Downtown Harvard, Illinois

Harvard, Illinois is a very

special place.

Harvard is the home of Harmilda.

She is the mascot for the annual

Milk Days Festival.

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

Lodge 309  Ancient & Free

Accepted Masons.

It opened in 1920.

I love corner clocks on buildings.

Harvard has late 1800s and early 1900s buildings.

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.

The ornate tower & window

are beautifully painted.

The second-floor stone window

 trim on the Rengel Building

 has carvings on it.

I like the columns & slanted

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.