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Saint George is an unincorporated community in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It was one of several populated places in the area settled largely by Metis and French Canadians in the 1840s.
The George W. Smith House is a home in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895. It was constructed in 1898 and occupied by a Marshall Field & Company salesman. The design elements were employed a decade later when Wright designed the Unity Temple in Oak Park.
The George H. Miller House is a historic house located at 405 W. Market St. in Bloomington, Illinois. Prominent local architect George H. Miller built the house in 1890 for himself and his family. Miller designed many new buildings in downtown Bloomington after a 1900 fire destroyed much of the area; he also served as Superintendent of U.S ...
Millard met his wife Alice (née Parsons) at the bookstore; they married at St Bride's Church in London in 1901. The Millards were acquainted with Frank Lloyd Wright and had him design this house in Highland Park in 1906 after the couple moved from the South Side of Chicago. [3] The house is a typical example of Wright's Prairie School houses.
Essex is located in western Kankakee County 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Kankakee, the county seat, and 7 miles (11 km) south of Braidwood.. According to the 2010 census, Essex has a total area of 2.506 square miles (6.49 km 2), of which 2.48 square miles (6.42 km 2) (or 98.96%) are land and 0.026 square miles (0.07 km 2) (or 1.04%) are water.
George Stickney House in 2016. The George Stickney House or simply Stickney House or Stickney Mansion is located in rural McHenry County, Illinois, in the small village of Bull Valley. The Stickney House is currently the Bull Valley Police Headquarters since 1985. [3] The structure has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
Brigham Young in 1870, three years before he started to use his winter home. Brigham Young was a tradesman from Vermont who converted to the LDS Church in 1830. Joseph Smith, founder of the church, named Young to the first Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and then, in 1839, appointed him quorum president, a high-level position in church leadership.
Homewood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 19,463 at the 2020 census. [3]The village sits just a few miles south of Chicago proper. It is bordered by Chicago Heights and Flossmoor to the south, Hazel Crest to the west, East Hazel Crest and Harvey to the north, Glenwood to the east, and South Holland to the northeast.