Corno Mills Elevator

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LOCATION: 20th and Baugh Streets; Emerson Park; East Saint Louis, Illinois
DATE OF CONSTRUCTION: 1904
DATES OF ABANDONMENT: 1970's - present

Once part of the large complex of Corno Mills, this lone grain elevator stands prominently alongside Interstate 64 near the new homes of Parsons Place. National Oats Company opened the Corno Mills in 1904, which thrived in the East St. Louis boom years only to close in the 1970's after Cargill puchased the facility. Thousands of people see this elevator every day, but few people know its history as part of one of the east side's largest feed mills.