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List of Landmarks in Illinois

List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois

Current NHLs in Illinois

S.No. Landmark name Date declared Locality County
1 Robert S. Abbott House December 8, 1976 Chicago Cook
2 Adler Planetarium February 27, 1987 Chicago Cook
3 Auditorium Building May 15, 1975 Chicago Cook
4 Bishop Hill Colony April 27, 1970 Bishop Hill Henry
5 Cahokia Mounds July 19, 1964 Collinsville St. Clair
6 Carson, Pirie, Scott, and Company Store May 15, 1975 Chicago Cook
7 James Charnley House August 5, 1998 Chicago Cook
8 Chicago Board of Trade Building June 2, 1978 Chicago Cook
9 Church of the Holy Family April 15, 1970 Cahokia St. Clair
10 Columbus Park July 31, 2003 Chicago Cook
11 Arthur H. Compton House May 11, 1976 Chicago Cook
12 Avery Coonley House December 30, 1970 Riverside Cook
13 Crow Island School December 14, 1990 Winnetka Cook
14 Susan Lawrence Dana House January 7, 1976 Springfield Sangamon
15 David Davis House May 15, 1975 Bloomington McLean
16 Charles G. Dawes House December 8, 1976 Evanston Cook
17 John Deere Home and Shop July 19, 1964 Grand Detour Ogle
18 Oscar Stanton DePriest House May 15, 1975 Chicago Cook
19 Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite May 11, 1976 Chicago Cook
20 Eads Bridge January 29, 1964 East St. Louis St. Clair
21 Farm Creek Section December 9, 1997 Vicinity of East Peoria Tazewell
22 Farnsworth House February 17, 2006 Plano Kendall
23 John Farson House June 19, 1996 Oak Park Cook
24 Fort De Chartres October 9, 1960 Prairie du Rocher Randolph
25 Fort Sheridan Historic District April 20, 1984 Fort Sheridan Lake
26 John J. Glessner House January 7, 1976 Chicago Cook
27 Ulysses S. Grant Home December 19, 1960 Galena Jo Daviess
28 Grosse Point Lighthouse January 20, 1999 Evanston Cook
29 Haymarket Martyrs' Monument February 18, 1997 Forest Park Cook
30 Hegeler-Carus Mansion March 29, 2007 LaSalle La Salle
31 Isidore H. Heller House August 18, 2004 Chicago Cook
32 Arthur Heurtley House February 16, 2000 Oak Park Cook
33 Hull House June 23, 1965 Chicago Cook
34 Illinois and Michigan Canal Locks And Towpath January 29, 1964 Joliet Will
35 Nicholas Jarrot Mansion August 7, 2001 Cahokia St. Clair
36 Kennicott Grove January 7, 1976 Glenview Cook
37 Kincaid Site July 19, 1964 Brookport Massac and Pope County
38 Leiter II Building January 7, 1976 Chicago Cook
39 Frank R. Lillie House May 11, 1976 Chicago Cook
40 Abraham Lincoln Home December 19, 1960 Springfield Sangamon
41 Lincoln Park Lily Pool February 17, 2006 Chicago Cook
42 Lincoln Tomb December 19, 1960 Springfield Sangamon
43 Vachel Lindsay House November 11, 1971 Springfield Sangamon
44 Owen Lovejoy House February 18, 1997 Princeton Bureau
45 Marquette Building January 7, 1976 Chicago Cook
46 Marshall Field Company Store June 2, 1978 Chicago Cook
47 Mazon Creek Fossil Beds September 25, 1997 Morris Grundy
48 Pierre Menard House April 15, 1970 Ellis Grove Randolph
49 Robert A. Millikan House May 11, 1976 Chicago Cook
50 Modoc Rock Shelter January 20, 1961 Modoc Randolph
51 Montgomery Ward Company Complex June 2, 1978 Chicago Cook
52 Morrow Plots, University of Illinois May 23, 1968 Urbana Champaign
53 Nauvoo Historic District January 20, 1961 Nauvoo Hancock
54 New Philadelphia Townsite January 16, 2009 near Barry Pike
55 Old Kaskaskia Village July 19, 1964 Ottawa La Salle
56 Old Main, Knox College July 4, 1961 Galesburg Knox
57 Old State Capitol (Illinois) July 4, 1961 Springfield Sangamon
58 Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards May 29, 1981 Chicago Cook
59 Orchestra Hall April 19, 1994 Chicago Cook
60 PRESIDENT (Steamboat) December 20, 1989 St. Elmo Fayette
61 Principia College Historic District April 19, 1993 Elsah Jersey
62 Pullman Historic District December 30, 1970 Chicago Cook
63 Reliance Building January 7, 1976 Chicago Cook
64 Riverside Historic District August 29, 1970 Riverside Cook
65 Frederick C. Robie House November 27, 1963 Chicago Cook
66 Rock Island Arsenal June 7, 1988 Rock Island Rock Island
67 Rookery Building May 15, 1975 Chicago Cook
68 Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory May 28, 1967 Chicago Cook
69 Sears, Roebuck, And Company June 2, 1978 Chicago Cook
70 Shedd Aquarium February 27, 1987 Chicago Cook
71 Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction February 18, 1965 Chicago Cook
72 South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row Historic District January 7, 1976 Chicago Cook
73 S.R. Crown Hall August 7, 2001 Chicago Cook
74 Starved Rock October 9, 1960 Ottawa La Salle
75 Lorado Taft Midway Studios December 21, 1965 Chicago Cook
76 F. F. Tomek House January 20, 1999 Riverside Cook
77 Lyman Trumbull House May 15, 1975 Alton Madison
78 U-505 (German Submarine) June 29, 1989 Chicago Cook
79 Unity Temple December 30, 1970 Oak Park Cook
80 University Of Illinois Observatory December 20, 1989 Urbana Champaign
81 The Wayside November 13, 1966 Winnetka Cook
82 Ida B. Wells-Barnett House May 30, 1974 Chicago Cook
83 Frances Willard House June 23, 1965 Evanston Cook
84 Daniel Hale Williams House May 15, 1975 Chicago Cook
85 Frank Lloyd Wright Home And Studio January 7, 1976 Oak Park Cook

Former NHLs in Illinois

S.No. Landmark Name Date Declared Locality County
1 Soldier Field (Grant Park Stadium) 1987 Chicago Cook
2 Milwaukee Clipper (passenger steamship) 1989 Muskegon Muskegon
3 USS Silversides (SS-236) 1972 Chicago (formerly) Cook (formerly)



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