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This list of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois, has 89 entries including Eads Bridge, which spans into Missouri and which the National Park Service credits to Missouri's National Historic Landmark list. Also added are two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed.
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.
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.
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]
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]
City or town Description 1: Adams Memorial Library: Adams Memorial Library: June 4, 1981 : 102 East Wesley St. Wheaton: The library was designed by Charles Sumner Frost in 1891. It was the only library in the area until 1965.