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The Illinois State Fair mile currently hosts the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 ARCA stock car race, USAC Silver Crown dirt cars, UMP Late Models and Modifieds and the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. The only driver who has won races in three disciplines of racing in Ken Schrader who won in ARCA cars (1998), UMP Modifieds (1998), and midgets. [2]
Altgeld Hall, UIUC in Urbana, Illinois "Altgeld's castles" are buildings in the Gothic Revival style at five Illinois public universities, all built at the initiative or inspiration of Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld [1] During his term as governor (1893-1897), Altgeld expressed certain opinions on how buildings should be erected in the state of Illinois.
The DuQuoin State Fair was founded in 1923 by local businessman William R. "W.R." Hayes, who owned the fair and ran it. (It did not become run by the state of Illinois as a true "state fair" until the 1980s; it is now officially called the Illinois State Fair in DuQuoin, as opposed to the longtime one at state capital Springfield.)
Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District, Logan County East Dubuque School, Jo Daviess County Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County Illinois State Capitol, Sangamon County Dennis Otte Round Barn, Stephenson County Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, Lee County Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria County General Dean Suspension Bridge, Clinton County
John W. Cook Hall, or Cook Hall, is a building that resembles a castle on the Quad of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.Cook Hall, named for the university's fourth president, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since the winter of 1986.
Meadowdale Raceway was built in 1958 north of Carpentersville, Illinois, to attract development to the suburbs of Chicago. It is located at the intersection of Illinois Route 31 and Huntley Road. At the time the track was built, Carpentersville was a very small industrial town on the Fox River that was just beginning to see the effects of the ...
[4] [5] Additional grounds remain owned by the state, as the Pullman State Historic Site. [6] The Pullman District, including the national historical park , state historic site, and private homes is east of Cottage Grove Avenue, from East 103rd St. to East 115th St. [ 7 ] It was named a Chicago Landmark district on October 16, 1972. [ 1 ]
The house has three corner towers, two with crenellated tops and one with a double bell roof; the towers cause the building to resemble a castle. The house's front entrance is surrounded by an arched porch with a balcony on its roof. A loggia is located above the entrance on the house's third level. [2]