Land, Peoria County, IL Genealogy Trails

Corner of Hamilton and Jefferson

This 1940's photo shows the corner of Jefferson St and Hamilton Blvd.
The CROWN HOTEL was located on the corner at 210 Hamilton Blvd. (which is the street with the bus).
3rd building from the left is the COMFORT HOTEL listed at 210 Jefferson St.
Steve Slaughter - 2009

Land Things

Street Name Changes	Federal Land Patents
Street Name Changes in 1956
History of Streets and Area Names	Land News Articles from the newspaper on land sales or city improvements.
100 Block of South Adams - 1903
Franklin St. (diagonal) to S. Adams St. - 1946

Old Bartonville Buildings
Old Brimfield Buildings	Land Titles Deeds, mortgages and other land transfers from local newspapers.
Old Homes

Peoria's Oldest Water Works	THE PIONEERS by Lorado Taft, Sculptor
The Washington House Hotel

The Time Line for the surveying of Peoria County:

- North Line boundary was surveyed in Aug & Sept. 1816 by Amos Wheeler
- South and West Boundary were surveyed in Feb. 1817 and the sub division lines in march 1817 by Thomas Willis
- The lots in the Town of Peoria were surveyed 3rd of March 1835
- The lot lines of the "Old and New" Villages of Peoria were surveyed in the 2nd Quarter of 1837 by Joseph C. Brown
- The remaining Lots where surveyed March 31, 1842 by D.A. Spaulding
- This is what the Surveyor's office in St. Louis 2-11-1846

Notes from the Federal Township Plats of Illinois 1804-1891, http://landplats.ilsos.net/Flash/FTP_Illinois.html