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Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...
The NPS first incorporated previously named National Historic Landmarks, including these four. In total, thirty-four of the sites in Chicago are further designated National Historic Landmarks of the United States and there are three National Historic Landmark Districts, indicated by the darker colors in the tables.
The next year, it was recognized as a National Historic Landmark District, a site deemed to have "exceptional value to the nation." [17] The southern portion was locally recognized as a Chicago Landmark on October 16, 1972. A second Chicago Landmark, for the northern portion, was created in 1993, then merged into the other landmark in 1999.
This list of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois, has 89 entries including Eads Bridge, which spans into Missouri and which the National Park Service credits to Missouri's National Historic Landmark list. Also added are two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed.
Pages in category "Landmarks in Chicago" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
This is a list of the 137 National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois outside Chicago and Evanston.Separate lists are provided for the 62 listed properties and historic districts in Evanston and the more than 350 listed properties and districts in in Chicago.
The Michigan–Wacker Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places District that includes parts of the Chicago Loop and Near North Side community areas in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district is known for the Chicago River, two bridges that cross it, and eleven high rise and skyscraper buildings erected in the 1920s. [3]
There are over 1,900 in total. Of these, 85 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in all of the state's 102 counties. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 10, 2025. [1]