Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
The Golconda Historic District is a designated historic district in the Pope County, Illinois city of Golconda, along the banks of the Ohio River. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , one of only three sites in Pope County to be on the Register.
Golconda is a city in and the county seat of Pope County, Illinois, United States, [3] located along the Ohio River. The population was 630 at the 2020 census. The population was 630 at the 2020 census.
James A. Rose (1850-1912), born in Golconda, Illinois Secretary of State Mason Ramsey (2006-), born in Golconda, star of viral video “Walmart Kid Singing” and country singer Victor Belenko (1947-2023) born in the USSR, served in the Soviet Air Force until he stole a MiG-25 and flew to Japan providing the West with invaluable intelligence.
[3] Landmark name Image Location County Culture Comments; 1: Albany Mounds Site: Albany: Albany Mounds Trail 4]: Whiteside: Middle Woodland: Hopewell: 2: Alton Military Prison Site: Alton: inside the block bounded by Broadway and William, 4th, and Mill Sts. 5]: Madison: Euro-American: 3: Apple River Fort Site: Elizabeth: 0.25 miles east-southeast of the junction of Myrtle and Illinois Sts. 6 ...
Much of central Golconda was named a historic district, the Golconda Historic District, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] The Pope County Courthouse was named a contributing property to the district, [3]: 10 and a later Forest Service survey of the region deemed it the district's focal point. [6]
It is fact that the Cherokee were forced to march through Golconda in 1838, and the deportees undoubtedly passed the house site. The Buel House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as part of the Golconda Historic District. It is located at Madison and Columbus Streets, in central Golconda. [2]
In 1982, the chapel was in need of repair. A new non-profit was formed called Ebenezer Chapel and Burial Society. [4] The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1984. It is one of two sites on the National Register in Golden, the other being the Exchange Bank. Interior of the chapel