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The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of
cultural resources worthy of preservation. Under the
National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a
national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to
identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources.
Recent Illinois
Additions to
the National Register
Cook County Hospital
Administration
Building
1835 W. Harrison St., Chicago, Listed
11/08/06
The Beaux-Arts style building makes
extensive use of decorative terra cotta around each door and window opening and
in bands running the length of the structure. The building is nationally
significant for its association with the history of medicine and medical
education; public health in Chicago and the nation; its importance to
immigrants, minority populations and the poor; and as the site of numerous
important medical breakthroughs.
The hospital closed its doors in
December 2002 when a new county medical center opened nearby. It has been listed
to Landmarks Illinois’ 2001, 2003 and 2004 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places
in Illinois and to our 2002 Chicagoland Watch List.
Falconer Bungalow Historic District
Roughly bounded by W. Wellington Ave., N.
Lamon Ave., N. Laramie Ave., and the alley N of W. Diversey Ave.,
Chicago, Listed 3/07/07
The bungalows in this district
share common features- low-pitched roofs with overhanging eaves, banded
or grouped fenestration, decorative brick and limestone detailing-that
emphasize horizontality and tie the buildings to the landscape around
them. Despite the regularity of the streetscapes, simple variations in
entrance location, front bay and window configuration, dorner size and
shape, brick color, and decorative detailing make each bungalow easily
distinguishable from its neighbors. For information on preserving your
bungalow.
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Krause Music Store
4611 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, Listed
5/31/06
Built in 1922, the last of building designed by Louis Sullivan. With its
curvilinear plant forms and intricate details, the building reflects
Sullivan’s belief in organic architecture, inspired by nature.
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Quinn Chapel of the A.M.E. Church
2401 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Additional
documentation approved 2/16/07
In design, architects Henry F.
Starbuck (exterior, 1892) and Charles H. McAfee (interior, 1894) successfully
marry Romanesque massing to a family of Gothic details. The church houses the
city’s oldest African-American congregation, which dates to 1844. Quinn Chapel
was a participant in Landmarks Illinois’
New Dollars/New Partners workshops.
Soldier Field
425 E. 14th St., Chicago, NHL status
removed 2/17/06
The recent $660 million
renovation of this 81-year -old structure — which Landmarks Illinois had
strongly opposed—has resulted in its de-listing
as a National Historic
Landmark (NHL).
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Downtown Hinsdale Historic District
Roughly bounded by Maple St., Lincoln St.,
Garfield St. and Second St., Hinsdale, Listed 5/30/06
The historic district, which includes buildings designed in Classical Revival,
Art Deco, and International styles, illustrates the evolution of the downtown in
the changes that have occurred in government, commercial business, and
architectural trends.
Downtown Momence Historic District
Roughly Washington St., from N. Locust to Pine
and Dixie Hwy., from 2nd to River, Momence, Listed 5/31/06
Of the 50 contributing buildings in this district, the two oldest ate the 1849
Lunchroom Building, wood clad with a pitched steel roof and the three-story
brick 1853 National Hotel building. Landmarks Illinois recently organized
a day
of free façade consultations for commercial building owners.
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Illinois County Map
Farnsworth House
14520 River Rd., Plano, National Historic
Landmark designated 2/17/06
The Farnsworth House, built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1951 and located near
Plano, Illinois, is one of the most famous examples of modernist domestic
architecture and was considered unprecedented in its day. [MORE]
Hegeler--Carus Mansion
1307 Seventh St., La Salle, National Historic
Landmark designated 3/29/07
Architect W. W. Boyington, famous for Chicago's Water Tower, built the lavish
16,000-square-foot, seven-level home in the Second Empire style. It features a
mansard roof; dormer windows; molded cornices; decorative brackets; and a tower
crowned by a 30-foot cupola.
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Oregon Commercial Historic District
Roughly bounded by Jefferson, Franklin, 5th and
3rd Sts., Oregon, Listed 8/16/06
The district encompasses the entire extent commercial, governmental, and
adjacent industrial development which occurred historically in the city. Packed
into a little over five city blocks are the Ogle County Courthouse, the U.S.
Post Office, an extensive collection of low scale commercial buildings, a more
than 120,000 square foot factory.
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Additional information and the steps you can take to nominate a property
to the National Register are available by visiting the websites for the
National Register
and the State of Illinois site for the
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency.
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