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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 city is served by a full-time police department, [16] a parks and recreation department, [17] public works department, [18] and building department. [19] The city maintains a full-time teen center in cooperation with Warren Township, its own park system and bike trails. [20]
Mound City Civil War Naval Hospital: October 9, 1974 : Commercial Avenue and Central Street: Mound City: Destroyed by fire in 1976 3: Mound City National Cemetery: Mound City National Cemetery: October 8, 1997
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Will County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
The National Park Service determines which properties meet NHL criteria and makes nomination recommendations after an owner notification process. [1] The Secretary of the Interior reviews nominations and, based on a set of predetermined criteria, makes a decision on NHL designation or a determination of eligibility for designation. [ 2 ]
The Department of Conservation dispatched field surveyors to all Illinois counties to find anything that might qualify for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. [ 3 ] The field surveyor who traveled to Sycamore in 1973 found a large number of late 19th and 20th century examples of architecture that he recommended the ...
Vandalia, Illinois: 1836 Capitol Building Oldest state capitol building in Illinois Henry B. Clarke House: Chicago, Illinois: 1836 Residence Caspar Ott Cabin: Deerfield, Illinois: 1837 Residence Oldest building in Lake County [8] Mother Rudd House and Inn: Gurnee, Illinois: 1841-1843 Residence Oldest building in Warren Township [9] Wingert ...
Little is known about Flanders, other than that he was the first constable of Plainfield. By the time of his death, he had amassed a 300-acre (120 ha) land holding. The three surviving Flanders children received a one-third share in the building. [1] Only two buildings remain in Plainfield that were constructed before the Flanders House.