{"nrhp_refnum":"91000571","name":"Hawes, J. H., Elevator","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Logan County","state":"IL","lat":40.260864165000044,"lon":-89.23386571699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wooden country grain elevator on 2nd Street in Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois, built around 1903 by McIntyre and Wykle for grain dealer John H. Hawes. It sits one block off old Route 66 and includes the remaining concrete pads of a power house and scale/office house.","why_significant":"The elevator is significant under Criterion A for commerce and transportation because it handled and shipped grain, a key business in Atlanta, between 1903 and 1941. It is significant under Criterion C for engineering as a representative example of a wooden studded country elevator. It retains original features such as a wooden grain leg, rope drive, dump logs for wagons and an unusual stairway to the cupola.","narrative":"This small wooden country grain elevator stands on 2nd Street in Atlanta, Illinois, one block off old Route 66. Built around 1903 by McIntyre and Wykle for grain dealer John H. Hawes, it measures about 36 by 34 feet, rises 55 feet including its cupola, and rests on a brick foundation. Inside, the original wooden grain leg, rope drive, bins, scale bin and dump logs for tilting high-wheeled wagons survive, along with a rare stairway to the cupola. Changes have been minor: a steel roof replaced the slate, and a pickup truck lift was added in the 1940s. The elevator was the last built in Atlanta until after World War II. It served farmers shipping grain by rail on the Illinois Midland line to Peoria, Decatur and beyond. Its significance rests on its role in local commerce and rail transportation from 1903 to 1941 and its value as a representative studded-wall country elevator. It is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1903-1940","architect_builder":"McIntyre and Wykle (builder)","architectural_style":"Other: Wooden grain elevator","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the original slate roof was replaced with steel, and the power house and scale/office house were demolished in the late 1970s.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.991411-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/8934/28893489/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/91000571.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000571/34c8d9e10e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000571/34c8d9e10e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Michael Morrow","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.H._Hawes_elevator.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Morrow</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.H._Hawes_elevator.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893489","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._H._Hawes_Elevator","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14687645"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/logan-county/hawes-j-h-elevator-91000571/"}