Peru, Illinois

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Historic Peru

This gallery highlights historic photos of the city of Peru.

Water Street flooded
Water Street flooding near Illinois Valley Manufacturing
people standing along a road in front of a restaurant building, two stories tall and wood frame
Restaurant in Peru
view of a mud road with commercial buildings along it and horses in the road
Murray’s along Water Street
Ladies sitting in chairs in a dress shop
Hoscheit & Kobbemann’s (Kobbeman) Dry Goods and Carpets
Horse with cart
Horse and cart
Barton Home made of stone
James Barton Castle on Pulaski Street
Red brick home on a slight hill with white columns along wraparound porch
615 Plum/1323 Center Streets
Barton mill - large polygon shaped structure rising about 3 or 4 stories above the ground.
Barton’s Polygon Mill, about 1860s
Steamboat docked - Borealis Rex colorized
Borealis Rex