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City or town Description 1: Floyd and Glenora Dycus House: Floyd and Glenora Dycus House: March 2, 2001 : 305 S. Second St. Brownstown: 2: First Presbyterian Church: First Presbyterian Church: March 24, 1982 : 301 W. Main St.
"National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Illinois (84)" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2011 Note this lists 85 current NHLs as well as 1 withdrawn NHL, and hence the overall count of 84 is due to crediting one (Eads Bridge) to Missouri.
This is a list of archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois. Historic sites in the United States qualify to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places by passing one or more of four different criteria; Criterion D permits the inclusion of proven and potential archaeological sites . [ 1 ]
President Barack Obama designated Pullman as a national monument, thus a component of the NPS, on February 19, 2015. [10] It became the first unit of the NPS in Chicago. [18] In 2015, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects published a report on development for the park. [19]
Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior.
A few years later, the town was bypassed by the railroad line leading to its eventual decline; the town lots were generally turned into farmland in the late 19th century, although some survived into the 1920s. The town site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009. [1]
The first designation, Forest of the Wabash, was made in 1965, while the most recent designation, Markham Prairie, was made in 1987. [1] Natural Landmarks in Illinois range from 53 to 6,500 acres (21.4 to 2,630.5 ha; 0.1 to 10.2 sq mi) in size. Owners include private individuals or organizations, and several county, state and federal agencies. [2]
The town no longer exists, having been abandoned between the 1880s and 1920s. [80] [81] Nicodemus: Kansas: 4.39 acres (0.0178 km 2) The town of Nicodemus, Kansas, was founded in 1877, and serves as the only remaining western town established by African-Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the American Civil War.