulate the citizens of Moultrie County on this | 16 |
| historic anniversary and wish continued success to the people | 17 |
| that work and do business in the Moultrie County Courthouse; | 18 |
| may it continue to be a focal point in Sullivan; and be it | 19 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the Moultrie County Board.
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