History of Loami
Through the Village of Loami's historic preservation, we look at the village history in different ways, ask different questions of the past, and learn new things about our history. Historic preservation is an important way to transmit our understanding of the past to future generations.
Looking down Church Street. 
The first house on Lick Creek built in 1818
Dugan's in the 1950's
The old filling station building on the corner where the township building is now
Hugh and Elizabeth (Turpin) Park at the Loami home to where they retired when their farming days were over. The photo was taken around the turn of the century. Hugh was born here in Loami township in 1835. His Scottish grandparents arrived in the United S
The Loami Hardware Store
Muskrat Capitol of the World!
Muskrat Capitol
Bates Motel Sign
Bates Motel Entryway
Bates Motel
Dr. Samuel Magill and his wife, Ethel, lived in Loami in the early 1920's in a house on the north east side of the town square (adjacent to where the bowling alley is now). This photo was taken in front of their house looking southwest into the square.
Baptist Church
Old Town Hall (now Loami Market) and the building beside it was a restaurant and pool hall
Originally this was the Loami State Bank and then Fisher's grocery store
1920's Loami Baseball team
Sangamon County Honor Book and Record
Sangamon County Honor Book & Record
Mid 1920 Loami Elementary
Fire Department
From the New Berlin Historical Society's Website, "Hamlet Fisher Store - (1870) Two men (possibly Benjamin Franklin 'Frank' Hunsaker, Jr. (left) and John Fisher (right)) sit in front of Hamlet Fisher's Store in Loami. They are enjoying peanuts from the fi