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===Historic sites=== [[File:Transferhouse1.jpg|thumb|[[Transfer House (Decatur, Illinois)|Transfer House]] {{circa|1910}}]] The city's symbol is the [[Transfer House (Decatur, Illinois)|Transfer House]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://friedman.cs.illinois.edu/decatur/Decatur.htm|title=The Decatur Transfer House|work=H. George Friedman, Jr.|access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> an 1896 octagonal structure that was built in the original town square (now called "Lincoln Square") where the city's mass transit lines (streetcars and interurban trains) met. Designed by Chicago architect [[William W. Boyington]], who also designed the [[Chicago Water Tower]], the Transfer House was constructed to serve as a shelter for passengers transferring from one conveyance to another. It was regarded as one of the most beautiful structures of its kind in the United States,{{by whom|date=November 2022}} and a symbol of the city's high culture and modernity just decades after it was founded as a small collection of log cabins.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} The second story of the building consisted of an open-air gazebo used as a stage for public speeches and concerts by the Goodman Band. Sitting in the middle of the square as it was, increasing automobile traffic flowing through downtown Decatur on US 51 was forced to circle around the structure, and the Transfer House came to be seen by some as an impediment. The [[Illinois Department of Transportation]], who maintained the US 51 highway route through Decatur, requested it be removed, and in 1962, the structure was transported by truck to nearby Central Park, where it stands today. In that location, it has served as a bus shelter, a visitor information center, and civic group offices. The Edward P. Irving House, designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prairieschooltraveler.com/html/il/decatur/irving.html |title=The Prairie School Traveler |publisher=The Prairie School Traveler |access-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref> and built in 1911, is located at No. 2 Millikin Place, Decatur. In addition, the Robert Mueller Residence, 1 Millikin Place,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prairieschooltraveler.com/html/il/decatur/muellerr.html |title=The Prairie School Traveler |publisher=The Prairie School Traveler |access-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref> and the Adolph Mueller Residence, 4 Millikin Place,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wbgriffin/mueller.htm |title=Architecture β Adolph Mueller House |publisher=Pbs.org |access-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prairieschooltraveler.com/html/il/decatur/muellera.html |title=The Prairie School Traveler |publisher=The Prairie School Traveler |access-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref> have been attributed to Wright's assistants [[Hermann V. von Holst]] and [[Marion Mahony Griffin|Marion Mahony]].
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