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The Creole House is a historic residence in the village of Prairie du Rocher, an old French settlement in present-day Randolph County, Illinois, United States.Built at the end of the eighteenth century and later expanded, the Creole House is the last survivor in Illinois of its type of vernacular architecture, and it forms an important part of the built environment of a portion of the Upper ...
Location of Randolph County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Randolph County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Prairie du Rocher ("The Rock Prairie" in French) is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States.Founded in the French colonial period in the American Midwest, the community is located near bluffs that flank the east side of the Mississippi River along the floodplain often called the "American Bottom".
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, Illinois" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A combination museum and office building, constructed in 1928 on the foundation of an original fort building, houses exhibits depicting French life at Fort de Chartres. The large stone "Guards House", reconstructed in 1936, contains a Catholic chapel furnished in the style of the 1750s, along with a priest's room, a gunner's room, an officer-of ...
Will Rogers' former ranch house was destroyed by the Palisades fire on Jan. 8, 2025. (California State Parks) Among the carnage wrought by the devastating Palisades fire were two pieces of ...
The Kaskaskia village site is also included within the district; it includes the Pierre Menard House, the only surviving building from Illinois' first state capital. Over a dozen French houses in Prairie du Rocher are also part of the district, including the poteaux-sur-sol Creole House and the 1735 Meilliere House.
Design-build duo John and Maggie Randolph are proposing a plan to build 32 affordable workforce cottage homes at 36 Olive Meadow Lane. The proposal mirrors the couple's other tiny home development ...