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The Ottawa Commercial Historic District is a historic district in downtown Ottawa, Illinois. The district includes 195 buildings and structures, most of them commercial buildings, spread out over 26 city blocks. The oldest buildings in the district, located near the Illinois and Fox rivers, were built in the 1830s.
Location of LaSalle County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in LaSalle County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Dynacare is an operational partnership founded in 1997 as Gamma-Dynacare between: Dynacare Laboratories; Gamma North Peel Partnership Inc.; and Bio-Science Laboratory (Ontario) Limited. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2002 Dynacare Laboratories (one of the Dynacare partners) was acquired by LabCorp for $480-million (U.S.) while also assuming Dynacare debt worth ...
Ottawa is a city in and the county seat of LaSalle County, Illinois, United States.It is located at the confluence of the navigable Fox River and Illinois River, the latter being a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago, to the Mississippi River, and North America's 25,000 mile river system.
1868 – McArthur Road opens as a shortcut to Cyrville through McArthur Farm to avoid costly Montreal Road tolls. 1871 – Start construction on St-Joseph-d’ Orléans Church – completed in 1885. 1882 – Canada Atlantic Railway opens from Ottawa to Carlsbad Springs and Maritimes. Today, it is a Via Rail line
Washington Park was platted in 1831 and created by the Illinois-Michigan Canal Commission when the "states addition" of Ottawa was laid out. [2] This was part of the original plat for the city. [ 3 ] The park was the site of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858, and has served other civic functions through the years. [ 2 ]
Ottawa attorney Andrew J. O'Conor III bought the house and property in 1920. The O'Conor's, who renamed the home "Riverbend," completed an extensive renovation of the home in 1923. The result was a 5,100-square-foot (470 m 2 ) house surrounded by a spacious yard with a commanding view of the Fox River .
The Knuessl Building is 34 feet (10 m) wide by 80 feet (24 m) long and stands 54 feet (16 m) tall. It is the most prominent structure in a block of commercial buildings along West Main Street in Ottawa. The front elevation is divided by a center staircase leading to the upper floors and creating two storefronts.