She is the mascot for the annual
The Milk Days Festival started in 1966 and is the oldest running Milk Festival in Illinois.
In 1991 the owners of the land that Harmilda is displayed on wanted to remove the fiberglass Cow. The community rallied to save Harmilda. Children joined adults to protest Harmilda's upcoming removal with signs that said, "Don't Moove Harmilda." The owners moved Harmilda just a few feet and she continues to preside over downtown Harvard 31 years later.
Eric & I parked in front of Harvard
It opened in 1920.
I love corner clocks on buildings.
Harvard has late 1800s and early 1900s buildings.
The ornate tower & window
Colorful cornice work adorns these
buildings on North Ayer Street.
The Carniceria Y Fruteria
La Frontera is in a solid,
old building.
This is my favorite building.
It has a tower, a corner door
& an overhanging side
window.
are beautifully painted.
The second-floor stone window
trim on the Rengel Building
has carvings on it.
brickwork at the top of this
building.
The stately St. Joseph Catholic
Church is just a few blocks
away from Ayer Street.
It's so colorful!
I've taken a lot of pictures of churches in our travels around the US, but never of one with mosaics on the front.
We take a selfie
with Harvard's
water tower.
I like stepping into the past to photograph our country's older architecture. There's a lot of beauty in it.