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Contents 1 In progress 2 Stubs expansion 3 Clean up 3.1 National Historic Landmarks 3.2 Registered Historic Places 3.3 Other 4 Stuff that needs research 4.1 Possible NRHP/NHL 5 Articles to be started 5.1 Architecture 5.1.1 Elements 5.1.2 Styles 5.1.3 Architects 5.1.4 Prairie School 5.1.5 Building types 5.2 Creeks and rivers 5.2.1 Illinois 5.2.2 Pennsylvania 5.3 DeKalb, Illinois related 5.4 Municipalities (incl. ghost towns) 5.4.1 Illinois 5.4.2 Pennsylvania 5.4.3 Vermont 5.4.4 Wyoming 5.5 Illinois Project 5.6 National Register of Historic Places 5.6.1 Oddball NRHP 5.6.2 Lincoln Stuff 5.7 Other 5.7.1 Galena Historic District 5.7.2 Bob Dylan songs 5.7.3 Random topics 6 Kilns 7 Expansions

[edit] In progress

• User:Ivo Shandor/History of the Latter Day Saint Movement in Illinois

[edit] Stubs expansion

• Charles Collingwood - Eric Sevareid - Cecil Brown - Rhyolite, Nevada - Kishwaukee River - The Big Duck - Crush, Texas - Michael Kelly (editor)

[edit] Clean up

[edit] National Historic Landmarks

• Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site - Farnsworth House - Fort de Chartres: delisted GA by me 21 February 2007 - Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio - Grosse Point Light - Illinois and Michigan Canal - Lincoln Park (Chicago) - Lincoln Tomb - James Charnley Residence - John J. Glessner House - Old State Capitol State Historic Site - Reliance Building - Rock Island Arsenal - Shedd Aquarium - S.R. Crown Hall - Stagg Field - Symphony Center - Ulysses S. Grant Home - Unity Temple - Unterseeboot 505

[edit] Registered Historic Places

• Black Hawk State Historic Site - Cahokia Courthouse State Historic Site - Coronado Theatre - Grand Village of the Illinois - Jarrot Mansion State Historic Site - Mermaid House Hotel - Old Market House State Historic Site - Paul W. Dillon Home

[edit] Other

• Fort McClellan - Kishwaukee River

[edit] Stuff that needs research

• 1896: A head-on collision is staged by the Katy Railroad at Crush, Texas as a publicity stunt. Witnessed by 40,000 people, two of the crowd die and several are wounded when the steam locomotives explode. [1]

[edit] Possible NRHP/NHL

• Fort King Site: NHL, Chicago, Illinois - John Farson House: NHL, Oak Park, Illinois

[edit] Articles to be started

Sometimes I do some pre research to see what I can find on certain topics, generally, this is because I am planning to soon pen the article. A list of those follows.

[edit] Architecture

[edit] Elements

Windows

• Sidelight ([2]; [3]; [4];) - Circular window - Ogee window - Gothic window - Casement window - - French window -

Stairs

• Maya stairway - Tribune stairs - Rampant vault staircase - Open newel staircase - Stairwell - Open string staircase

[edit] Styles

• French Colonial - Upright and Wing - Filling station architecture

[edit] Architects

• Allen Pond - Frederic J. Klein - Herbert Hewitt - Irving Pond - Joseph F. Booten - George O. Garnsey - Oscar F. Dubius - Paul O. Moratz - Reeves and Baillee - Clifford Shopbell - Edward Angell - Edward Luytens - Edward F. Starck - Frederick R. Comstock - G.A. Schellenger - Grant Miller - Henry W. Wilkinson - Henry R. Wynne - Irving Pond - John Grant Beadle - James Knox Taylor - J.M. Felson - Joseph F. Booten - Louis Ward Claude - Louis Korn - Nathan Korn - Normand Smith Patton - Paul O. Moratz - Robert J. Bodker - Robert L. Lyons - William A. Otis - William A. Potter.

[edit] Prairie School

• Andrew O. Anderson House - Charles E. White - Clifford Percy Evans ([5]) - E.E. Roberts - Dwight Heald Perkins - George Fred Keck - Robert F. Seyfarth - William Eugene Drummond -Y.C. Wong

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings

• Oak Park: Charles E. Roberts House - Charles E. Roberts Stable - Edwin H. Cheney House - Emma Martin Garage - Francis Wooley House - Francisco Terrace Apartments Arch - George Furbeck House - George W. Smith House - Harrison P. Young House - Henry C. Goodrich House - Harry S. Adams House - Horse Show Fountain - Nathan G. Moore Stable - Oscar B. Balch House - Robert P. Parker House - Rollin Furbeck House - Thomas H. Gale House - William E. Martin House - William G. Fricke House - William H. Copeland House

• River Forest: E. Arthur Davenport House - Isabel Roberts House - J. Kibben Ingalls House - River Forest Tennis Club - Waller Gates - Walter Gerts House

[edit] Building types

Houses

• Cobblestone building, or Cobblestone house, or Cobblestone architecture

Barns

• Basement barn - Bank barn - Barn advertising - Connected barn - Crib barn - Dairy barn - Dutch barn - English barn - Functionally classified barn - Gable roof barn - Ground stable barn - Hop-drying barn - House barn - Italianto barn - Pennsylvania barn - Plank frame barn - Prairie barn - Rice barn - Round barn - Threshing barn - Tobacco barn - Yankee barn

Other

• Carriage house

[edit] Creeks and rivers

[edit] Illinois

• Buffalo Creek (Illinois) - Indian Creek (Illinois) - Pine Creek (Illinois) - Killbuck Creek (Illinois) - Spring Creek (Illinois) - Sugar Creek (Illinois) - Otter Creek (Illinois), Nippersink Creek, Rock Creek (Illinois) - Bureau Creek

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Blue Jay Creek - Farnsworth Branch (Tionesta Creek) - Mead Run- Tionesta Creek

[edit] DeKalb, Illinois related

• 1860 Isaac Ellwood Home - Annie Glidden - Clinton Rosette - Ellzey P. Young - George H. Gurler - Gurler Brothers Creamery - Henry B. Gurler - Lewis Huntley - Little House (DeKalb, Illinois)

[edit] Municipalities (incl. ghost towns)

[edit] Illinois

• Benjaminville, Illinois - Clare, Illinois - Daysville, Illinois - Esmond, Illinois - Elva, Illinois - Glendale, Illinois - Herbert, Illinois - Holder, Illinois - LaHarpe, Illinois - LaMoille, Illinois - McGirr, Illinois - Seville, Illinois - Valley View, Illinois

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Kinzua, Pennsylvania - Ludlow, Pennsylvania

[edit] Vermont

• Barry, Vermont

[edit] Wyoming

• Red Canyon, Wyoming

[edit] Illinois Project

• History of Illinois in the 19th century - History of Illinois in the 20th century - History of the Latter Day Saint Movement in Illinois - History of European exploration in Illinois - Pre-Colombian history of Illinois - Government of Springfield, Illinois - History of Springfield, Illinois - Mendota Hills Wind Farm - Twin Groves Wind Farm (Sources: Pantagraph, Horizon, Pantagraph, Legal Record, Business Week, Illinois Times) - Railsplitter Wind Farm - Blackstone Wind Farm

[edit] National Register of Historic Places

• Adams Memorial Library, Wheaton Il - Belleville Historic District - Benewah Milk Bottle, Spokane, WA - Berger-Kiel House - Blanchard Hall, Wheaton College, IL - Chesterwood (Massachusetts), Stockbridge, Mass. [6] - Church of the Holy Family (Cahokia) - DeKalb County Courthouse (Illinois) - Daily Chronicle (Illinois) - Dr. M.T. Pope House, Raleigh, NC [7] - Emerald Mound and Village Site - Frank G. Bloom House, Trinidad, CO - George B. Douglas House, Cedar Rapids, IA [8] - George Draser Jr. House - Gustave Koerner House - Hale Solar Laboratory, Pasadena, California [9] - Harquahala Peak Observatory, Wenden, AZ - King of Prussia Inn, King of Prussia, PA [10] - Knobeloch-Seibert Farm - Lebanon Historic District - Majestic Theatre (East St. Louis) - Marissa Academy - M'Clintock House, Waterloo, NY [11] - New Orpheum Theater, Champaign Il - Nicholas Jarrot Mansion - Parlin Library, Canton, Il - Pennsylvania Avenue Historic District - Pinehill Inn, Oregon Il - Reber Radio Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia, part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.[12] - Shell Service Station, Winston-Salem, NC - Rutter Store - Smithsonian Institution Shelter, Lone Pine, CA - Spivey Building - Stellafane Observatory, Springfield, Vermont - Sycamore Public Library[http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/butowsky5/astro4.htm] - Teapot Dome Service Station, Washington

[edit] Oddball NRHP

• McDonald's Store #433 Sign or just McDonald's Sign (Pine Bluff, Arkansas): [13], [14], [15] (good EL), [16], [17], [18]
• Fresno Sanitary Landfill, Fresno, California
• Umatac Outdoor Library, Guam
• Fence at Alamo Cement Company, Bexar, Texas
• Lincoln Street Electric Street Lights, Twin Falls, Idaho
• Fireman's Drinking Fountain, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
• Old U.S. 67 Rest Area, Curtis, Arkansas

[edit] Lincoln Stuff

• Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War
• Lincoln Oak
• Lost Speech ([19] - contains claimed text. [20], [21] - discredits Whitney's version. [22] - Ida Tarbell's take, corroborating Whitney, later debunked. [23] - on why it's lost. [24], [25] -cited in British court 1918. JSTOR article - Hanchett, [26], [27] - NYT, anniversary event in B-town, 1918, JSTOR article - Luthin, [28].

[edit] Other

Also, I need to check on the status of the observatories listed at this website. And the sites listed here.

• Isadore Saks - Joseph Saks - Lyman Bloomingdale - Olmsted Manor - George Davenport - George W. Olmsted - Andrew Clemens - Rock Springs Independent - Nick Zarvos

• Christmas tree farm

[edit] Galena Historic District

• John Dowling House
• Customs House & U.S. Post Office
• DeSoto House Hotel

[edit] Bob Dylan songs

• Caribbean Wind

[edit] Random topics

• Smoke flare
• Dugway sheep incident
• Memory Park: Buenos Aires
• Amos Fries
• David Sheean: [29], NYT, Google search
• Wagon works
• William Reddick
• National Prison Rape Elimination Commission

[edit] Kilns

Improvement: Kiln - Lime kiln

Create:

• Perpetual kiln - Heap kiln - Fire box - Draw out - Vertical kiln

[edit] Expansions

• United States Army Chemical Corps