History of Use
- 1950 – Originally built in 1950 as a 32 unit
housing facility, known as the Park View
Motel. - 1989 – In November 1989 there was an
addition attached to the south side of the
Southeast section of the building. This is
now referred to as the South Wing or dorm
area.
- 1999 – On June 10, 1999, the facility
changed ownership and became the Decatur
Correctional Center. It remained a housing
unit facility and work release center for
Illinois Department of Corrections
Parolee’s.
- 2003 – On June 27, 2003, a relocatable
Classroom Building (Modular Trailer) was
added to the southwest side of the property
and referred to as the Relocatable Multi Use
Building. - 2017 – In March 2017 the facility was
purchased by Jessie R. Bates Properties,
LLC (dba) Decatur Transitional Housing
Complex; new renovations to the property
began and continued through June 2019.
