Wooden Grain Elevators and Their Legacy: A Case Study using JH Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta
Free program offered on October 23rd
 

[October 21, 2022]     The City of Atlanta Tourism is excited to announce an event reflecting Atlanta’s agricultural role and architecture through its still-standing wooden grain elevator, JH Hawes Wooden Grain Elevator.

On October 23rd at 2 p.m., Bill Kemp of the McLean County Museum of History will lead a program titled “Wooden Grain Elevators and Their Legacy: A Case Study using JH Hawes Grain Elevator” in the back room of Missy’s Sweet Shoppe at the Palms Grill Café. The shop is located at 112 SW Arch Street. To reach the back room, enter through the door on the back side of the building or the front door at the Logan County Welcome Center, 114 SW Arch Street.

Parking is available in the lot in front of the post office or at the Atlanta Public Library.

Light refreshments from Missy’s Sweet Shoppe will be provided.

Following the program, a tour inside the JH Hawes Wooden Grain Elevator will take place. Parking for the grain elevator is provided on-site.

Thanks to Illinois Humanities’s Activate History microgrant, this event is free to attend.

Country-Aire Restaurant, located just off Old Route 66 and I-55, will donate 10 percent of the Sunday, October 23rd profits to the Grain Elevator Committee with the mention of “JH Hawes Grain Elevator.”

[Whitney Ortiz, Atlanta Tourism Director]