List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois

Illinois National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)

There are 84 National Historic Landmarks in Illinois, including Eads Bridge which spans into Missouri and which the National Park Service credits to Missouri's National Historic Landmark list. Also included are three sites that were once National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: one that has been de-designated and two that have been moved to other states. All National Historic Landmarks are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Current NHLs in Illinois

The following is a complete list of all 84 NHLs in Illinois. They are listed here under their National Historic Landmark program names.

Landmark name[1] Image Date declared[1] Locality[1][2] County[1] Description[3]
1 Robert S. Abbott House 01976-12-08 December 8, 1976 Chicago
 Cook A home of Robert S. Abbott, founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper.
2 Adler Planetarium 01987-02-27 February 27, 1987 Chicago
 Cook First and oldest planetarium in the western hemisphere.
3 Auditorium Building 01975-05-15 May 15, 1975 Chicago
 Cook Building designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.
4 Bishop Hill Colony 01970-04-27 April 27, 1970 Bishop Hill
 Henry Historic district of Swedish dissident commune founded in 1846.
5 Cahokia Mounds 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Collinsville
 St. Clair Largest archaeological site related to Mississippian culture.
6 Carson, Pirie, Scott, and Company Store 01975-05-15 May 15, 1975 Chicago
 Cook Architect Louis Sullivan-designed building.
7 James Charnley House 01998-08-05 August 5, 1998 Chicago
 Cook Louis Sullivan AND Frank Lloyd Wright got in on this one's design.
8 Chicago Board of Trade Building 01978-06-02 June 2, 1978 Chicago
 Cook Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Root, housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930.
9 Church of the Holy Family 01970-04-15 April 15, 1970 Cahokia
 St. Clair A church dating from 1799.
10 Columbus Park 02003-07-31 July 31, 2003 Chicago
 Cook Part of the Chicago Park District.
11 Arthur H. Compton House 01976-05-11 May 11, 1976 Chicago
 Cook Home of Nobel-prize-winning physicist who proved light has both wave and particle aspects, the Compton Effect.
12 Avery Coonley House 01970-12-30 December 30, 1970 Riverside
 Cook Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home, in Riverside Historic District
13 Crow Island School image pending 01990-12-14 December 14, 1990 Winnetka
 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 01976-01-07 January 7, 1976 Springfield
 Sangamon A Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
15 David Davis House 01975-05-15 May 15, 1975 Bloomington
 McLean Home of David Davis (Supreme Court justice).
16 Charles G. Dawes House 01976-12-08 December 8, 1976 Evanston
 Cook Home of Charles Gates Dawes, architect of peace plans.
17 John Deere Home and Shop 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Grand Detour
 Ogle Site of the invention of the first steel plow.
18 Oscar Stanton DePriest House 01975-05-15 May 15, 1975 Chicago
 Cook Home of the first post-Reconstruction African-American US congressman.
19 Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite 01976-05-11 May 11, 1976 Chicago
 Cook Home of a prominent fur trader.
20 Eads Bridge 01964-01-29 January 29, 1964 East St. Louis
 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 01997-12-09 December 9, 1997 Vicinity of East Peoria
 Tazewell Site of exposed geological strata.
22 Farnsworth House 02006-02-17 February 17, 2006 Plano
 Kendall A one-room home designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
23 John Farson House 01996-06-19 June 19, 1996 Oak Park
 Cook A pleasant home.
24 Fort De Chartres 01960-10-09 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 01984-04-20 April 20, 1984 Fort Sheridan
 Lake An area originally established as a United States Army Post.
26 John J. Glessner House 01976-01-07 January 7, 1976 Chicago
 Cook A 19th century house designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
27 Ulysses S. Grant Home 01960-12-19 December 19, 1960 Galena
 Jo Daviess A house given to the 18th President of the United States following the Civil War.
28 Grosse Point Lighthouse 01999-01-20 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 01997-02-18 February 18, 1997 Forest Park
 Cook A monument in Waldheim Cemetery
30 Hegeler-Carus Mansion 02007-03-29 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 02004-08-18 August 18, 2004 Chicago
 Cook A Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
32 Arthur Heurtley House 02000-02-16 February 16, 2000 Oak Park
 Cook Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house, his first fully in Prairie School style.
33 Hull House 01965-06-23 June 23, 1965 Chicago
 Cook One of the first settlement houses in the U.S.
34 Illinois and Michigan Canal Locks And Towpath 01964-01-29 January 29, 1964 Joliet
 Will A canal.
35 Nicholas Jarrot Mansion 02001-08-07 August 7, 2001 Cahokia
 St. Clair A mansion which is a State Historic Site, too.
36 Kennicott Grove 01976-01-07 January 7, 1976 Glenview
 Cook The home of Robert Kennicott, an American naturalist.
37 Kincaid Site 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Brookport
 Massac and Pope County Archaeological site.
38 Leiter II Building 01976-01-07 January 7, 1976 Chicago
 Cook A building.
39 Frank R. Lillie House 01976-05-11 May 11, 1976 Chicago
 Cook Former home of embryologist Frank R. Lillie.
40 Abraham Lincoln Home 01960-12-19 December 19, 1960 Springfield
 Sangamon The only house ever owned by America's 16th president.
41 Lincoln Park Lily Pool 02006-02-17 February 17, 2006 Chicago
 Cook An example of Prairie School landscape architecture designed by Alfred Caldwell.
42 Lincoln Tomb 01960-12-19 December 19, 1960 Springfield
 Sangamon The tomb of America's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.
43 Vachel Lindsay House 01971-11-11 November 11, 1971 Springfield
 Sangamon A poet's house.
44 Owen Lovejoy House 01997-02-18 February 18, 1997 Princeton
 Bureau Home of abolitionist who was killed defending his printing presses.
45 Marquette Building 01976-01-07 January 7, 1976 Chicago
 Cook Another building.
46 Marshall Field Company Store 01978-06-02 June 2, 1978 Chicago
 Cook Long the flagship store of the Marshall Field Company.
47 Mazon Creek Fossil Beds image pending 01997-09-25 September 25, 1997 Morris
 Grundy Some fossil beds.
48 Pierre Menard House 01970-04-15 April 15, 1970 Ellis Grove
 Randolph A house.
49 Robert A. Millikan House 01976-05-11 May 11, 1976 Chicago
 Cook Home of Robert A. Millikan, a physicist.
50 Modoc Rock Shelter image pending 01961-01-20 January 20, 1961 Modoc
 Randolph An archaeological site, a rock overhang.
51 Montgomery Ward Company Complex 01978-06-02 June 2, 1978 Chicago
 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 01968-05-23 May 23, 1968 Urbana
 Champaign An experimental corn field.
53 Nauvoo Historic District 01961-01-20 January 20, 1961 Nauvoo
 Hancock A historic district based around a 19th century Mormon settlement.
54 New Philadelphia Townsite 02009-01-16 January 16, 2009 near Barry
 Pike Site of first U.S. settlement founded by an African-American.
55 Old Kaskaskia Village 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Ottawa
 La Salle The best-documented Native American village in the Illinois River Valley.
56 Old Main, Knox College 01961-07-04 July 4, 1961 Galesburg
 Knox Best-preserved site of one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
57 Old State Capitol (Illinois) 01961-07-04 July 4, 1961 Springfield
 Sangamon An ex-capitol building.
58 Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards 01981-05-29 May 29, 1981 Chicago
 Cook Entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards; designed by John Wellboorn Root.
59 Orchestra Hall 01994-04-19 April 19, 1994 Chicago
 Cook A symphony hall.
60 Principia College Historic District image pending 01993-04-19 April 19, 1993 Elsah
 Jersey Another historic district.
61 Pullman Historic District 01970-12-30 December 30, 1970 Chicago
 Cook Another historic district of the Pullman Company including the Hotel Florence.
62 Reliance Building 01976-01-07 January 7, 1976 Chicago
 Cook A building.
63 Riverside Historic District 01970-08-29 August 29, 1970 Riverside
 Cook Planned community designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
64 Frederick C. Robie House 01963-11-27 November 27, 1963 Chicago
 Cook A Prairie style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908.
65 Rock Island Arsenal 01988-06-07 June 7, 1988 Rock Island
 Rock Island An arsenal.
66 Rookery Building 01975-05-15 May 15, 1975 Chicago
 Cook An office building designed by Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root.
67 Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory 01967-05-28 May 28, 1967 Chicago
 Cook The laboratory that first isolated plutonium and determined its atomic mass.
68 Sears, Roebuck, And Company 01978-06-02 June 2, 1978 Chicago
 Cook A complex.
69 Shedd Aquarium 01987-02-27 February 27, 1987 Chicago
 Cook Formerly the largest indoor aquarium in the world.
70 Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction 01965-02-18 February 18, 1965 Chicago
 Cook A pile.
71 South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row Historic District 01976-01-07 January 7, 1976 Chicago
 Cook A historic district.
72 S.R. Crown Hall 02001-08-07 August 7, 2001 Chicago
 Cook Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed architecture school building at Illinois Institute of Technology
73 Starved Rock 01960-10-09 October 9, 1960 Ottawa
 La Salle A Sandstone butte overlooking the Illinois River, site of a massacre
74 Lorado Taft Midway Studios 01965-12-21 December 21, 1965 Chicago
 Cook Some studios.
75 F. F. Tomek House 01999-01-20 January 20, 1999 Riverside
 Cook Another house in Riverside Historic District
76 Lyman Trumbull House image pending 01975-05-15 May 15, 1975 Alton
 Madison A house.
77 German submarine U-505 01989-06-29 June 29, 1989 Chicago
 Cook German U-Boat at Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
78 Unity Temple 01970-12-30 December 30, 1970 Oak Park
 Cook A temple.
79 University Of Illinois Observatory 01989-12-20 December 20, 1989 Urbana
 Champaign An observatory.
80 The Wayside 01966-11-13 November 13, 1966 Winnetka
 Cook Home of Henry Demarest Lloyd.
81 Ida B. Wells-Barnett House 01974-05-30 May 30, 1974 Chicago
 Cook Former home of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells.
82 Frances Willard House 01965-06-23 June 23, 1965 Evanston
 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 01975-05-15 May 15, 1975 Chicago
 Cook The former home of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, one of the first major African American surgeons..
84 Frank Lloyd Wright Home And Studio 01976-01-07 January 7, 1976 Oak Park
 Cook Former home and studio of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Former NHLs in Illinois

Landmark name Image Date declared Locality County Comment
1 Soldier Field (Grant Park Stadium) 1987 Chicago Cook Was declared an NHL on 2/27/1987. The designation was withdrawn on 2/17/2006.
2 Milwaukee Clipper (passenger steamship) 1989 Muskegon Muskegon Museum ship at Navy Pier when declared NHL. Moved in 1990 to Hammond, Indiana and later moved to Muskegon, Michigan.
3 PRESIDENT (Steamboat) 1989 St. Elmo (formerly) Fayette (formerly) A steamboat, out of service, broken down into piece, and for sale.
4 USS Silversides (SS-236) 1972 Chicago (formerly) Cook (formerly) A submarine, now a museum ship. Moved to Muskegon, Michigan. Photo in article shows it there in January 2008.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST11.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-04. .
  2. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm. Retrieved 2007-08-14. 
  3. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm.  Retrieved on various dates.

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