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Marquette: August 6, 1976: Marquette County Poor House (demolished) Division Street and Pioneer Road Marquette: October 23, 1986: Marquette County Savings Bank† 125 West Washington Street: Marquette: June 18, 1976: Marquette Iron Range Informational Designation Miners Park, at US 41/M-28 and Maple Street Negaunee: July 19, 1956: Marquette Ore ...
Union County Museum: Cobden: Union: Southern: Local history: Operated by the Union County Historical & Genealogy Society: Homepage: Union Depot Railroad Museum: Mendota: LaSalle: Northern Illinois: Railroad: Operated by the Mendota Museum & Historical Society, includes rolling stock, HO scale model of Mendota in the 1940s: Unity Temple: Oak ...
The museum also displays the mineral collections of the Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club. The shaft site and museum are served by the Iron Ore Heritage Trail, a 47-mile (76 km) bicycle and hiking trail that covers much of the length of the Marquette Iron Range. The Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum is the starting location for the Marquette Marathon. [8]
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The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA) was created by State law in July 1985. What was the agency's oldest bureau, the Illinois State Historical Library, was created in 1889, but the origins of the agency could be said to date back to the state's involvement in building and caring for the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, in 1865.
The Marquette City Hall was built in the early 1890s; the demand for bricks and sandstone was enough that the local economy was bolstered through the economic depression that lingered at that time. The city used the building until 1977, when it was sold to a private developer who refurbished it into professional offices. 24: Marquette County ...
Union was the site of the world's first fully automatic electrical substation, on the current site of the water tower just east of Main Street. [11] Union is home to the Illinois Railway Museum and the McHenry County Historical Society. [12] It was formerly the home of Donley's Wild West Town amusement park, now closed. [13]
The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM, reporting mark IRMX) is the largest railroad museum in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area at 7000 Olson Road in Union, Illinois , 55 miles (89 km) northwest of downtown Chicago .