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204 N Ottawa Street. Joliet, Illinois. Coordinates. 41°31′41″N 88°04′58″W / 41.5280°N 88.0827°W / 41.5280; -88.0827. Type. Local history. Website. Official website. The Joliet Area Historical Museum is a historical museum located in Joliet, Illinois.
The Joliet East Side Historic District is a set of 290 buildings in Joliet, Illinois. Of these 290 buildings, 281 contribute to the historical integrity of the area. Joliet was founded in 1831, deemed an ideal place for a settlement to reap the local natural resources. Most importantly, large beds of limestone provided a strong economic ...
78001199 [1] Added to NRHP. July 24, 1978. The Rialto Square Theatre is a theater in Joliet, Illinois (U.S.). Opening in 1926, it was originally designed and operated as a vaudeville movie palace, but it now houses mainly musicals, plays, concerts, and standup comedy. It is also available for public and private functions.
www.joliet.gov. [3] Joliet (/ ˈdʒoʊliɛt, ˌdʒoʊliˈɛt / JOH-lee-et, -ET) is a city in Will and Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. It had a population of 150,362 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Illinois. [4][5]
Joliet Gateway Center is a multimodal mass transit center in downtown Joliet, Illinois. It opened in 2018, replacing the nearby Joliet Union Station as the commuter and passenger train station serving Joliet. The station is the terminus of the Metra Rock Island District and Heritage Corridor, and an intermediate stop for the Amtrak Texas Eagle ...
41°31′45″N 88°5′47″W / 41.52917°N 88.09639°W / 41.52917; -88.09639. Architectural style. Italianate, Classical Revival, Queen Anne. NRHP reference No. 91000687. Added to NRHP. June 5, 1991. The Upper Bluff Historic District is a set of 616 buildings in Joliet, Illinois. Of these 616 buildings, 517 contribute to the ...
Joliet Union Station is an inactive Beaux-Arts train station in downtown Joliet, Illinois, built in 1912. Union Station was constructed as part of a large improvement project for the six railroads serving Joliet, which converged on the city as an important rail transportation hub just outside Chicago. At its peak, Union Station served over 100 ...
The Diocese of Joliet was established by Pope Pius XII on December 11, 1948. [2] St. Raymond's was chosen to be the diocese’s cathedral. It was decided that the church was not adequate for cathedral functions, so plans were made for a new cathedral church. Construction began in 1952 and the present cathedral was completed in 1955 for $2.4 ...