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- Pontiac, Illinois - Pistol-Shaped Building
Don't go too far out of your way to see it. It was interesting enough only because we are having fun.
[Troy, 04/11/2015]Pistol-Shaped Building:- Address:
- 15551 Historic Hwy 66, Pontiac, IL
- Directions:
- On the west side of Old Route 66 about 1.5 miles south of Pontiac.
- Pontiac, Illinois - Pistol Shaped Building
We had a hard time finding this. It is on the west side of the road between two cornfields. If you get to the nursing home, you have gone too far. From the ground it looks like an old radio station, not a pistol, but it has a historical marker that shows you the shape from ABOVE! Still fun to stop.
[Kelly Lopez, 07/30/2014] - Pontiac, Illinois - Pistol-Shaped Building
The pistol-shaped building or former Illinois State Police headquarters is not a nursing home now, we drove by the building over Thanksgiving weekend [2010] and it was still abandoned and looks like it's been that way for a long time. There is a nursing home about a mile down the road.
[Jim Hantak, 12/03/2010] - Pontiac, Illinois - Pistol-Shaped Building
This [former police headquarters] is now a nursing home. It's hard to tell it's pistol shaped from the road, though curved entry is likely the trigger. Probably best viewed from the air.
[J Nichols, 06/22/2010] - Pontiac, Illinois - Pistol-Shaped Building
The former Illinois State Police District 6 Headquarters was built in 1941; the cops moved out in 2004. An Illinois state senator has proposed transferring ownership of the now-empty building to Livingston County for ten dollars, with the idea that it would be cleaned up and turned into a visitor center and picnic area. Perhaps this relatively-low-firepower structure was the inspiration for today's more deadly buildings.
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 06/06/2007]
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