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It was built by early settler Garrett Decker in 1730 and later expanded on significantly by William in 1776. [1] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 (NRHP reference Number 83001815) [2] and recently was joined to a more recently constructed building to serve as the Colonial Inn 1776 restaurant. On March 24 ...
Crystal Lake is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Named after a lake 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southwest of the city's downtown, Crystal Lake is 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Chicago. [3] The population was 40,269 as of the 2020 census. [4] Crystal Lake is the most populous city in McHenry County, part of the Chicago metropolitan area ...
Yankee Doodle Dandy was a hamburger restaurant chain started in Bensenville, Illinois in December 1966 by brothers Chris and Bill Proyce as the Yankee Doodle House. [1] [2] The chain had as many as 27 restaurants, seven company owned and the rest franchised, in the Chicago area by 1976. [1]
Wag's was a chain of casual dining (or "family") restaurants owned and operated by Walgreens in the 1970s and 1980s. They were modeled after restaurants like Denny's, Shoney's, and Big Boy in that they were mostly 24-hour establishments specializing in inexpensive fare such as hamburgers and breakfast. The chain was based on smaller restaurants ...
A new discount store has “popped” up Lexington County. Popshelf, a fast-growing chain of stores that offers most items for $5 or less, recently opened a new location at 1776 South Lake Drive ...
Palmer was elected Judge of Elections for the township on June 5, 1850. He incorporated his holdings with the nearby Village of Crystal Lake to form the City of Crystal Lake. Palmer co-founded the Nunda Masonic Lodge on October 2, 1855. His house was built in 1858, designed by local architect Andrew Jackson Simon.
Captain Hugh Lord, of the 18th Foot, was the last British commander in Illinois. The detachment of the 18th Foot was ordered to Detroit in May 1776 and never returned to Illinois. Lord's detachment was garrisoned in the former Jesuit compound at Kaskaskia. The post was called Fort Gage only after Fort de Chartres was abandoned in 1772. [10]
Illinois Route 176 (IL 176) is a 41.28-mile-long (66.43 km) east–west state route in northern Illinois. It runs from IL 23 (State Street) in Marengo to the southern terminus of IL 131 (Green Bay Road) in Lake Bluff .