Illinois Preservationists plead to save building
Eight people pleaded with the Quincy Public Library board Tuesday night, hoping to convince the organization to preserve the former Royal Printing building at 514 Jersey. The library board agreed last month to buy the building, which sits immediately west of the library at 526 Jersey.
Local preservationists fear the structure — built in 1854 and one of the oldest church buildings in Quincy — will be torn down for a parking lot.
SANFORTH KIDDER IS MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER . MY COUSIN HAS RESTORE GRAVESITE TO ITS BEAUTIFUL CONDITION IT IS TODAY. HE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE ONE THE EARLY PIONEERS OF TEXAS HISTORY. HE CAME TO TEXAS IN 1825. AS SEA CAPTIAN FROM NEW LONDON CONNECTICUT.HIS FIRST SON SANFORTH KIDDER JR. WAS IN REPUBLIC OF TEXAS ARMY IN 1842.
Posted by: RICK KIDDER | May 14, 2007 at 05:02 PM