The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was named after Charles A. Secor. A partner in the Engineering firm that laid out the eastern branch of the Peoria and Oquawka Railroad.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Secor’s history is told.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Secor is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Secor has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is El Paso Public Library in El Paso, 6.1 miles away.
Secor and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Secor
El Paso Public LibraryEl Paso · Building6.1mi
Illinois Central Railroad and Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad Freight HouseEl Paso · Building6.3miEureka College Campus Historic DistrictEureka · District7.2mi
Eureka College Administration and ChapelEureka · Building7.3mi
Hubbard HouseHudson · Building12miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. El Paso Public Library’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Secor?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Secor’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.