I have a certain fondness for the Belleville News-Democrat building located at 120 South Illinois Street. We can’t visit downtown Belleville without driving past it, and while I know quite literally almost nothing about the building itself, I admire the bell (which I believe used to be installed at one of Belleville’s elementary schools), and I love the blue accents on doors and fences. I’m also intrigued by the fact that it seems to match the building directly across Illinois Street from it.

Maybe someday I’ll learn more about the history of this familiar Belleville building!