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The company moved to a recreational park and donated the land in 1927 for Buffalo Rock to become a state park. On November 15, 1928, the deed of the property was turned over to the State of Illinois with provisions that it would become a permanent state park. As a reward for his loyal services, Robert Barnett, the 72-year-old caretaker, was ...
This is a list of slave cabins and other notable slave quarters. A number of slave quarters in the United States are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Many more are included as contributing buildings within listings having more substantial plantation houses or other structures as the main contributing resources ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo National River, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
The White Pines State Park Lodge and Cabins are located in rural Ogle County, Illinois near the village of Mount Morris. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Cabins are one of two Historic Places found in or near Mount Morris, the other is the Samuel M. Hitt House .
Vandalia State House: Vandalia, Illinois: 1836 Capitol Building Oldest state capitol building in Illinois Caspar Ott Cabin: Deerfield, Illinois: 1837 Residence Oldest building in Lake County [8] Mother Rudd House and Inn: Gurnee, Illinois: 1841-1843 Residence Oldest building in Warren Township [9] Old St. Patrick's Church: Chicago: 1854 Church ...
The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is an 86-acre (0.3 km 2) history park located eight miles (13 km) south of Charleston, Illinois, U.S., near the town of Lerna. The centerpiece is a replica of the log cabin built and occupied by Thomas Lincoln , father of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln .
It is part of the Illinois State Park Lodges and Cabins Thematic Resources. The park was established in 1927 and the lodge was built in 1934 as a project of the Civilian Conservation Corps . [ 1 ] The museum itself opened in the lodge in 1939 [ 2 ] with a collection started by Dr. John Hauberg, a Rock Island philanthropist.
The state memorial, created in 1938 on the Whitley site, now serves as a park and picnic area for the greater Decatur, Illinois metropolitan area. The park contains mature second-growth bottomland timber, including black walnut trees; the Whitleys' pioneer cemetery; and the remains of the flour mill and dam on the Sangamon River. The park was ...