Peoria Warehouse Historic District

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Peoria Warehouse Historic District
Image The Mill, located in Peoria Warehouse District.jpeg
The Mill was constructed in 1891 and was the home of the Wahlfeld's manufacturing company. The building now houses artists' studios. [1]
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LocationRoughly along Adams, May, Oak, Persimmon, State, Walnut & Washington Sts., Peoria, Illinois
Coordinates 40°41′08″N89°35′52″W / 40.68556°N 89.59778°W / 40.68556; -89.59778 Coordinates: 40°41′08″N89°35′52″W / 40.68556°N 89.59778°W / 40.68556; -89.59778
NRHP reference # 14000621 [2]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 2014

The Peoria Warehouse Historic District is a historic industrial district located to the southwest of downtown Peoria, Illinois. The district includes 68 buildings, 59 of which are considered contributing to its historic status; these buildings include warehouses and other industrial structures and were built from the 1880s through the 1920s. The buildings generally have utilitarian designs inspired by the Chicago school and are built with reinforced concrete frames and brick exteriors.

Peoria, Illinois City in Illinois, United States

Peoria is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, and the largest city on the Illinois River. Established in 1691 by the French explorer Henri de Tonti, Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, and is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007. The Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 373,590 in 2011. Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for Caterpillar Inc., one of the 30 companies composing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and listed on the Fortune 100; in the latter year, the company relocated its headquarters to Deerfield, Illinois.

Illinois State of the United States of America

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern and Great Lakes region of the United States. It has the fifth largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth largest population, and the 25th largest land area of all U.S. states. Illinois is often noted as a microcosm of the entire United States. With Chicago in northeastern Illinois, small industrial cities and immense agricultural productivity in the north and center of the state, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base, and is a major transportation hub. Chicagoland, Chicago's metropolitan area, encompasses over 65% of the state's population. The Port of Chicago connects the state to international ports via two main routes: from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois Waterway to the Illinois River. The Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the Wabash River form parts of the boundaries of Illinois. For decades, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and, through the 1980s, in politics.

Warehouse commercial storage building for goods in transit

A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, towns or villages.

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The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 2014. [2]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

History

Peoria became a significant industrial and shipping center in the late 19th century, and development boomed in the district due to its access to the Illinois River and the city's numerous rail lines. The industries present in the district reflected the city's economy as a whole and included brewing and distillery, the manufacture of farm implements, and iron and steel production. [3]

Illinois River Illinois tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States

The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 273 miles (439 km) long, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The river drains a large section of central Illinois, with a drainage basin of 28,756.6 square miles (74,479 km2). The drainage basin extends into Wisconsin, Indiana, and a very small area of southwestern Michigan. This river was important among Native Americans and early French traders as the principal water route connecting the Great Lakes with the Mississippi. The French colonial settlements along the rivers formed the heart of the area known as the Illinois Country. After the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Hennepin Canal in the 19th century, the role of the river as link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi was extended into the era of modern industrial shipping. It now forms the basis for the Illinois Waterway.

Brewing production of beer

Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. It may be done in a brewery by a commercial brewer, at home by a homebrewer, or by a variety of traditional methods such as communally by the indigenous peoples in Brazil when making cauim. Brewing has taken place since around the 6th millennium BC, and archaeological evidence suggests that emerging civilizations including ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia brewed beer. Since the nineteenth century the brewing industry has been part of most western economies.

Revitalization

In the 21st century, the warehouse district has undergone a revitalization, with some of the buildings being repurposed for residential, retail, and small business use. [4] [5] This work has been encouraged by the city government and by the private Downtown Development Corporation of Peoria. [6] [7] It has been financed in part by the creation of a tax increment financing district. [8]

Tax increment financing

Tax increment financing (TIF) is a public financing method that is used as a subsidy for redevelopment, infrastructure, and other community-improvement projects in many countries, including the United States. Similar or related value capture strategies are used around the world.

Rhodell Brewery is a craft brewery and taproom that opened in 1998, a harbinger of both the warehouse district revitalization and the craft beer boom. In 2015 the brewery moved several blocks from its original location on Water Street to a new, larger location in the Murray Building on Walnut Street. In addition to selling its own beer on premise (including cask conditioned ale), Rhodell has a "brew on premise" program where amateur brewers can make their own beer using the brewery's equipment. [9] [10]

Cask ale

Cask ale or cask-conditioned beer is unfiltered and unpasteurised beer which is conditioned and served from a cask without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure. Cask ale is also sometimes referred to as real ale in the United Kingdom, a term coined by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), often now extended to cover bottle-conditioned beer as well.

Bearded Owl Brewing is a craft brewery and taproom on State Street. It opened for business in 2018. [11] [12] [13]

Other dining and drinking destinations that have opened in rehabilitated buildings in the warehouse district include the Thyme Kitchen + Craft Beer restaurant and the Zion Coffee Bar. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Tarter, Steve (May 15, 2017). "Artists Find a Home at The Mill in Peoria". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/15/14 Through 9/19/14". National Park Service . Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ Thomason, Philip; Hightower, Rebecca; Martens, Andra (July 14, 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Peoria Warehouse Historic District" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ Herrington, Cass (October 24, 2016). "Warehouse District Welcomes New Development, Possibly Tenants". Peoria Public Radio. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ Tarter, Steve (October 20, 2017). "Peoria's Warehouse District Looks to Keep On Growing". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  6. ↑ Nightengale, Laura (October 14, 2015). "Peoria City Council Approves Warehouse District Projects". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ Tarter, Steve (December 18, 2015). "2016 Expected to Bring Big Changes to Peoria's Warehouse District". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Warehouse District". Grow Peoria: City of Peoria Economic Development. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  9. ↑ Hatch, Danielle (February 4, 2013). "Rhodell Brewery Adding New Equipment". Peroria Journal Star. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  10. ↑ Rusciano, Alex (August 26, 2015). "Rhodell Brewery Re-Opens in New Site in Murray Building". Peoria Public Radio. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  11. ↑ Vlahos, Nick (July 20, 2017). "Nick in the AM: Craft Brewery Coming to Warehouse District". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Bearded Owl Brewing Coming to Peoria". Peoria Illinois News. September 25, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  13. ↑ Vlahos, Nick (January 5, 2018). "Bearded Owl Brewing to Open Jan. 20 in Warehouse District". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  14. ↑ Bruch, Thomas (May 6, 2017). "Redevelopment Was No Easy Task for Warehouse District's Thyme and Zion". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
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