Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (C.B. & Q. R. R.) stations plans, reduced from drawings
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This is a group of 8.5" by 11" photocopied plans, reduced from drawings, of twenty-three stations for the C. B. & Q. R. R., drawn for the company in the 1920s and 1930s from existing buildings, apparently. The group of plans was donated to the library in the 1990s by Joseph Douda.
The stations are listed here, alphabetically by station/town name, with the state added only outside of Illinois:
Aurora (two sheets) Buiilt 1922, Beaux Arts style
Beardstown (two sheets) Built 1880, Stick Style
Belmont Built 1916, Bungalow style
Berwyn Built 1890, with 1917 addition, Richardsonian Romanes- que style
Brookfield Built 1889, Shingle Style
Centerville, Iowa Built 1908, Bungalow style
Congress Park Built 1897, Shingle Style
Downer's Grove Built 1911, Beaux Arts (classic) style
Engelwood, South Dakota Built 1908, vernacular (two story)
Fairview Ave. Built 1916, Colonial Revival (gambrel roof, pergola)
Halsted Street, Chicago Built 1930, International Style
Harlem Ave. Built 1890; renov. 1904, Bungalow style
Highlands [Mostly villegible], Stick Style
Hinsdale Built 1898, renov. 1924, Bungalow style
Hollywood Built 1899, Queen Ann style
La Clede, Missouri Built 1920, vernacular
La Grange (Fifth Ave.) Built 1925, Gothic/English Arts & Crafts style
La Grange (Stone Ave.) Built 1901, Richardsonian Romanesque style
Lisle no date, Stick Style (renovated)
Naperville Built 1910, renov. 1930, Gothic/Engl. Arts & Crafts/Beaux Arts (Palladian window)
Riverside Built 1901, Bungalow style
Rock Island Built 1900, Eclectic (Italianate tower, French Chateauesque building)
Western Springs Built 1890, Bungalow eclectic style
Westmont Built 1921, renov. 1928, Bungalow style