The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On December 1, 2018, an EF2 tornado struck the western part of the village; there were no injuries or deaths.
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Before
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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 Stonington is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Stonington has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Taylorville Courthouse Square Historic District in Taylorville, 8.3 miles away.
Stonington and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Stonington
Taylorville Courthouse Square Historic DistrictTaylorville · Romanesque Revival8.3mi
Taylorville Chautauqua AuditoriumTaylorville · Building8.8mi
Illinois State Bank BuildingAssumption · Building10.8mi
Bolivia Road BridgeLanesville · Parker Through Truss Bridge · Built 190112.2mi
Joseph Ross HouseCooper · Italianate14.3miHow 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. Taylorville Courthouse Square Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Stonington?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Stonington’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 (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.