Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (C.B. & Q. R. R.) stations plans, reduced from drawings

Title

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (C.B. & Q. R. R.) stations plans, reduced from drawings

Subject

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company

Description

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

Publisher

Lake Forest College

Rights

http://www.lakeforest.edu/library/archives/permission.php

Format

documents

Language

eng

Type

pdf

Citation

“Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (C.B. & Q. R. R.) stations plans, reduced from drawings,” Digital Collections - Lake Forest College, accessed November 15, 2024, https://collections.lakeforest.edu/items/show/4045.

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