National Register of Historic Places
Marshall Business Historic District
Marshall, Clark County, Illinois
The record
- Listed
- April 24, 2013
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- Archer Ave. & area between Plum, S. 5th, Locust & Michigan Aves., Marshall
- County
- Clark
- State
- Illinois
- Contributing resources
- 43 buildings, 1 structure
- Coordinates
- 39.39234, -87.69550
- Reference number
- 13000183
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The story
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The Marshall Business Historic District is a historic district in Marshall, Clark County, Illinois, covering Archer Avenue and nearby streets between Plum, South 5th, Locust and Michigan Avenues. It covers 14.7 acres with 43 contributing buildings and one contributing structure, built from 1841 to 1976 in styles from Greek Revival and Italianate to Italian Renaissance Revival.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2013 under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture and community planning and development. Its period of significance runs from 1841 to 1963, reflecting the district's earliest building of 1841 and Marshall Mutual's Mid-Century Modern building of 1958.
Physical character
Most buildings are brick with stone or brick foundations, and many storefronts have cast iron fronts and lintels from Mesker Brothers. Facades carry bracketed or dentil cornices and rounded or segmental arch windows with decorative hoods, and roofs are covered in asphalt, tar or rubber membrane. One building has a cupola with a bell and clock tower, and another has a Palladian window behind a balustrade.
Historical context
Marshall was founded and platted in 1835 by William B. Archer and Joseph Duncan, and became the Clark County seat in 1838. The county's first courthouse was built in 1839; a larger one replaced it in 1887; after that building burned in 1902, the present courthouse was dedicated in 1904. An 1875 ordinance required brick construction in its business buildings.