Shuttered in 2012. Kilbourne, Illinois. Leica IF, Super Angulon 21mm, Ilford HP5+, 800 ISO.

Shuttered in 2012. Kilbourne, Illinois. Leica IF, Super Angulon 21mm, Ilford HP5+, 800 ISO.

 

Opened in 1886, closed in 2012. It had last been run by Robert A. Prater, who helped create the town’s volunteer fire department. I wish I had the chance to stop by and visit while it was still open. He sounds like he was a good man, and reading his obituary reminds me very much of my own grandfather who ran the town grocery and was a major part of the local volunteer fire department in his own town.

Robert’s obituary and a couple of articles about the store are linked below.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sj-r/obituary.aspx?n=robert-a-prater&pid=174800720&fhid=7769

https://www.sj-r.com/x1762348002/Unexpected-loss-allows-town-to-revitalize-Kilbourne-landmark

https://www.sj-r.com/article/20120701/NEWS/307019972