Progress???

I photographed this place a week or two ago...HERE is a photo of it from 2011. Looks to me like it is slow going, yet I feel like it has improved.

Otterbein United Methodist Church

Another church in Paris, Illinois...

First United Methodist Church, Paris, Illinois

I was shooting towards the sun but could not resist a few shots.

This is the second time I have happened by this church and both times was mid day.

I would love to see this at night when the lights are on...

Another from Paris, Illinois

I am not sure if this place is empty or lived in...it definitely needs some TLC but it is still a beauty to me.

From Paris, Illinois

I just liked the looks of this place....

Almost seeing double...

These two houses are side by side Paris, Illinois...I assume they are built by the same builder, but I wonder if they were built for members of the same family.
I like the wrap-around porch of the second shot better, but I like the way the whole length of the tower shows up better in the first one.
I always wonder how the towers are used and how they are decorated....and they always make me think of fairy tales.

Another from Paris...

Another house...another untold story. Or maybe many, many stories. I hope someday I go back and it is occupied and fixed up. It would be a beautiful home. The roof looks new, so maybe it is gradually being renovated.

Granny's place

I think this is such an attractive place...
I love the color of it, love all the windows and the shutter treatment used...
but that tower is what really caught my attention. I was glancing down a side street and seen it and it was love at first sight. I was not disappointed with the building as a whole; in fact I loved everything about it. Notice those little oval windows right under the eaves...I cannot think of anything I would want to change.

Come to Granny's

I will show you the building later, but this sign is attractive enough....if the building itself had not caught my eye, I would have loved the sign.

Presenting the Edgar Country Courthous in all its glory....

First we have a side view of it....apparently they are still working on it.
Then we have a view from the corner...I like that the entrances are on the corners. I think this maybe the only courthouse I have seen that. Please take a moment to click these photos...as with all the photos on this blog...they should enlarge.

More of the Edgar County Courthouse...

Just a couple more pictures of this place...
I think it one of the more appealing courthouses. At least if you worked here, it would be a beautiful sight that greeted you each morn.

Edgar County courthouse details

Just imagine the work that went into this place...and the talent.
Whoever planned this and whoever executed the design were true artists.
I have never been inside the place, but think one of these days I will go take a look inside. I bet the inside is as beautiful as the outside.

Edgar County courthouse

I always think this courthouse is just beaufiful...they have been working on it...it used to look like this.....then for a while it looked like this.....and now it looks like the photo above. I will be showing a few more photos of it over the next few days.

from Paris....

I happened to spot this house while in Paris Saturday....

I couldn't believe my eyes when I happened to glance down this side street and seen it.

Notice the beautiful blue sky!