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| former Dairy Queen Aurora, IL |
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| This former Dairy Queen has housed Deri Delite since 1994. It was supposedly built in 1941 as the second location in Illinois. [map] |
| Dairy Queen Carbondale, IL 2010: |
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| The Dairy Queen opened in 1952 and closed in 2023. In 2024, the sign had been replaced with this new one for the Big Chill. It was built by Garrett Betts' Neon Road. I don't know what became of the old sign. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Dairy Queen Gibson City, IL |
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| This Dairy Queen in Gibson City had opened by 1956. This sign was probably installed on their original building. It has been installed on top of a storage shed behind the main building since at least 2007. The building must have been updated with a split gable roof at some point. There is now a modern pole sign in front of it by the road. [map] |
| former Dairy Queen Lincolnville, IL |
Dairy Queen Lombard, IL |
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This Dairy Queen in Lincolnville was built in the mid-1950s. It has housed Dairy Star since around 1984. [map]
This Dairy Queen in Lombard was built in 1955. [map] |
| Dairy Queen Park Ridge, IL |
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| This Dairy Queen had opened by the mid-1960s. There was a different pole sign then. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Dairy Queen Paxton, IL |
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| This Dairy Queen location was built in 1954. The sign has been missing neon since at least 2007 and has been painted a lighter shade of blue. This rooftop sign and some others throughout this section do not have the curved piece at the back. The cones are larger and do not have the circles behind them. There is also no horizontal line. I assume that these signs were a later design. [map] |
| Dairy Queen Wilmette, IL |
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| This Dairy Queen opened in 1957. [map] |
| Dairy Queen New Albany, IN |
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| This Dairy Queen in New Albany closed sometime in the 1990s. The building remains boarded up and this sign is still stashed in the bushes. [map] |
| former Dairy Queen Connersville, IN |
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| This Dairy Queen was built in the 1950s. It became Dairy Twist by 1971. This sign was repainted in 2021. [map] |
| Dairy Queen Huntington, IN |
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| This Dairy Queen sign features a sundae instead of a cone. I don't know if this was an option or a later change. I have never seen another sign like this one. It does appear to be original and untampered with. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Dairy Queen Wabash Ave. Terre Haute, IN |
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| Dairy Queen 13th St. Terre Haute, IN 2010: |
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This Dairy Queen on Wabash Ave. is probably from the 1960s. The rooftop letters had been painted black until around 2017. [map]
The Dairy Queen on 13th St. has rooftop letters and a pole sign with a plastic "lips" logo. There was also this one-of-a-kind strawberry sundae sign which was built by the Paulding Sign Company in 1957. It was about six feet tall. It was superimposed over a flashing, bulb-studded chevron which is about 15 feet wide. Before the business changed hands in 2017, the sundae sign was sold for about $30,000 to a private collector. The only other location that I know of with rooftop letters like these two stands in Terre Haute is in Austin, IN. However, the Terre Haute letters are embossed. I don't know if these rooftop letters were a regional thing or are just the only ones left. [map] |
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