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Wolf Lake in Illinois has a storied history that somehow has lost track of the origins of the name that goes back over 150 years. Part of this history includes visits by Abraham Lincoln in which Mary Todd Lincoln nearly drowned. [3] In 1947, the state acquired a 160 acres (65 ha) parcel known as the Wolf Lake State Recreation Area.
Chicago building and structure stubs (1 C, 267 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Chicago" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total.
Illinois Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield; Illinois National Guard Building, Cairo, 1932; Illinois National Guard Building, Pontiac, 1939; Independent Order of Odd Fellows Meeting Hall, Centralia Commercial Historic District, Centralia, 1932; Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology, Bedford Park ...
Pullman National Historical Park is a historic district located in Chicago, Illinois, which in the 19th century was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. [1] The district had its origins in the manufacturing plans and organization of the Pullman Company and became one of the most well-known company towns in the ...
The building opened in May 1985 as the State of Illinois Center. It was renamed in 1993 to honor former Illinois Governor James R. Thompson . The property occupies the entire block bound by Randolph , Lake , Clark and LaSalle Streets , one of the 35 full-size city blocks within Chicago's Loop .
The Illinois state park system began in 1908 with what is now Fort Massac State Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois, becoming the first park in a system encompassing over 60 parks and about the same number of recreational and wildlife areas.
Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre (223.2 ha) urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago.Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods, the park was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and remodeled in 1893 to serve as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition.
The Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District, which encompasses most of the Boulevard System, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [14] The approved listing, stretches approximately 26 miles, including 8 parks, 19 boulevards, and 6 squares, as well as adjacent properties that preserve structures built from the 19th century to the 1940s.