Name This Peoria Landmark

Peoria Loan and Homestead Association.

1211 SW Adams (thanks, Josh). A google search came up empty to the history of this place; all I could find is that currently Peoria Transportation Systems occupies it, whoever they are.

A commenter who I would like to thank (and who I’m not sure wants his name published or not) submitted this photo along with the text-

It is on South Adams Street.

It was the location of Peoria Savings and Loan which for most of its life was in the 100 block of South Jefferson where the Becker Building now stands.

The institution became part of River ValleySavings Bank and now First Bank.

Why is there a Japanese Garden at the Courthouse? I have no idea.

Navsource.org:

# Laid down, 24 February 1968, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp, San Diego, CA.
# Launched, 23 November 1968
# Commissioned USS Peoria (LST-1183), 21 February 1970, CDR. John T. Williams in command
# During the Vietnam War Peoria participated in the following campaigns:

Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
May 12 -14 & 20 - 23, 1971
June 21 - 25, 1971

Consolidation I
August 8 - 11 & 13 - 15, 1971

# Decommissioned, 28 January 1994
# Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, category C status, at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Pearl Harbor, HI.
# Struck from the Naval Register, 6 November 2002
# Final Disposition, sunk as a target sunk, 12 July 2004, during RIMPAC 2004
# Peoria earned two campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Peoria is the fifth ship of the twenty ship Newport tank landing ship class, which replaced the traditional bow door design LST. Two derrick arms support a thirty-ton, 112-foot bow ramp for the unloading of tanks and other vehicles ashore, additionally, amphibious vehicles can be launched from the tank deck via the ship’s stern gate and the ship’s flight deck can accommodate most Navy helicopter types.

The plaque can be found in the Peoria Courthouse Plaza along a wall as one would be exiting up a set of stairs towards Hamilton.

SA says: “That would be the floor under the gazebo in Liberty Park, which CILCO developed. It shows Peoria’s histroy.”

City-Data.com says: “American soldiers built Fort Clark in 1813; today the fort is commemorated in the riverfront Liberty Park Pavilion.”

PeoriaRiverfront.com says: “The Gazebo offers a supreme setting for outdoor weddings, concerts or family gatherings. Open to the public, also available for private rentals.”

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Peoria County-

World War One:
Total Service Members: 5,500
Lives Lost: 211

World War Two:
Total Service Members: 23,010
Lives Lost: 662

HOI News: Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 10 a.m. in the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza. The Memorial will be dedicated to all Peoria County veterans who served, lost their lives, or supported from home during World Wars I & II. Representative Ray LaHood will introduce special guest speaker General Wayne A. Downing, U.S. Army Ret. U.S. Senator Richard Durbin will offer additional comments. Additional speakers will follow.

Photo courtesy of Morton Malaise.

Located at the near the ramp to the boat docks on the riverfront, just north of Cefcu Center Stage at the Landing.

The Clean River, Healthy Riverfront website describes the problem:

Combined sewer overflows are a century-old problem in more than 700 U.S. communities, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest. Illinois has more than 100 communities with combined sewers, which combine sewage and stormwater into the same pipe.

During dry weather, sewage flows safely through the City’s sewers to the Greater Peoria Sanitation District wastewater treatment plant. However, about 28 times a year melting snow or rainwater can overwhelm the sewers, causing untreated sewage to overflow into the Illinois River.

Peoria must examine its sewer overflows and prepare a long-term control plan that meets Clean Water Act requirements and protects the Illinois River. This plan must be submitted to U.S. EPA and Illinois EPA by December 2008.

Those interested can sign up for an email notification whenever an overflow alert is in effect.

Have a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day.

Not that anyone really cares, but the actual spot of this photo is the corner of University & Northmoor.