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1
Robert S. Abbott House
December 8, 1976
Chicago 41°48′29″N 87°36′58″W / 41.808068°N 87.616135°W / 41.808068; -87.616135 (Abbott, Robert S., House )
Cook
A home of Robert S. Abbott , founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper.
2
Adler Planetarium
February 27, 1987
Chicago 41°51′59″N 87°36′27″W / 41.866454°N 87.607416°W / 41.866454; -87.607416 (Adler Planetarium )
Cook
First and oldest planetarium in the western hemisphere.
3
Auditorium Building
May 15, 1975
Chicago 41°52′33″N 87°37′28″W / 41.875756°N 87.624370°W / 41.875756; -87.624370 (Auditorium Building, Roosevelt University )
Cook
Building designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan .
4
Bishop Hill Colony
April 27, 1970
Bishop Hill
Henry
Historic district of Swedish dissident commune founded in 1846.
5
Cahokia Mounds
July 19, 1964
Collinsville
St. Clair
Largest archaeological site related to Mississippian culture.
6
Carson, Pirie, Scott, and Company Store
May 15, 1975
Chicago 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.881894°N 87.627780°W / 41.881894; -87.627780 (Carson, Pirie, Scott And Company )
Cook
Architect Louis Sullivan -designed building.
7
James Charnley House
August 5, 1998
Chicago 41°54′26″N 87°37′39″W / 41.907264°N 87.627597°W / 41.907264; -87.627597 (James Charnley House )
Cook
Louis Sullivan AND Frank Lloyd Wright got in on this one's design.
8
Chicago Board of Trade Building
June 2, 1978
Chicago 41°52′41″N 87°37′56″W / 41.878123°N 87.632131°W / 41.878123; -87.632131 (Chicago Board of Trade Building )
Cook
Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Root , housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930.
9
Church of the Holy Family
April 15, 1970
Cahokia
St. Clair
A church dating from 1799.
10
Columbus Park
July 31, 2003
Chicago
Cook
Part of the Chicago Park District .
11
Arthur H. Compton House
May 11, 1976
Chicago 41°47′33″N 87°35′47″W / 41.792435°N 87.596263°W / 41.792435; -87.596263 (Compton, Arthur H., House )
Cook
Home of Nobel-prize-winning physicist who proved light has both wave and particle aspects, the Compton Effect .
12
Avery Coonley House
December 30, 1970
Riverside 41°49′07″N 87°49′43″W / 41.818629°N 87.828618°W / 41.818629; -87.828618 (Coonley, Avery, House )
Cook
Frank Lloyd Wright -designed home, in Riverside Historic District
13
Crow Island School
image pending
December 14, 1990
Winnetka 42°06′04″N 87°44′46″W / 42.101111°N 87.746113°W / 42.101111; -87.746113 (Crow Island School )
Cook
An elementary school designed by Larry Perkins and Eliel Saarinen . Model for the now-widespread Winnetka Plan school design.
14
Susan Lawrence Dana House
January 7, 1976
Springfield 39°47′38″N 89°39′07″W / 39.793930°N 89.652075°W / 39.793930; -89.652075 (Dana, Susan Lawrence, House )
Sangamon
A Frank Lloyd Wright -designed house.
15
David Davis House
May 15, 1975
Bloomington 40°28′54″N 88°58′50″W / 40.481624°N 88.980419°W / 40.481624; -88.980419 (David Davis House Lawn )
McLean
Home of David Davis (Supreme Court justice) .
16
Charles G. Dawes House
December 8, 1976
Evanston 42°02′33″N 87°40′23″W / 42.042526°N 87.673084°W / 42.042526; -87.673084 (Dawes, Charles Gates, House )
Cook
Home of Charles Gates Dawes , architect of peace plans.
17
John Deere Home and Shop
July 19, 1964
Grand Detour 41°53′48″N 89°24′53″W / 41.896618°N 89.414648°W / 41.896618; -89.414648 (John Deere Home And Shop )
Ogle
Site of the invention of the first steel plow.
18
Oscar Stanton DePriest House
May 15, 1975
Chicago 41°48′35″N 87°37′05″W / 41.809769°N 87.617957°W / 41.809769; -87.617957 (De Priest, Oscar Stanton, House )
Cook
Home of the first post-Reconstruction African-American US congressman.
19
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
May 11, 1976
Chicago 41°53′16″N 87°37′24″W / 41.8877390°N 87.623409°W / 41.8877390; -87.623409 (Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, Homesite )
Cook
Home of a prominent fur trader.
20
Eads Bridge
January 29, 1964
East St. Louis 38°37′39″N 90°11′08″W / 38.627417°N 90.185585°W / 38.627417; -90.185585 (Eads Bridge )
St. Clair
A combined road and railway bridge which was, when completed in 1874, the longest arch bridge in the world. Extends into St. Louis , Missouri.
21
Farm Creek Section
image pending
December 9, 1997
Vicinity of East Peoria
Tazewell
Site of exposed geological strata.
22
Farnsworth House
February 17, 2006
Plano
Kendall
A one-room home designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe .
23
John Farson House
June 19, 1996
Oak Park
Cook
A pleasant home.
24
Fort De Chartres
October 9, 1960
Prairie du Rocher
Randolph
French fort built in 1720. Its powder magazine is believed to be oldest standing building in Illinois.
25
Fort Sheridan Historic District
April 20, 1984
Fort Sheridan
Lake
An area originally established as a United States Army Post.
26
John J. Glessner House
January 7, 1976
Chicago 41°51′28″N 87°37′15″W / 41.857886°N 87.620784°W / 41.857886; -87.620784 (Glessner, John J., House )
Cook
A 19th century house designed by Henry Hobson Richardson .
27
Ulysses S. Grant Home
December 19, 1960
Galena 42°24′36″N 90°25′23″W / 42.410104°N 90.422924°W / 42.410104; -90.422924 (Grant, Ulysses S., House )
Jo Daviess
A house given to the 18th President of the United States following the Civil War.
28
Grosse Point Lighthouse
January 20, 1999
Evanston
Cook
A lighthouse on the shores of Lake Michigan, built in 1873 the wake of several shipping disasters.
29
Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
February 18, 1997
Forest Park 41°50′27″N 87°49′09″W / 41.8408442°N 87.8192813°W / 41.8408442; -87.8192813 (Haymarket Martyrs' Monument )
Cook
A monument in Waldheim Cemetery
30
Hegeler-Carus Mansion
Hegler-Carus House photo
March 29, 2007
LaSalle
La Salle
Designed by Chicago architect William W. Boyington for a partner in a nearby zinc company.
31
Isidore H. Heller House
August 18, 2004
Chicago
Cook
A Frank Lloyd Wright -designed house.
32
Arthur Heurtley House
February 16, 2000
Oak Park
Cook
Frank Lloyd Wright -designed house, his first fully in Prairie School style.
33
Hull House
June 23, 1965
Chicago 41°52′17″N 87°38′50″W / 41.871399°N 87.647133°W / 41.871399; -87.647133 (Hull House )
Cook
One of the first settlement houses in the U.S.
34
Illinois and Michigan Canal Locks And Towpath
January 29, 1964
Joliet
Will
A canal.
35
Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
August 7, 2001
Cahokia
St. Clair
A mansion which is a State Historic Site, too.
36
Kennicott Grove
January 7, 1976
Glenview 42°05′13″N 87°52′12″W / 42.086865°N 87.870023°W / 42.086865; -87.870023 (Kennicott Grove )
Cook
The home of Robert Kennicott , an American naturalist.
37
Kincaid Site
July 19, 1964
Brookport
Massac and Pope County
Archaeological site.
38
Leiter II Building
January 7, 1976
Chicago 41°52′28″N 87°37′39″W / 41.8744774°N 87.6273773°W / 41.8744774; -87.6273773 (Leiter Ii Building )
Cook
A building.
39
Frank R. Lillie House
May 11, 1976
Chicago 41°47′22″N 87°35′35″W / 41.789545°N 87.593114°W / 41.789545; -87.593114 (Lillie, Frank R., House )
Cook
Former home of embryologist Frank R. Lillie .
40
Abraham Lincoln Home
December 19, 1960
Springfield 39°47′43″N 89°38′41″W / 39.795352°N 89.644724°W / 39.795352; -89.644724 (Lincoln Home National Historic Site )
Sangamon
The only house ever owned by America's 16th president.
41
Lincoln Park Lily Pool
February 17, 2006
Chicago
Cook
An example of Prairie School landscape architecture designed by Alfred Caldwell .
42
Lincoln Tomb
December 19, 1960
Springfield
Sangamon
The tomb of America's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.
43
Vachel Lindsay House
November 11, 1971
Springfield 39°47′45″N 89°38′58″W / 39.795926°N 89.649441°W / 39.795926; -89.649441 (Lindsay, Vachel, House )
Sangamon
A poet's house.
44
Owen Lovejoy House
February 18, 1997
Princeton
Bureau
Home of abolitionist who was killed defending his printing presses.
45
Marquette Building
January 7, 1976
Chicago 41°52′49″N 87°37′46″W / 41.880193°N 87.629371°W / 41.880193; -87.629371 (Marquette Building )
Cook
Another building.
46
Marshall Field Company Store
June 2, 1978
Chicago 41°53′01″N 87°37′40″W / 41.883532°N 87.627850°W / 41.883532; -87.627850 (Marshall Field Company Store )
Cook
Long the flagship store of the Marshall Field Company.
47
Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
image pending
September 25, 1997
Morris
Grundy
Some fossil beds.
48
Pierre Menard House
April 15, 1970
Ellis Grove
Randolph
A house.
49
Robert A. Millikan House
May 11, 1976
Chicago 41°47′35″N 87°35′47″W / 41.792918°N 87.596283°W / 41.792918; -87.596283 (Millikan, Robert A., House )
Cook
Home of Robert A. Millikan , a physicist.
50
Modoc Rock Shelter
image pending
January 20, 1961
Modoc
Randolph
An archaeological site, a rock overhang.
51
Montgomery Ward Company Complex
June 2, 1978
Chicago 41°53′47″N 87°38′36″W / 41.896450°N 87.643396°W / 41.896450; -87.643396 (Montgomery Ward Company Complex )
Cook
The former warehouse and offices of the national headquarters of one of the nation's first mail order companies, Montgomery Ward .
52
Morrow Plots, University of Illinois
May 23, 1968
Urbana 40°06′09″N 88°13′33″W / 40.102556°N 88.225817°W / 40.102556; -88.225817 (Morrow Plots, University of Illinois )
Champaign
An experimental corn field.
53
Nauvoo Historic District
January 20, 1961
Nauvoo
Hancock
A historic district based around a 19th century Mormon settlement.
54
New Philadelphia Townsite
January 16, 2009
near Barry
Pike
Site of first U.S. settlement founded by an African-American.
55
Old Kaskaskia Village
July 19, 1964
Ottawa
La Salle
The best-documented Native American village in the Illinois River Valley.
56
Old Main, Knox College
July 4, 1961
Galesburg 40°56′29″N 90°22′14″W / 40.941423°N 90.370568°W / 40.941423; -90.370568 (Old Main, Knox College )
Knox
Best-preserved site of one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
57
Old State Capitol (Illinois)
July 4, 1961
Springfield 39°47′57″N 89°38′53″W / 39.799238°N 89.648143°W / 39.799238; -89.648143 (Old State Capitol )
Sangamon
An ex-capitol building.
58
Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards
May 29, 1981
Chicago 41°49′00″N 87°38′54″W / 41.816627°N 87.648364°W / 41.816627; -87.648364 (Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards )
Cook
Entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards ; designed by John Wellboorn Root .
59
Orchestra Hall
April 19, 1994
Chicago 41°52′45″N 87°37′28″W / 41.879200°N 87.624429°W / 41.879200; -87.624429 (Orchestra Hall )
Cook
A symphony hall.
60
Principia College Historic District
image pending
April 19, 1993
Elsah
Jersey
Another historic district .
61
Pullman Historic District
December 30, 1970
Chicago
Cook
Another historic district of the Pullman Company including the Hotel Florence.
62
Reliance Building
January 7, 1976
Chicago 41°52′57″N 87°37′40″W / 41.882382°N 87.627844°W / 41.882382; -87.627844 (Reliance Building )
Cook
A building.
63
Riverside Historic District
August 29, 1970
Riverside
Cook
Planned community designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux .
64
Frederick C. Robie House
November 27, 1963
Chicago 41°47′25″N 87°35′46″W / 41.790332°N 87.596214°W / 41.790332; -87.596214 (Robie, Frederick C., House )
Cook
A Prairie style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908.
65
Rock Island Arsenal
June 7, 1988
Rock Island
Rock Island
An arsenal.
66
Rookery Building
May 15, 1975
Chicago 41°52′45″N 87°37′56″W / 41.879284°N 87.632273°W / 41.879284; -87.632273 (Rookery Building )
Cook
An office building designed by Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root .
67
Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory
May 28, 1967
Chicago 41°47′18″N 87°36′04″W / 41.788422°N 87.6010245°W / 41.788422; -87.6010245 (Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory, The University of Chicago )
Cook
The laboratory that first isolated plutonium and determined its atomic mass .
68
Sears, Roebuck, And Company
June 2, 1978
Chicago 41°52′07″N 87°42′38″W / 41.868541°N 87.710573°W / 41.868541; -87.710573 (Sears, Roebuck And Company Complex )
Cook
A complex.
69
Shedd Aquarium
February 27, 1987
Chicago 41°52′02″N 87°37′09″W / 41.867182°N 87.619236°W / 41.867182; -87.619236 (Shedd, John G., Aquarium )
Cook
Formerly the largest indoor aquarium in the world.
70
Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
February 18, 1965
Chicago 41°47′26″N 87°36′04″W / 41.790494°N 87.601043°W / 41.790494; -87.601043 (Site of First Self-sustaining Nuclear Reaction )
Cook
A pile.
71
South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row Historic District
January 7, 1976
Chicago 41°52′36″N 87°37′41″W / 41.876545°N 87.62812°W / 41.876545; -87.62812 (South Dearborn Street--printing House Row Historic District )
Cook
A historic district .
72
S.R. Crown Hall
August 7, 2001
Chicago
Cook
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -designed architecture school building at Illinois Institute of Technology
73
Starved Rock
October 9, 1960
Ottawa
La Salle
A Sandstone butte overlooking the Illinois River, site of a massacre
74
Lorado Taft Midway Studios
December 21, 1965
Chicago 41°47′07″N 87°36′10″W / 41.785402°N 87.602750°W / 41.785402; -87.602750 (Lorado Taft Midway Studios )
Cook
Some studios.
75
F. F. Tomek House
January 20, 1999
Riverside
Cook
Another house in Riverside Historic District
76
Lyman Trumbull House
image pending
May 15, 1975
Alton 38°53′51″N 90°10′35″W / 38.897389°N 90.176415°W / 38.897389; -90.176415 (Trumbull, Lyman, House )
Madison
A house.
77
German submarine U-505
June 29, 1989
Chicago 41°51′52″N 87°36′57″W / 41.864543°N 87.615713°W / 41.864543; -87.615713 (U-505 (ix C U-boat) )
Cook
German U-Boat at Museum of Science and Industry , Chicago
78
Unity Temple
December 30, 1970
Oak Park 41°53′19″N 87°47′48″W / 41.888613°N 87.796798°W / 41.888613; -87.796798 (Unity Temple )
Cook
A temple.
79
University Of Illinois Observatory
December 20, 1989
Urbana 40°06′15″N 88°13′33″W / 40.104081°N 88.225712°W / 40.104081; -88.225712 (University of Illinois Observatory )
Champaign
An observatory.
80
The Wayside
November 13, 1966
Winnetka 42°06′51″N 87°43′57″W / 42.114222°N 87.732475°W / 42.114222; -87.732475 (The Wayside (Henry Demarest Lloyd House) )
Cook
Home of Henry Demarest Lloyd.
81
Ida B. Wells-Barnett House
May 30, 1974
Chicago 41°49′40″N 87°37′03″W / 41.8277944°N 87.6175043°W / 41.8277944; -87.6175043 (Wells-barnett, Ida B., House )
Cook
Former home of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells .
82
Frances Willard House
June 23, 1965
Evanston 42°02′54″N 87°40′43″W / 42.048287°N 87.678481°W / 42.048287; -87.678481 (Willard, Frances, House )
Cook
Former home of temperance reformer Frances Willard , and longtime headquarters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union .
83
Daniel Hale Williams House
image pending
May 15, 1975
Chicago 41°49′06″N 87°36′55″W / 41.818425°N 87.615284°W / 41.818425; -87.615284 (Williams, Dr. Daniel Hale, House )
Cook
The former home of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams , one of the first major African American surgeons..
84
Frank Lloyd Wright Home And Studio
January 7, 1976
Oak Park 41°53′36″N 87°48′01″W / 41.893387°N 87.800182°W / 41.893387; -87.800182 (Wright, Frank Lloyd, House And Studio )
Cook
Former home and studio of Frank Lloyd Wright .