Pike County IL

Town of Barry
Fire of 1894

Contributed by Margaret Rutledge

These came from the Barry Adage article on the town printed in 1896.
The book sat on a shelf and wasn't exposed to the elements that the actual photos were exposed to.
They were in a box in a closet that had an outside wall for 60 plus years

Barry As It Looked in 1855

The two-story building on the left was occupied by E. Hurt. It was located where the Rowland building now stands. The one-story building was where the Blair building now stands, and was occupied by M. Blair. Next is M. Blair's residence, then the Josiah Lippincott building where C.H. Ware is now located, then the Shield's building, now the Hollembeack corner, and the last building on the left was the Booth dwelling where is now the Masonic Temple. On the right is the store building occupied by Thos. T. Gray, now the CHurchill corner. The open space seen in the picture is the public square and the ox team is supposed to have been the property of Jack Jennings.





Ruins of the Great Fire of March 30, 1894

The territory covered by the picture is the northeast part of Block 22, the southwest of Block 21, northeast Block 23 and southeast Block 20. Buildings destroyed were Mrs. S. Davis', Maller row, J.B. Chamberlin's row, Carswell, Bright and Churchill dwellings, city building, Hrl Rendlen's, S. Dudleys, John Siegle's, Masonic, Hollembeak's, E.F. Churchill's, Mrs. B. Smith, Leach's and the C.R. Churchill building.








The ruins of the south half of Block 20 and the North half of Block 23. The walls standing are those of Dr. Doyle's residence and the ADAGE office. The chimney of W.W. Watson's residence is also standing. The buildings destroyed in the territory covered by the picture were: Hollembeak opera house, Mayes & Sons, Dr. Doyle's residence, Adage office, W.W. Watson's residence, Cy Johnson's dwelling, J.Weber building, F.M. McNeal's, Dr. Varney's, O.H. Perry estate and the old White store, Wike Bros. warehouse and several barns..

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