Bemis Ford building is history
Illinois agency OKs demolition if conditions met
OREGON – The Bemis Motor Co. building downtown will be demolished to make way for a new bank – if the new building meets certain design requirements, a state agency says.
The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency decided to allow Harvard State Bank to demolish the building at state Route 2 and Franklin Street to make way for a new bank.
Harvard State owns Community Bank of Oregon, now at Fourth Street and state Route 64. It wants to build a new building for Community Bank.
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