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  2. National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago

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    The first sites in Chicago to be listed were four listed on October 15, 1966, when the National Register was created by the National Park Service: the settlement house Hull House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Frederick C. Robie House, the Lorado Taft Midway Studios, and the site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction. The NPS first ...

  3. List of Illinois townships - Wikipedia

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    North Chicago, South Chicago, and West Chicago Townships, Cook County, formed in the 1840s within Chicago, abolished 1902 Ridgeville Township, Cook County — see Evanston Township in this list Rocky Run Township, Hancock County [ 30 ]

  4. List of cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    5736 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago: 1895 Jewish [3] Beverly Cemetery 12033 Kedzie Ave., Blue Island: 1920 Bill Funks Cemetery Tinley Park: Potter's Field: Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery (also known as First Presbyterian) Chicago Heights: 1843 Bloomvale Cemetery Chicago Heights: Blue Island Cemetery Blue Island: In Memorial Park Bluff City Cemetery Elgin

  5. List of settlement houses in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Hull House, the first settlement house in Chicago. This is a list of settlement houses in Chicago.. Settlement houses, which reached their peak popularity in the early 20th century, were marked by a residential approach to social work: the social workers ("residents") would live in the settlement house, and thus be a part of the same communities as the people they served.

  6. List of nature centers in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    website, operated by the City, 385 acre park featuring a visitor's center with hands-on nature and history displays, observation silo, trails, sports facilities, outdoor education center Pilcher Park Nature Center: Joliet: Will: Chicago area: website, operated by the City, over 640 acres Plum Creek Nature Center: Beecher: Will: Chicago area

  7. Hegewisch, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Hegewisch station is the Illinois stop closest to the Illinois-Indiana border. The area is also served by bus routes operated by both the Chicago Transit Authority and Pace Suburban Bus . These routes are 30 South Chicago, 355 Wentworth Limited, 358 Torrence and 364 159th Street. 355 Wentworth Limited is only available for weekday rush hour ...

  8. List of unincorporated communities in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Babcock; Babylon; Bader; Baileyville; Baker; Bakerville, Jefferson County; Bakerville, Logan County; Balcom; Bald Mound; Ballou; Barclay; Bargerville; Barnes; Barnhill

  9. List of Illinois placenames of Native American origin - Wikipedia

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    Cahokia Township; Chautauqua; Chebanse – "Chebanse" derives from zhishibéns, meaning "the little duck" in the Potawatomi language Chebanse Township; Chenoa; Chicago – for the Miami-Illinois word Shikaakwa, wild leek. City of Chicago Heights; Village of Chicago Ridge; Chicago River; Chillicothe – comes from the name of the Chalagawtha ...