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Castle Rock State Park was one of eleven state parks slated to close indefinitely on November 1, 2008, due to budget cuts by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. [2] After delay, which restored funding for some of the parks, a proposal to close seven state parks and a dozen state historic sites, including Castle Rock, went ahead on ...
This is a list of properties and districts in Illinois that are on the National Register of Historic Places. 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 24, 2025.
Location of Lake County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Castle at Castle Park, near Holland, Michigan, built in 1890 for Michael Schwarz. It now serves as a community center for the Castle Park Association. [18] Castle Craig, Hubbard Park, Meriden, Connecticut, 32-foot-high (9.8 m) tower built in 1900. [19] Castle Falls, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, built 1945.
Dispensa’s Kiddie Kingdom and Castle of Toys was a 5-acre amusement park and toy store located on a 12.5-acre site in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois near the Oakbrook Center shopping center, in DuPage County, Illinois. The store was in business from 1967 to 1985. The amusement park operated from 1975 to 1984. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is an 86-acre (0.3 km 2) history park located eight miles (13 km) south of Charleston, Illinois, U.S., near the town of Lerna. The centerpiece is a replica of the log cabin built and occupied by Thomas Lincoln, father of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Lions Park, on the Fox River, provides scenic views of Cary. This waterside park is the site of Lions Fest, a yearly September festival in which Fox River Grove residents gather to converse and eat roasted corn. The lesser-known Arts & Crafts Fair is also hosted at Lions Park each July. [40] In 2019, the village celebrated its centennial.
The Allerton nature preserve is a National Natural Landmark. The Robert Allerton Park is a 1,517-acre (614 ha) park, nature center, and conference center located in the rural Piatt County township of Willow Branch, [2] (T 18 N, R 5 E) near Monticello, Illinois, on the upper Sangamon River.