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  2. Old Town, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    November 8, 1984. Designated CL. September 28, 1977. Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, [ 2][ 3] home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire .

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois

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    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. This is a list of properties and districts in Illinois that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total.

  4. List of municipalities in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    According to the 2020 United States census Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12,812,508 inhabitants but the 24th largest by land area spanning 55,499.0 square miles (143,742 km 2) of land. [1] Illinois is divided into 102 counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages.

  5. List of the oldest buildings in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Residence/Courthouse. Oldest building in Illinois. French Canadian Court House [1] Fort de Chartres Powder Magazine. Randolph County, Illinois. c. 1750. Military. Oldest stone building in Illinois; French military fortification. Church of the Holy Family (Cahokia Heights, Illinois)

  6. List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Root, housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930. 9. Church of the Holy Family. Church of the Holy Family. More images. April 15, 1970. ( #70000851) Cahokia. 38°34′13″N 90°11′18″W.

  7. Kaskaskia, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    618/366. FIPS code. 17-39129. GNIS feature ID. 2398330 [ 2] Kaskaskia is a village in Randolph County, Illinois. Having been inhabited by indigenous peoples, it was settled by France as part of the Illinois Country. It was named for the Kaskaskia people. Its population peaked at about 7,000 in the 18th century, when it was a regional center.

  8. History of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The city, situated on a prominent bend along the Mississippi River, quickly grew to 12,000 inhabitants and was for a time rivaling for the title of largest city in Illinois. By the early 1840s, the Latter Day Saints built a large stone temple in Nauvoo , one of the largest buildings in Illinois at the time, which was completed in 1846.

  9. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago's Chinatown. St. Simeon Mirotočivi, a Serbian Orthodox church located in East Side. Greektown. Fiesta Boricua on Paseo Boricua in Humboldt Park. The Robie House in Hyde Park is a Frank Lloyd Wright design. The Gateway Theatre 's Solidarity Tower in Jefferson Park is a replica of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.