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The Graveyard

The number of buildings razed in the past half decade is well over 100.  I have tracked these down through old newspaper articles, history books and city directories.

Here are the ones I have found to date.  If anyone knows of others, Please let me know.

Longfellow School - 1957

Rubaiyat Lounge – 1974

Lehman Building - 1987

Chuse Engine - 2000

R.T. Holmes Building - 1959

Lowell School - 1976

1513 Broadway - 1987

Reynolds Broomcorn - 2000

Hawthorne School - 1960

Bridges Drug Store - 1976

Schiff Shoes Store - 1987

Bennett Office Building - 2001

Capen Building - 1961

Steidl Brothers Bldg - 1976

Phipps Shoe Store - 1987

Big Four Railroad Depot - 2004

Brownwell Apts - 1963

A & P Store - 1976

115 Club - 1988

Helen Montgomery Building - 2004

Dental Clinic - 1963

Township Offices - 1976

Citizen's Ice Plant - 1988

Knights Buffet - 2004

NYC Freight Depot – 1963

Automatic Heating whse  - 1976

Frosty's Tavern -1990

Washington School - 2004

IC Shops - 1963

IOOF Home – 1977

IOOF Building - 1990

Columbian School - 2004

Livery Stables - 1964

Big Four Shops - 1978

Mattoon Motor Car Co. - 1990

Bennett School - 2004

Imperial Motors - 1964

Medical Art Building - 1978

Gambles - 1991

Lincoln School - 2004

Percolator Cafe - 1964

Salvation Army - 1978

Anderman’s Furniture - 1992

Kuehne Mfg - 2004

Avey Building - 1965

Ben Franklin - 1979

Broomcorn Warehouse - 1994

Sullen and Sons - 2004

Congregational Church - 1965

Eli Storm Blacksmith - 1979

Mattoon Dress Factory - 1994

Katz and Sons (Gowins) - 2005

St. Joseph School - 1966

Goldsmith Brothers - 1979

Meadow Gold - 1995

Corn Belt Hatchery - 2005

Gannaway Building - 1967

CIPS Power Plant - 1979

Kahn Building - 1995

Moore Cigarette Service - 2005

Mallory Auto Parts - 1968

Journal Gazette - 1980's

Link Clinic - 1995

Buggy Shed - 2005

Peerless Model Co. - 1968

Central School - Old Gym - 1980

Avenue Coffee Shop - 1996

Bernadini Produce - 2005

Hayes Freight Lines - 1970

IOOF Hospital - 1982

Hume's Garage - 1996

Central School - 2005

Hotel Byers - 1971

Owings Building - 1982

Furste Warehouse - 1996

Okaw Building - 2006

Miller and Son’s Auto - 1971

A.V. Morrison Building - 1982

Mattoon Theatre - 1996

Schmidt Jewelry - 2006

Matoon Bowling Alleys - 1971

Weis Medical Clinic - 1982

Sports Mart - 1996

Buck-Middlesworth - 2006

Cash and Carry Cleaners - 1971

Hulman Building - 1984

Opera House Saloon - 1996

Little Chef - 2006

Pedigo Blacksmith - 1973

Hine’s Electric - 1984

Brewster's Garage - 1996

Western Union - 2006

W.W. Simpson - 1973

Wayner's Auto Supply - 1985

Icenogles - 1996

 

Brown Shoe Factory - 1973

Davis Confectioners - 1985

Berkowitz Building - 1997

 

Handley Building - 1973

Tom Purvis Auto - 1986

Hulman Warehouse - 1997

 

Majestic Hat Cleaning - 1973

Emery Davidson whse - 1986

Walker’s Supermarket - 1998

 

Osborne Building - 1973

Lynch’s Saloon  - 1987

Gray and Son Meats - 1998

 

Victory Café - 1973

City Hotel - 1987

Alexander’s Office Supplies  - 1999

 

Hotel Mattoon - 1974

Virginia Building - 1987

Thompson Auto – 1999