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There are 87 [[National Historic Landmarks]] in [[Illinois]], including [[Eads Bridge]], which spans into [[Missouri]] and which the [[National Park Service]] credits to [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Missouri|Missouri's National Historic Landmark list]]. Also included are two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed. All National Historic Landmarks are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
There are 87 [[National Historic Landmarks]] in [[Illinois]], including [[Eads Bridge]], which spans into [[Missouri]] and which the [[National Park Service]] credits to [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Missouri|Missouri's National Historic Landmark list]]. Also included are two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed. All National Historic Landmarks are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

==Current NHLs in Illinois==
The following is a complete list of Illinois' National Historic Landmarks. They are listed here under their National Historic Landmark program names.
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|pos=1
|article=Robert S. Abbott House
|name=Robert S. Abbott House
|image=Robert_S._Abbott_House,_4742_Martin_Luther_King_Drive,_Chicago_Cook_County,_Illinois.jpg
|alt=Robert S. Abbott House
|date=1976-12-8
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.808068
|lon=-87.616135
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A home of [[Robert S. Abbott]], founder of the ''[[Chicago Defender]]'' newspaper.
|refnum=76000686
}}
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|pos=2
|article=Adler Planetarium
|name=Adler Planetarium
|image=Adler fg02.jpg
|alt=Adler Planetarium Entry
|date=1987-02-27
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.866454
|lon=-87.607416
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= First and oldest planetarium in the western hemisphere.
|refnum=87000819
|commonscat=Adler Planetarium
}}
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|pos=3
|article=Auditorium Building, Chicago
|name=Auditorium Building
|image=Auditorium Building Chicago.jpg
|alt=The Auditorium Building was designed by [[Dankmar Adler]] and [[Louis Sullivan]] (1886–90).
|date=1975-05-15
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.875756
|lon=-87.624370
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Building designed by [[Dankmar Adler]] and [[Louis Sullivan]].
|refnum=70000230
|commonscat=Auditorium Building, Chicago
}}
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|type=NHLD
|pos=4
|article=Bishop Hill Colony
|name=Bishop Hill Colony
|image=Jansonist Colony, Steeple Building, Main & Bishop Hill Streets, Bishop Hill (Henry County, Illinois).jpg
|alt=111976 HABS photo
|date=1970-04-27
|address=[[Bishop Hill, Illinois|Bishop Hill]]
|lat=41.2003
|lon=-90.1189
|county=[[Henry County, Illinois|Henry]]
|description= Historic district of Swedish dissident commune founded in 1846.
|refnum=70000244
|commonscat=Bishop Hill Colony
}}
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|pos=5
|article=Cahokia Mounds
|name=Cahokia Mounds
|image=Monks Mound in July.JPG
|alt=Monks Mound
|date=1964-07-19
|address=[[Collinsville, Illinois|Collinsville]]
|lat=38.653889
|lon=-90.064444
|county=[[Madison County, Illinois|Madison]] and [[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]]
|description= Largest archaeological site related to Mississippian culture, and largest pre-Columbian earthworks in North America north of Mexico. Also a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]
|refnum=66000899
|commonscat=Cahokia
}}
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|pos=6
|article=Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
|name=Carson, Pirie, Scott, and Company Store
|image=Carson Pirie Scott building, Chicago, Illinois - Louis Sullivan.jpg
|alt=Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
|date=1975-05-15
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.881894
|lon=-87.627780
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Architect [[Louis Sullivan]]-designed building.
|refnum=70000231
|commonscat=Sullivan Center
}}
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|pos=7
|article=James Charnley Residence
|name=James Charnley House
|image=James Charnley Residence HABS ILL,16-CHIG,12-1.jpg
|alt=James Charnley Residence as it appeared in 1892
|date=1998-08-5
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.907264
|lon=-87.627597
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= One of the few surviving residential works of [[Louis Sullivan]] and features major contributions by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].
|refnum=70000232
|commonscat=James Charnley Residence
}}
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|pos=8
|article=Chicago Board of Trade Building
|name=Chicago Board of Trade Building
|image=Chicago Board Of Trade Building.jpg
|alt=Chicago Board of Trade is one of the smaller skyscrapers now.
|date=1978-06-2
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.878123
|lon=-87.632131
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Skyscraper designed by [[Holabird & Root]], housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930.
|refnum=78003181
|commonscat=Chicago Board of Trade Building
}}
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|pos=9
|article=Church of the Holy Family (Cahokia)
|name=Church of the Holy Family
|image=Holy Family Log Church Cahokia 063.jpg
|alt=2011 photo
|date=1970-04-15
|address=[[Cahokia, Illinois|Cahokia]]
|lat=38.57035
|lon=-90.18844
|county=[[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]]
|description= A church dating from 1799.
|refnum=70000851
|commonscat=Church of the Holy Family, Cahokia
}}
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|pos=10
|type=NHLD
|article=Columbus Park (Chicago)
|name=Columbus Park
|image=Columbus Park Boathouse.jpg
|alt=Columbus Park Boathouse
|date=2003-07-31
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.873889
|lon=-87.769722
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= ''[[Magnum opus]]'' of [[landscape architect]] [[Jens Jensen (landscape architect)|Jens Jensen]].
|refnum=91000567, 03001040
|commonscat=Columbus Park, Chicago, Illinois
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=11
|article=Arthur Compton House
|name=Arthur H. Compton House
|image=20080909 Arthur H. Compton House.JPG
|alt=Arthur H. Compton House
|date=1976-05-11
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.792435
|lon=-87.596263
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Home of Nobel Prize–winning physicist who proved light has both wave and particle aspects, the [[Compton Effect]].
|refnum=76000687
}}
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|pos=12
|article=Coonley House
|name=Avery Coonley House
|image=Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, Riverside (Cook County, Illinois).jpg
|alt=Avery Coonley House
|date=1970-12-30
|address=[[Riverside, Illinois|Riverside]]
|lat=41.818629
|lon=-87.828618
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]-designed home, in [[Riverside Historic District (Riverside, Illinois)|Riverside Historic District]]
|refnum=70000243
|commonscat=Coonley House
}}
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|pos=13
|article=Crow Island School
|name=Crow Island School
|image=Crow Island School.jpg
|alt=Crow Island School
|date=1990-12-14
|address=[[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]]
|lat=42.101111
|lon=-87.746113
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= An [[elementary school]] designed by [[Perkins + Will]] and [[Eliel Saarinen|Eliel]] & [[Eero Saarinen]]. Model for the now-widespread [[Winnetka Plan]] school design.
|refnum=89001730
|commonscat=Crow Island School (Winnetka, Illinois)
}}
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|pos=14
|article=Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site
|name=Susan Lawrence Dana House
|image=Dana Thomas Windows.jpg
|alt=Plans for the Dana-Thomas House
|date=1976-01-7
|address=[[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
|lat=39.793930
|lon=-89.652075
|county=[[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon]]
|description= A [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]-designed house.
|refnum=74000774
|commonscat=Dana-Thomas House
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=15
|article=David Davis Mansion
|name=David Davis House
|image=Bloomington Il David Davis Mansion3.JPG
|alt=The David Davis Mansion.
|date=1975-05-15
|address=[[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]]
|lat=40.481624
|lon=-88.980419
|county=[[McLean County, Illinois|McLean]]
|description= Home of [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] and [[Abraham Lincoln]] campaign manager [[David Davis (Supreme Court justice)|David Davis]].
|refnum=72001479
|commonscat=David Davis Mansion
}}
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|pos=16
|article=Charles G. Dawes House
|name=Charles G. Dawes House
|image=Dawes 1.JPG
|alt=The Charles Gates Dawes House.
|date=1976-12-8
|address=[[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]]
|lat=42.042526
|lon=-87.673084
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Home of [[Charles Gates Dawes]], [[Nobel Peace Prize]] recipient and [[Vice President]] to [[Calvin Coolidge]].
|refnum=76000706
|commonscat=Charles G. Dawes House
}}
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|pos=17
|article=John Deere House and Shop
|name=John Deere Home and Shop
|image=John Deere Shop3.jpg
|alt=A modern-day [[blacksmith]] forging at John Deere House and Shop
|date=1964-07-19
|address=[[Grand Detour, Illinois|Grand Detour]]
|lat=41.896618
|lon=-89.414648
|county=[[Ogle County, Illinois|Ogle]]
|description= Site of the invention of the first steel plow by [[John Deere (inventor)|John Deere]].
|refnum=66000327
|commonscat=John Deere House and Shop
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=18
|article=Oscar Stanton De Priest House
|name=Oscar Stanton DePriest House
|image=Oscar Stanton DePriest House.jpg
|date=1975-05-15
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.809769
|lon=-87.617957
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Home of the first post-Reconstruction African-American US congressman.
|refnum=75000646
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=19
|article=Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
|name=Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
|image=Dusablelandmark.jpg
|alt=Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
|date=1976-05-11
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.887739
|lon=-87.623409
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Home of a Chicago's first settler, an African-American.
|refnum=76000690
|commonscat=Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=20
|article=Eads Bridge
|name=Eads Bridge
|image=Eads Bridge 1875.jpg
|alt=An 1875 drawing of Eads Bridge by Camille N. Dry.
|date=1964-01-29
|address=[[East St. Louis, Illinois|East St. Louis]]
|lat=38.627417
|lon=-90.185585
|county=[[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]]
|description= A combined road and railway bridge which was, when completed in 1874, the longest arch bridge in the world. Extends into [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], Missouri.
|refnum=66000946
|commonscat=Eads Bridge
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=21
|article=Farm Creek Section
|name=Farm Creek Section
|image=Farm Creek Section from DS 1.jpg
|date=1997-12-9
|address=[[East Peoria, Illinois|East Peoria]]
|lat=40.6755
|lon=-89.4898
|county=[[Tazewell County, Illinois|Tazewell]]
|description= Site of exposed geological strata.
|refnum=91002039
|commonscat=Farm Creek Section (Tazewell County, Illinois)
}}
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|pos=22
|article=Farnsworth House (Plano, Illinois)
|name=Farnsworth House
|image=Mies van der Rohe photo Farnsworth House Plano USA 4.jpg
|alt=Fransworth House photo
|date=2006-02-17
|address=[[Plano, Illinois|Plano]]
|lat=41.634989
|lon=-88.535722
|county=[[Kendall County, Illinois|Kendall]]
|description= A one-room home designed by [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]].
|refnum=04000867
|commonscat=Farnsworth House
}}
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|pos=23
|article=Pleasant Home
|name=John Farson House
|image=Oak Park Il Pleasant Home10.jpg
|alt=The John Farson House from the rear.
|date=1996-06-19
|address=[[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]]
|lat=41.885278
|lon=-87.800556
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= The most famous work of [[George Washington Maher]].
|refnum=72000454
|commonscat=John Farson House
}}
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|pos=24
|article=Fort de Chartres
|name=Fort De Chartres
|image=Fort de Chartres powder magazine 1-02Aug07.jpg
|alt=Fort de Chartres powder magazine building
|date=1960-10-9
|address=[[Prairie du Rocher]]
|lat=38.084652
|lon=-90.157968
|county=[[Randolph County, Illinois|Randolph]]
|description= French fort built in 1720. Its powder magazine is believed to be oldest standing building in Illinois.
|refnum=66000329
|commonscat=Fort de Chartres
}}
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|type=NHLD
|pos=25
|article=Fort Sheridan Historic District
|name=Fort Sheridan Historic District
|image=Fort Sheridan, Illinois.jpg
|alt=Fort Sheridan Historic District.
|date=1984-04-20
|address=[[Fort Sheridan, Illinois|Fort Sheridan]]
|lat=42.2125
|lon=-87.810556
|county=[[Lake County, Illinois|Lake]]
|description= An area originally established as a [[United States Army]] Post. The campus was designed by [[Holabird & Roche]].
|refnum=80001379
|commonscat=Fort Sheridan
}}
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|pos=26
|article=Henry Gerber House
|name=Henry Gerber House
|alt=A cream-colored two-story smooth-surfaced building with pointed projections and parapets above its roofline, arched doorways and stoops. In front are small trees in various stages of spring blossoming, and two silver parked SUVs.
|image=Gerber, Henry House 2.JPG
|date=2015-07-21
|address=[[Chicago]]
|lat=41.91308
|lon=-87.63600
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description=Gerber established the [[Society for Human Rights]], the first American [[gay rights]] organization, here in the 1920s.
|refnum=15000584
|commonscat=Henry Gerber House
}}
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|pos=27
|article=John J. Glessner House
|name=John J. Glessner House
|image=Glessner House.jpg
|alt=Glessner House
|date=1976-01-7
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.857886
|lon=-87.620784
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A 19th century house designed by [[Henry Hobson Richardson]].
|refnum=70000233
|commonscat=John J. Glessner House
}}
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|pos=28
|article=Ulysses S. Grant Home
|name=Ulysses S. Grant Home
|image=USGrantHomeGalena.jpg
|alt=Ulysses S. Grant Home
|date=1960-12-19
|address=[[Galena, Illinois|Galena]]
|lat=42.410104
|lon=-90.422924
|county=[[Jo Daviess County, Illinois|Jo Daviess]]
|description= A house given to [[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]] following the Civil War. Grant was elected [[President of the United States]] while residing here.
|refnum=66000322
|commonscat=Ulysses S. Grant Home
}}
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|pos=29
|type=NHLD
|article=Grosse Point Lighthouse
|name=Grosse Point Lighthouse
|image=Grosse Point Lighthouse.jpg
|alt=Grosse Point Light Station
|date=1999-01-20
|address=[[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]]
|lat=42.063889
|lon=-87.676111
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A lighthouse on the shores of [[Lake Michigan]], built in 1873 the wake of several shipping disasters.
|refnum=76000707
|commonscat=Grosse Point Lighthouse
}}
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|pos=30
|article=Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
|name=''Haymarket Martyrs' Monument''
|image=Haymarket Martyr's Memorial.jpg
|alt=Haymarket Martyrs Monument
|date=1997-02-18
|address=[[Forest Park, Illinois|Forest Park]]
|lat=41.869793
|lon=-87.819778
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A monument in [[German Waldheim Cemetery|Waldheim Cemetery]] commemorating the [[Haymarket Riot]].
|refnum=97000343,
|commonscat=Haymarket Martyrs' Monument and graves
}}
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|pos=31
|article=Hegeler-Carus Mansion
|name=Hegeler-Carus Mansion
|image=Hegeler-Carus Mansion (8765254143).jpg
|alt=Hegler-Carus House photo
|date=2007-03-29
|address=[[LaSalle, Illinois|LaSalle]]
|lat=41.335836
|lon=-89.087053
|county=[[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle]]
|description= Designed by Chicago architect [[William W. Boyington]] for [[Edward C. Hegeler]], a partner in a nearby zinc company. It was later the home of his son-in-law, publisher and philosopher [[Paul Carus]].
|refnum=95000989
|commonscat=Hegeler Carus Mansion
}}
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|pos=32
|article=Isidore H. Heller House
|name=Isidore H. Heller House
|image=Isidore Heller House - East (front) and North elevations - HABS ILL,16-CHIG,48-1.jpg
|alt=A view of the east (front) and north elevations of the Heller House.
|date=2004-08-18
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.801333
|lon=-87.597089
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]-designed house.
|refnum=72000450
|commonscat=Isidore Heller Residence
}}
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|pos=33
|article=Arthur Heurtley House
|name=Arthur Heurtley House
|image=Oak Park Il Heurtley House4.jpg
|alt=Arthur Heurtley House
|date=2000-02-16
|address=[[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]]
|lat=41.892722
|lon=-87.799822
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]-designed house.
|refnum=00000258
|commonscat=Arthur B. Heurtley House
}}
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|pos=34
|article=Hull House
|name=Hull House
|image=UIC Hull House.JPG
|alt=Hull House as it looks today.
|date=1965-06-23
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.871399
|lon=-87.647133
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= One of the first [[Settlement movement|settlement houses]] in the U.S., founded by [[Jane Addams]].
|refnum=66000315
|commonscat=Hull House (Chicago)
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=35
|article=Illinois and Michigan Canal
|name=Illinois and Michigan Canal Locks And Towpath
|image=Ill-mich canal.jpg
|alt=Photo if Illinois-Michigan canal
|date=1964-01-29
|address=[[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]]
|lat=41.569722
|lon=-88.069722
|county=[[Will County, Illinois|Will]]
|description= A canal that helped establish transportation from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. It established Chicago as a major center of commerce.
|refnum=66000332
|commonscat=Illinois & Michigan Canal
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=36
|article=Jarrot Mansion State Historic Site
|name=Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
|image=Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, State Route 157, Cahokia (St. Clair County, Illinois).jpg
|alt=Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
|date=2001-08-7
|address=[[Cahokia, Illinois|Cahokia]]
|lat=38.57011
|lon=-90.18711
|county=[[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]]
|description= A mansion built in 1799 for a fur trader.
|refnum=74002197
|commonscat=Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
}}
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|pos=37
|article=Kennicott Grove
|name=Kennicott Grove
|image=Robert Kennicott House, Glenview (Cook County, Illinois).jpg
|alt=Robert Kennicott House
|date=1976-01-7
|address=[[Glenview, Cook County, Illinois|Glenview]]
|lat=42.086865
|lon=-87.870023
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= The home of [[Robert Kennicott]], an American naturalist.
|refnum=73000698
|commonscat=Kennicott's Grove
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=38
|article=Kincaid Site
|name=Kincaid Site
|image=Chromesun kincaid site 01.jpg
|alt=Kincaid Site
|date=1964-07-19
|address=[[Brookport, Illinois|Brookport]]
|lat=37.080575
|lon=-88.491783
|county=[[Massac County, Illinois|Massac]] and [[Pope County, Illinois|Pope]]
|description= Archaeological site of one of the largest prehistoric Mississippian culture settlements.
|refnum=66000326
|commonscat=Kincaid Mounds site
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=39
|article=Second Leiter Building
|name=Leiter II Building
|image=Leiter II Building, South State & East Congress Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL.jpg
|alt=Leiter II Building, South State & East Congress Streets, Chicago (HABS photo)
|date=1976-01-7
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.874477
|lon=-87.627377
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Longtime flagship store of [[Sears, Roebuck & Co.]], designed by [[William Le Baron Jenney]].
|refnum=76000695
|commonscat=Second Leiter Building
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=40
|article=Frank R. Lillie House
|name=Frank R. Lillie House
|image=Lillie House (7373009328).jpg
|alt=Frank R. Lillie House
|date=1976-05-11
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.789545
|lon=-87.593114
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Former home of [[Embryology|embryologist]] [[Frank Rattray Lillie]].
|refnum=76000696
|commonscat=Frank R. Lillie House
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=41
|article=Lincoln Home National Historic Site
|name=Abraham Lincoln Home
|image=Lincoln Home.jpg
|alt=Lincoln home
|date=1960-12-19
|address=[[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
|lat=39.795352
|lon=-89.644724
|county=[[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon]]
|description= The only house ever owned by America's [[Abraham Lincoln|16th president]].
|refnum=71000076
|commonscat=Lincoln Home National Historic Site
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=42
|type=NHLD
|article=Lincoln Park Lily Pool
|name=Lincoln Park Lily Pool
|image=20100801 Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool from southsoutheast-2 cropped.jpg
|alt=Lincoln Park Lilly Pool
|date=2006-02-17
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.9253
|lon=-87.6341
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= An example of Prairie School landscape architecture designed by [[Alfred Caldwell]].
|refnum=06000235
|commonscat=Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
}}
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|pos=43
|article=Lincoln Tomb
|name=Lincoln Tomb
|image=Lincoln's Tomb.JPG
|alt=Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery
|date=1960-12-19
|address=[[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
|lat=39.823333
|lon=-89.655833
|county=[[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon]]
|description= The tomb of America's 16th president, [[Abraham Lincoln]].
|refnum=66000330
|commonscat=Lincoln's Tomb
}}
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|pos=44
|article=Vachel Lindsay House
|name=Vachel Lindsay House
|image=Vachel Lindsay House.jpg
|alt=Vachel Lindsay House
|date=1971-11-11
|address=[[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
|lat=39.795926
|lon=-89.649441
|county=[[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon]]
|description= Home of poet [[Vachel Lindsay]].
|refnum=71000297
|commonscat=Vachel Lindsay House
}}
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|pos=45
|article=Owen Lovejoy House
|name=Owen Lovejoy House
|image=Owen Lovejoy Homestead. 1905..jpg
|alt=Owen Lovejoy House
|date=1997-02-18
|address=[[Princeton, Illinois|Princeton]]
|lat=41.371664
|lon=-89.448702
|county=[[Bureau County, Illinois|Bureau]]
|description= Home of prominent abolitionist [[Owen Lovejoy]].
|refnum=73000690
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=46
|article=Marquette Building (Chicago)
|name=Marquette Building
|image=2010-03-03 1968x2952 chicago marquette building.jpg
|alt=Marquette Building
|date=1976-01-7
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.880193
|lon=-87.629371
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Skyscraper designed by [[Holabird & Roche]].
|refnum=73000697
|commonscat=Marquette Building
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=47
|article=Marshall Field Company Store
|name=Marshall Field Company Store
|image=20070502 108 North State Street (2).JPG
|alt=Marshall Fields Building
|date=1978-06-2
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.883532
|lon=-87.627850
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Designed by [[Daniel Burnham]], it was the longtime flagship store of [[Marshall Field's]].
|refnum=78001123
|commonscat=Marshall Field & Company Building
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=48
|article=Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
|name=Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
|image=Tullimonstrum.jpg
|date=1997-09-25
|address=[[Morris, Illinois|Morris]]
|lat=41.321
|lon=-88.346
|county=[[Grundy County, Illinois|Grundy]]
|description= [[Lagerstätte]] of fossils, best known as one of the only sites where [[Tullimonstrum|Tully Monster]]s were found.
|refnum=97001272
|commonscat=Mazon Creek fossil beds
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=49
|article=Pierre Menard House
|name=Pierre Menard House
|image=Pierre Menard House, County Highway 6, Fort Gage (Randolph County, Illinois).jpg
|alt=HABS photo
|date=1970-04-15
|address=[[Ellis Grove, Illinois|Ellis Grove]]
|lat=37.9647
|lon=-89.9099
|county=[[Randolph County, Illinois|Randolph]]
|description= House of fur trader [[Pierre Menard]], the first lieutenant governor of Illinois.
|refnum=70000245
|commonscat=Pierre Menard House
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=50
|article=Robert A. Millikan House
|name=Robert A. Millikan House
|image=20080909 Robert A. Millikan House.JPG
|alt=Robert A. Millikan House
|date=1976-05-11
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.792918
|lon=-87.596283
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Home of [[Robert Andrews Millikan|Robert A. Millikan]], a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
|refnum=76000699
|commonscat=Robert A. Millikan House
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=51
|article=Modoc Rock Shelter
|name=Modoc Rock Shelter
|image=Modoc Rock Shelter.jpg
|alt=Modoc Rock Shelter
|date=1961-01-20
|address=[[Modoc, Illinois|Modoc]]
|lat=38.062778
|lon=-90.063611
|county=[[Randolph County, Illinois|Randolph]]
|description= An archaeological site, a rock overhang used as shelter during the [[Archaic period in North America]].
|refnum=66000328
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=52
|article=Montgomery Ward Company Complex
|name=Montgomery Ward Company Complex
|image=Montgomery Ward Catalogue House.JPG
|alt=Montgomery Ward Company Complex
|date=1978-06-2
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.896450
|lon=-87.643396
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= The former warehouse and offices of the national headquarters of one of the nation's first mail order companies, [[Montgomery Ward]].
|refnum=78001125
|commonscat=Montgomery Ward Company Complex
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=53
|article=Morrow Plots
|name=Morrow Plots, University of Illinois
|image=UIUC morrow plot.JPG
|alt=Morrow Plots
|date=1968-05-23
|address=[[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]]
|lat=40.104643
|lon=-88.226136
|county=[[Champaign County, Illinois|Champaign]]
|description= World's oldest [[long-term experiment|experimental]] corn field, and oldest experimental field in [[Western Hemisphere]].
|refnum=68000024
|commonscat=Morrow Plots
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|type=NHLD
|pos=54
|article=Nauvoo Historic District
|name=Nauvoo Historic District
|image=Joseph Smith House, Nauvoo (Hancock County, Illinois).jpg
|alt=Joseph Smith House
|date=1961-01-20
|address=[[Nauvoo, Illinois|Nauvoo]]
|lat=40.548
|lon=-91.382
|county=[[Hancock County, Illinois|Hancock]]
|description= A [[historic district]] based around a 19th-century [[Mormon]] settlement; beginning of the [[Mormon Trail]].
|refnum=66000321
|commonscat=Nauvoo, Illinois
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=55
|article=New Philadelphia Town Site
|name=New Philadelphia Townsite
|image=New Philadelphia townsite.jpg
|date=2009-01-16
|address=[[Barry, Illinois|Barry]]
|lat=39.695833
|lon=-90.959722
|county=[[Pike County, Illinois|Pike]]
|description=Site of first U.S. settlement founded by an African-American.
|refnum=05000869
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=56
|article=Old Kaskaskia Village
|name=Old Kaskaskia Village
|image=Old Kaskaskia Village from W.jpg
|date=1964-07-19
|address=[[Ottawa, Illinois|Ottawa]]
|lat=41.32194
|lon=-88.96000
|county=[[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle]]
|description= The best-documented Native American village in the Illinois River Valley.
|refnum=66000324
|commonscat=Old Kaskaskia Village
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=57
|article=Old Main, Knox College
|name=Old Main, Knox College
|image=Old Main Knox College.jpg
|alt=Old Main
|date=1961-07-4
|address=[[Galesburg, Illinois|Galesburg]]
|lat=40.941423
|lon=-90.370568
|county=[[Knox County, Illinois|Knox]]
|description= Best-preserved site of one of the [[Lincoln-Douglas debates]].
|refnum=66000323
|commonscat=Old Main (Knox College)
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=58
|article=Old State Capitol State Historic Site (Illinois)
|name=Old State Capitol
|image=Illinoisoldcapitol.jpg
|alt=Old Illinois State Capitol
|date=1961-07-4
|address=[[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
|lat=39.799238
|lon=-89.648143
|county=[[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon]]
|description= The fifth capitol building of Illinois. Site of [[Lincoln's House Divided Speech]].
|refnum=66000331
|commonscat=Old State Capitol (Springfield, Illinois)
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=59
|article=Union Stock Yard Gate
|name=Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards
|image=Union Stock Yard Gate.jpg
|alt=Union Stock Yard Gate
|date=1981-05-29
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.816627
|lon=-87.648364
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Entrance to the famous [[Union Stock Yards]], designed by [[Burnham and Root|John Wellboorn Root]].
|refnum=72000451
|commonscat=Union Stock Yard Gate
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=60
|article=Symphony Center
|name=Orchestra Hall
|image=Orchestra Hall Chicago.JPG
|alt=Symphony Center
|date=1994-04-19
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.879200
|lon=-87.624429
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A symphony hall designed by [[Daniel Burnham]].
|refnum=78001127
|commonscat=Symphony Center
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|type=NHLD
|pos=61
|article=Principia College Historic District
|name=Principia College Historic District
|date=1993-04-19
|address=[[Elsah, Illinois|Elsah]]
|lat=38.94890
|lon=-90.34753
|county=[[Jersey County, Illinois|Jersey]]
|description= One of the last major works by [[Bernard Maybeck]].
|refnum=93001605
|image=Principia College (2152575562).jpg
|commonscat=Principia College
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|type=NHLD
|pos=62
|article=Pullman Historic District
|name=Pullman Historic District
|image=Hotel Florence, 11111 South Forrestville Avenue, Chicago (Cook County, Illinois).jpg
|alt=Hotel Florence
|date=1970-12-30
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.697222
|lon=-87.609444
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Another [[historic district]] of the [[Pullman Company]], including the Hotel Florence.
|refnum=69000054
|commonscat=Pullman, Chicago
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=63
|article=Reliance Building
|name=Reliance Building
|image=Reliance Building, Chicago, Illinois (November 2005).jpg
|alt=Reliance Building
|date=1976-01-7
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.882382
|lon=-87.627844
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A building designed by [[Burnham & Root]].
|refnum=70000237
|commonscat=Reliance Building
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|type=NHLD
|pos=64
|article=Riverside Historic District (Riverside, Illinois)
|name=Riverside Historic District
|image=Avery Coonley House, 300 Scottswood Road, 281 Bloomingbank Road, Riverside (Cook County, Illinois).jpg
|alt=Avery Coonley House
|date=1970-08-29
|address=[[Riverside, Illinois|Riverside]]
|lat=41.8318
|lon=-87.8135
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Planned community designed by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] and [[Calvert Vaux]].
|refnum=69000055
|commonscat=Riverside, Illinois
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=65
|article=Robie House
|name=Frederick C. Robie House
|image=Robie House HABS1.jpg
|alt=Frederick C. Robie House
|date=1963-11-27
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.790332
|lon=-87.596214
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A [[Prairie style]] home designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] in 1908.
|refnum=66000316
|commonscat=Robie House
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|type=NHLD
|pos=66
|article=Rock Island Arsenal
|name=Rock Island Arsenal
|image=Quarters 1 (Rock Island).jpg
|alt=Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 1
|date=1988-06-07
|address=[[Rock Island, Illinois|Rock Island]]
|lat=41.516944
|lon=-90.541944
|county=[[Rock Island County, Illinois|Rock Island]]
|description= An arsenal and site of a large Union prison camp.
|refnum=69000057
|commonscat=Rock Island Arsenal
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=67
|article=Rookery Building
|name=Rookery Building
|image=Rookery light court.jpg
|alt=Rookery Light Court
|date=1975-05-15
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.879284
|lon=-87.632273
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= An office building designed by [[Daniel Burnham]] and [[John Wellborn Root]].
|refnum=70000238
|commonscat=Rookery Building
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=68
|article=George Herbert Jones Laboratory
|name=Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory
|image=Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory, The University of Chicago (7189830229).jpg
|alt=George Herbert Jones Laboratory entrance
|commonscat=George Herbert Jones Laboratory
|date=1967-05-28
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.790074
|lon=-87.601018
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= The laboratory that first isolated [[plutonium]] and determined its [[atomic mass]].
|refnum=67000005
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=69
|article=Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex
|name=Sears, Roebuck and Company
|image=Sears Merchandise Building Tower.jpg
|alt=Sears Merchandise Building Tower
|date=1978-06-2
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.868541
|lon=-87.710573
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= The headquarters of [[Sears, Roebuck and Company]] for almost seven decades.
|refnum=78001129
|commonscat=Sears, Roebuck, and Company Complex
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=70
|article=Second Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Illinois)
|name=Second Presbyterian Church
|image=St Cecilia narthex.jpg
|alt=Saint Cecelia in the church narthex
|date=2013-03-11
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.8558
|lon=-87.6244
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= This church is a masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts movement with an interior by [[Howard Van Doren Shaw]].
|refnum=74000754
|commonscat=Second Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Illinois)
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=71
|article=Shedd Aquarium
|name=Shedd Aquarium
|image=JohnGSheddAquarium.jpg
|alt=Shedd Aquarium
|date=1987-02-27
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.867182
|lon=-87.619236
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Formerly the largest indoor aquarium in the world.
|refnum=87000820
|commonscat=Shedd Aquarium
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=72
|article=Chicago Pile-1
|name=Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
|image=Henry Moore Nuclear Energy.jpg
|alt=Site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
|date=1965-02-18
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.790494
|lon=-87.601043
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction.
|refnum=66000314
|commonscat=Chicago Pile-1
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|type=NHLD
|pos=73
|article=Printing House Row District
|name=South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row North Historic District
|image=South Dearborn Street 060409.jpg
|alt=Donahue Building
|date=1976-01-7
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.876545
|lon=-87.62812
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description=Encompasses four architecturally significant skyscrapers.
|refnum=76000705
|commonscat=Printing House Row District
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=74
|article=S.R. Crown Hall
|name=S.R. Crown Hall
|image=Crown Hall 060514.jpg
|alt=Crown Hall
|date=2001-08-7
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.833611
|lon=-87.627222
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]]-designed architecture school building at [[Illinois Institute of Technology]]
|refnum=01001049
|commonscat=Crown Hall
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=75
|article=Starved Rock
|name=Starved Rock
|image=Starved Rock SP IL Starved Rock.JPG
|alt=Starved Rock
|date=1960-10-9
|address=[[Ottawa, Illinois|Ottawa]]
|lat=41.321389
|lon=-88.990278
|county=[[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle]]
|description= A Sandstone butte overlooking the Illinois River, purportedly the site of a massacre of the [[Illinois Confederation]].
|refnum=66000325
|commonscat=Starved Rock State Park
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=76
|type=NHLD
|article=Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm
|name=Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm
|image=Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm.JPG
|alt=Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm
|date=2014-04-22
|address=[[Mettawa, Illinois|Mettawa]]
|lat=42.228811
|lon=-87.930538
|county=[[Lake County, Illinois|Lake]]
|description= Home of several-time candidate for United States President [[Adlai E. Stevenson II]].
|refnum=03000918
|commonscat=Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=77
|article=Lorado Taft Midway Studios
|name=Lorado Taft Midway Studios
|image=20070601 Lorado Taft Midway Studio (3).JPG
|alt=Lorado Taft Midway Studio
|date=1965-12-21
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.785402
|lon=-87.602750
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Studios of sculptor [[Lorado Taft]], designed by [[Pond & Pond]].
|refnum=66000317
|commonscat=Lorado Taft Midway Studios
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=78
|article=F. F. Tomek House
|name=F.F. Tomek House
|image=TomekHouse.JPG
|alt=F. F. Tomek House
|date=1999-01-20
|address=[[Riverside, Illinois|Riverside]]
|lat=41.832153
|lon=-87.8171
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] house in the [[Riverside Historic District (Riverside, Illinois)|Riverside Historic District]]
|refnum=99000632
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=79
|article=Lyman Trumbull House
|name=Lyman Trumbull House
|image=Lyman Trumbull house, Alton, IL.jpg
|alt=Lyman Trumbull House
|date=1975-05-15
|address=[[Alton, Illinois|Alton]]
|lat=38.897389
|lon=-90.176415
|county=[[Madison County, Illinois|Madison]]
|description= House of US Senator [[Lyman Trumbull]]. He co-authored the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]].
|refnum=75000667
|commonscat=Lyman Trumbull House
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=80
|article=German submarine U-505
|name=''U-505'' (German Submarine)
|image=U-505chicago.jpg
|date=1989-06-29
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|county= [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|lat=41.864543
|lon=-87.615713
|description= German [[U-Boat]] at [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science and Industry]], Chicago
|refnum=89001231
|commonscat=U-505 submarine in the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=81
|article=Unity Temple
|name=Unity Temple
|image=Oak Park Il Unity Temple9.jpg
|alt=Unity Temple
|date=1970-12-30
|address=[[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]]
|lat=41.888613
|lon=-87.796798
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= A temple designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].
|refnum=70000240
|commonscat=Unity Temple
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=82
|article=University of Illinois Observatory
|name=University Of Illinois Observatory
|image=Champaign-Urbana area IMG 1138.jpg
|alt=University of Illinois Observatory
|date=1989-12-20
|address=[[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]]
|lat=40.104081
|lon=-88.225712
|county=[[Champaign County, Illinois|Champaign]]
|description= Site of pioneering research into [[photoelectric effect|photoelectric]] [[photometry (astronomy)|photometry]], and the development of the [[photoelectric cell]].
|refnum=86003155, 89002466
|commonscat=Astronomical Observatory (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=83
|article=The Wayside (Henry Demarest Lloyd House)
|name=The Wayside
|image=The Wayside.JPG
|alt=Home of [[Henry Demarest Lloyd]]
|date=1966-11-13
|address=[[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]]
|lat=42.114222
|lon=-87.732475
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Home of [[Henry Demarest Lloyd]].
|refnum=66000320
|commonscat=The Wayside (Henry Demarest Lloyd House)
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=84
|article=Ida B. Wells-Barnett House
|name=Ida B. Wells-Barnett House
|image=20070601 Wells House (2).JPG
|alt=Ida B. Wells-Barnett House on June 1, 2007
|date=1974-05-30
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.827794
|lon=-87.617504
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Former home of civil rights advocate [[Ida B. Wells]].
|refnum=74000757
|commonscat=Ida B. Wells-Barnett House
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=85
|article=Frances Willard House (Evanston, Illinois)
|name=Frances Willard House
|image=Willard, Frances House 1.JPG
|date=1965-06-23
|address=[[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]]
|lat=42.048287
|lon=-87.678481
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Former home of [[Temperance movement|temperance]] reformer [[Frances Willard (suffragist)|Frances Willard]], and longtime headquarters of the [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]].
|refnum=66000318
|commonscat=Frances Willard House
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=86
|article=Daniel Hale Williams House
|name=Daniel Hale Williams House
|image=Dr. Daniel Hale Willaims House.jpg
|alt=Dr. Daniel Hale Williams House
|date=1975-05-15
|address=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|lat=41.818425
|lon=-87.615284
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= The former home of Dr. [[Daniel Hale Williams]], one of the first major [[African American]] surgeons.
|refnum=75000655
}}
{{NRHP row|NHL
|pos=87
|article=Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
|name=Frank Lloyd Wright Home And Studio
|image=Frank Lloyd Wright Home Studio.jpg
|alt=Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, in Oak Park
|date=1976-01-07
|address=[[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]]
|lat=41.893387
|lon=-87.800182
|county=[[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|description= Former home and studio of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].
|refnum=72000456
|commonscat=Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
}}
|}


==Former NHLs in Illinois==
==Former NHLs in Illinois==

Revision as of 18:37, 17 January 2019

List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois is located in Illinois
CHICAGO
CHICAGO NHLS: Abbott House Adler Planetarium Auditorium Building Carson, Pirie, Scott Building Charnley House Chicago Board of Trade Building Columbus Park Compton House De Priest House Du Sable Homesite Glessner House Gerber House Haymarket Martyrs' Monument Heller House Hull House Kennicott Grove Leiter II Building Lillie House Lincoln Park Lily Pool Marquette Building Marshall Field Company Store Millikan House Montgomery Ward Complex Old Stone Gate Orchestra Hall
CHICAGO CONT: Pullman Historic District Reliance Building Frederick Robie House Rookery Building Room 405 G. H Jones Lab Sears & Roebuck Complex Shedd Aquarium First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Site South Dearborn Printing House Row S. R. Crown Hall Lorado Taft Midway Studios Unterseeboot 505 Ida B. Wells-Barnett House James Charnley House Daniel Hale Williams House Second Presbyterian Church Wrigley Field
Bishop Hill Colony
Cahokia Mounds Church of Holy Family Eads Bridge Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
Crow Island School   The Wayside
David Davis House
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John Deere House
Farm Creek Section
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Farnsworth House
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Fort de Chartres
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Fort Sheridan
Ulysses S. Grant Home
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Hegler-Carus Mansion
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I &. M Canal
Kincaid Mounds 
Abraham Lincoln Home Lincoln Tomb Susan Lawrence Dana House Vachel Lindsay House Old State Capitol
List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
Owen Lovejoy House
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Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
Pierre Menard House
List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
Modoc Rock Shelter
Morrow Plots UIUC Observatory
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Nauvoo Historic District
New Philadelphia Town Site
List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
Old Kaskaskia Village
List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
Old Main Knox College
Lyman Trumbull House
Principia College Historic District
List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
Rock Island Arsenal
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Starved Rock
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Riverside Historic District Avery Coonley House F.F. Tomek House
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Gross Point Lighthouse Charles Dawes House Frances Willard House
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Frank Lloyd Wright Home John Farson House Arthur Heurtly House Unity Temple
Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm
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Illinois National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)

There are 87 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 two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed. All National Historic Landmarks are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Current NHLs in Illinois

The following is a complete list of Illinois' National Historic Landmarks. They are listed here under their National Historic Landmark program names.

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[1] Landmark name Image Date designated[2] Location County Description
1 Robert S. Abbott House
Robert S. Abbott House
Robert S. Abbott House
 December 8, 1976
(#76000686) 		Chicago
41°48′29″N 87°36′58″W / 41.808068°N 87.616135°W / 41.808068; -87.616135 (Robert S. Abbott House) 		Cook A home of Robert S. Abbott, founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper.
2 Adler Planetarium
Adler Planetarium Entry
Adler Planetarium
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 February 27, 1987
(#87000819) 		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
The Auditorium Building was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan (1886–90).
Auditorium Building
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 May 15, 1975
(#70000230) 		Chicago
41°52′33″N 87°37′28″W / 41.875756°N 87.624370°W / 41.875756; -87.624370 (Auditorium Building) 		Cook Building designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.
4 Bishop Hill Colony
111976 HABS photo
Bishop Hill Colony
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 April 27, 1970
(#70000244) 		Bishop Hill
41°12′01″N 90°07′08″W / 41.2003°N 90.1189°W / 41.2003; -90.1189 (Bishop Hill Colony) 		Henry Historic district of Swedish dissident commune founded in 1846.
5 Cahokia Mounds
Monks Mound
Cahokia Mounds
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 July 19, 1964
(#66000899) 		Collinsville
38°39′14″N 90°03′52″W / 38.653889°N 90.064444°W / 38.653889; -90.064444 (Cahokia Mounds) 		Madison and St. Clair Largest archaeological site related to Mississippian culture, and largest pre-Columbian earthworks in North America north of Mexico. Also a UNESCO World Heritage Site
6 Carson, Pirie, Scott, and Company Store
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Carson, Pirie, Scott, and Company Store
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 May 15, 1975
(#70000231) 		Chicago
41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.881894°N 87.627780°W / 41.881894; -87.627780 (Carson, Pirie, Scott, and Company Store) 		Cook Architect Louis Sullivan-designed building.
7 James Charnley House
James Charnley Residence as it appeared in 1892
James Charnley House
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 August 5, 1998
(#70000232) 		Chicago
41°54′26″N 87°37′39″W / 41.907264°N 87.627597°W / 41.907264; -87.627597 (James Charnley House) 		Cook One of the few surviving residential works of Louis Sullivan and features major contributions by Frank Lloyd Wright.
8 Chicago Board of Trade Building
Chicago Board of Trade is one of the smaller skyscrapers now.
Chicago Board of Trade Building
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 June 2, 1978
(#78003181) 		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
2011 photo
Church of the Holy Family
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 April 15, 1970
(#70000851) 		Cahokia
38°34′13″N 90°11′18″W / 38.57035°N 90.18844°W / 38.57035; -90.18844 (Church of the Holy Family) 		St. Clair A church dating from 1799.
10 Columbus Park
Columbus Park Boathouse
Columbus Park
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 July 31, 2003
(#91000567) 		Chicago
41°52′26″N 87°46′11″W / 41.873889°N 87.769722°W / 41.873889; -87.769722 (Columbus Park) 		Cook Magnum opus of landscape architect Jens Jensen.
11 Arthur H. Compton House
Arthur H. Compton House
Arthur H. Compton House
 May 11, 1976
(#76000687) 		Chicago
41°47′33″N 87°35′47″W / 41.792435°N 87.596263°W / 41.792435; -87.596263 (Arthur H. Compton House) 		Cook Home of Nobel Prize–winning physicist who proved light has both wave and particle aspects, the Compton Effect.
12 Avery Coonley House
Avery Coonley House
Avery Coonley House
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 December 30, 1970
(#70000243) 		Riverside
41°49′07″N 87°49′43″W / 41.818629°N 87.828618°W / 41.818629; -87.828618 (Avery Coonley House) 		Cook Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home, in Riverside Historic District
13 Crow Island School
Crow Island School
Crow Island School
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 December 14, 1990
(#89001730) 		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 Perkins + Will and Eliel & Eero Saarinen. Model for the now-widespread Winnetka Plan school design.
14 Susan Lawrence Dana House
Plans for the Dana-Thomas House
Susan Lawrence Dana House
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 January 7, 1976
(#74000774) 		Springfield
39°47′38″N 89°39′07″W / 39.793930°N 89.652075°W / 39.793930; -89.652075 (Susan Lawrence Dana House) 		Sangamon A Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
15 David Davis House
The David Davis Mansion.
David Davis House
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 May 15, 1975
(#72001479) 		Bloomington
40°28′54″N 88°58′50″W / 40.481624°N 88.980419°W / 40.481624; -88.980419 (David Davis House) 		McLean Home of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Abraham Lincoln campaign manager David Davis.
16 Charles G. Dawes House
The Charles Gates Dawes House.
Charles G. Dawes House
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 December 8, 1976
(#76000706) 		Evanston
42°02′33″N 87°40′23″W / 42.042526°N 87.673084°W / 42.042526; -87.673084 (Charles G. Dawes House) 		Cook Home of Charles Gates Dawes, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Vice President to Calvin Coolidge.
17 John Deere Home and Shop
A modern-day blacksmith forging at John Deere House and Shop
John Deere Home and Shop
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 July 19, 1964
(#66000327) 		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 by John Deere.
18 Oscar Stanton DePriest House
Oscar Stanton DePriest House
Oscar Stanton DePriest House
 May 15, 1975
(#75000646) 		Chicago
41°48′35″N 87°37′05″W / 41.809769°N 87.617957°W / 41.809769; -87.617957 (Oscar Stanton DePriest House) 		Cook Home of the first post-Reconstruction African-American US congressman.
19 Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
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 May 11, 1976
(#76000690) 		Chicago
41°53′16″N 87°37′24″W / 41.887739°N 87.623409°W / 41.887739; -87.623409 (Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite) 		Cook Home of a Chicago's first settler, an African-American.
20 Eads Bridge
An 1875 drawing of Eads Bridge by Camille N. Dry.
Eads Bridge
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 January 29, 1964
(#66000946) 		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
Farm Creek Section
Farm Creek Section
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 December 9, 1997
(#91002039) 		East Peoria
40°40′32″N 89°29′23″W / 40.6755°N 89.4898°W / 40.6755; -89.4898 (Farm Creek Section) 		Tazewell Site of exposed geological strata.
22 Farnsworth House
Fransworth House photo
Farnsworth House
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 February 17, 2006
(#04000867) 		Plano
41°38′06″N 88°32′09″W / 41.634989°N 88.535722°W / 41.634989; -88.535722 (Farnsworth House) 		Kendall A one-room home designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
23 John Farson House
The John Farson House from the rear.
John Farson House
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 June 19, 1996
(#72000454) 		Oak Park
41°53′07″N 87°48′02″W / 41.885278°N 87.800556°W / 41.885278; -87.800556 (John Farson House) 		Cook The most famous work of George Washington Maher.
24 Fort De Chartres
Fort de Chartres powder magazine building
Fort De Chartres
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 October 9, 1960
(#66000329) 		Prairie du Rocher
38°05′05″N 90°09′29″W / 38.084652°N 90.157968°W / 38.084652; -90.157968 (Fort De Chartres) 		Randolph French fort built in 1720. Its powder magazine is believed to be oldest standing building in Illinois.
25 Fort Sheridan Historic District
Fort Sheridan Historic District.
Fort Sheridan Historic District
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 April 20, 1984
(#80001379) 		Fort Sheridan
42°12′45″N 87°48′38″W / 42.2125°N 87.810556°W / 42.2125; -87.810556 (Fort Sheridan Historic District) 		Lake An area originally established as a United States Army Post. The campus was designed by Holabird & Roche.
26 Henry Gerber House
A cream-colored two-story smooth-surfaced building with pointed projections and parapets above its roofline, arched doorways and stoops. In front are small trees in various stages of spring blossoming, and two silver parked SUVs.
Henry Gerber House
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 July 21, 2015
(#15000584) 		Chicago
41°54′47″N 87°38′10″W / 41.91308°N 87.63600°W / 41.91308; -87.63600 (Henry Gerber House) 		Cook Gerber established the Society for Human Rights, the first American gay rights organization, here in the 1920s.
27 John J. Glessner House
Glessner House
John J. Glessner House
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 January 7, 1976
(#70000233) 		Chicago
41°51′28″N 87°37′15″W / 41.857886°N 87.620784°W / 41.857886; -87.620784 (John J. Glessner House) 		Cook A 19th century house designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
28 Ulysses S. Grant Home
Ulysses S. Grant Home
Ulysses S. Grant Home
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 December 19, 1960
(#66000322) 		Galena
42°24′36″N 90°25′23″W / 42.410104°N 90.422924°W / 42.410104; -90.422924 (Ulysses S. Grant Home) 		Jo Daviess A house given to General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant following the Civil War. Grant was elected President of the United States while residing here.
29 Grosse Point Lighthouse
Grosse Point Light Station
Grosse Point Lighthouse
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 January 20, 1999
(#76000707) 		Evanston
42°03′50″N 87°40′34″W / 42.063889°N 87.676111°W / 42.063889; -87.676111 (Grosse Point Lighthouse) 		Cook A lighthouse on the shores of Lake Michigan, built in 1873 the wake of several shipping disasters.
30 Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
Haymarket Martyrs Monument
Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
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 February 18, 1997
(#97000343) 		Forest Park
41°52′11″N 87°49′11″W / 41.869793°N 87.819778°W / 41.869793; -87.819778 (Haymarket Martyrs' Monument) 		Cook A monument in Waldheim Cemetery commemorating the Haymarket Riot.
31 Hegeler-Carus Mansion
Hegler-Carus House photo
Hegeler-Carus Mansion
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 March 29, 2007
(#95000989) 		LaSalle
41°20′09″N 89°05′13″W / 41.335836°N 89.087053°W / 41.335836; -89.087053 (Hegeler-Carus Mansion) 		LaSalle Designed by Chicago architect William W. Boyington for Edward C. Hegeler, a partner in a nearby zinc company. It was later the home of his son-in-law, publisher and philosopher Paul Carus.
32 Isidore H. Heller House
A view of the east (front) and north elevations of the Heller House.
Isidore H. Heller House
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 August 18, 2004
(#72000450) 		Chicago
41°48′05″N 87°35′50″W / 41.801333°N 87.597089°W / 41.801333; -87.597089 (Isidore H. Heller House) 		Cook A Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
33 Arthur Heurtley House
Arthur Heurtley House
Arthur Heurtley House
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 February 16, 2000
(#00000258) 		Oak Park
41°53′34″N 87°47′59″W / 41.892722°N 87.799822°W / 41.892722; -87.799822 (Arthur Heurtley House) 		Cook Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
34 Hull House
Hull House as it looks today.
Hull House
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 June 23, 1965
(#66000315) 		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., founded by Jane Addams.
35 Illinois and Michigan Canal Locks And Towpath
Photo if Illinois-Michigan canal
Illinois and Michigan Canal Locks And Towpath
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 January 29, 1964
(#66000332) 		Joliet
41°34′11″N 88°04′11″W / 41.569722°N 88.069722°W / 41.569722; -88.069722 (Illinois and Michigan Canal Locks And Towpath) 		Will A canal that helped establish transportation from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. It established Chicago as a major center of commerce.
36 Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
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 August 7, 2001
(#74002197) 		Cahokia
38°34′12″N 90°11′14″W / 38.57011°N 90.18711°W / 38.57011; -90.18711 (Nicholas Jarrot Mansion) 		St. Clair A mansion built in 1799 for a fur trader.
37 Kennicott Grove
Robert Kennicott House
Kennicott Grove
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 January 7, 1976
(#73000698) 		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.
38 Kincaid Site
Kincaid Site
Kincaid Site
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 July 19, 1964
(#66000326) 		Brookport
37°04′50″N 88°29′30″W / 37.080575°N 88.491783°W / 37.080575; -88.491783 (Kincaid Site) 		Massac and Pope Archaeological site of one of the largest prehistoric Mississippian culture settlements.
39 Leiter II Building
Leiter II Building, South State & East Congress Streets, Chicago (HABS photo)
Leiter II Building
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 January 7, 1976
(#76000695) 		Chicago
41°52′28″N 87°37′39″W / 41.874477°N 87.627377°W / 41.874477; -87.627377 (Leiter II Building) 		Cook Longtime flagship store of Sears, Roebuck & Co., designed by William Le Baron Jenney.
40 Frank R. Lillie House
Frank R. Lillie House
Frank R. Lillie House
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 May 11, 1976
(#76000696) 		Chicago
41°47′22″N 87°35′35″W / 41.789545°N 87.593114°W / 41.789545; -87.593114 (Frank R. Lillie House) 		Cook Former home of embryologist Frank Rattray Lillie.
41 Abraham Lincoln Home
Lincoln home
Abraham Lincoln Home
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 December 19, 1960
(#71000076) 		Springfield
39°47′43″N 89°38′41″W / 39.795352°N 89.644724°W / 39.795352; -89.644724 (Abraham Lincoln Home) 		Sangamon The only house ever owned by America's 16th president.
42 Lincoln Park Lily Pool
Lincoln Park Lilly Pool
Lincoln Park Lily Pool
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 February 17, 2006
(#06000235) 		Chicago
41°55′31″N 87°38′03″W / 41.9253°N 87.6341°W / 41.9253; -87.6341 (Lincoln Park Lily Pool) 		Cook An example of Prairie School landscape architecture designed by Alfred Caldwell.
43 Lincoln Tomb
Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery
Lincoln Tomb
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 December 19, 1960
(#66000330) 		Springfield
39°49′24″N 89°39′21″W / 39.823333°N 89.655833°W / 39.823333; -89.655833 (Lincoln Tomb) 		Sangamon The tomb of America's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.
44 Vachel Lindsay House
Vachel Lindsay House
Vachel Lindsay House
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 November 11, 1971
(#71000297) 		Springfield
39°47′45″N 89°38′58″W / 39.795926°N 89.649441°W / 39.795926; -89.649441 (Vachel Lindsay House) 		Sangamon Home of poet Vachel Lindsay.
45 Owen Lovejoy House
Owen Lovejoy House
Owen Lovejoy House
 February 18, 1997
(#73000690) 		Princeton
41°22′18″N 89°26′55″W / 41.371664°N 89.448702°W / 41.371664; -89.448702 (Owen Lovejoy House) 		Bureau Home of prominent abolitionist Owen Lovejoy.
46 Marquette Building
Marquette Building
Marquette Building
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 January 7, 1976
(#73000697) 		Chicago
41°52′49″N 87°37′46″W / 41.880193°N 87.629371°W / 41.880193; -87.629371 (Marquette Building) 		Cook Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Roche.
47 Marshall Field Company Store
Marshall Fields Building
Marshall Field Company Store
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 June 2, 1978
(#78001123) 		Chicago
41°53′01″N 87°37′40″W / 41.883532°N 87.627850°W / 41.883532; -87.627850 (Marshall Field Company Store) 		Cook Designed by Daniel Burnham, it was the longtime flagship store of Marshall Field's.
48 Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
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 September 25, 1997
(#97001272) 		Morris
41°19′16″N 88°20′46″W / 41.321°N 88.346°W / 41.321; -88.346 (Mazon Creek Fossil Beds) 		Grundy Lagerstätte of fossils, best known as one of the only sites where Tully Monsters were found.
49 Pierre Menard House
HABS photo
Pierre Menard House
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 April 15, 1970
(#70000245) 		Ellis Grove
37°57′53″N 89°54′36″W / 37.9647°N 89.9099°W / 37.9647; -89.9099 (Pierre Menard House) 		Randolph House of fur trader Pierre Menard, the first lieutenant governor of Illinois.
50 Robert A. Millikan House
Robert A. Millikan House
Robert A. Millikan House
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 May 11, 1976
(#76000699) 		Chicago
41°47′35″N 87°35′47″W / 41.792918°N 87.596283°W / 41.792918; -87.596283 (Robert A. Millikan House) 		Cook Home of Robert A. Millikan, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
51 Modoc Rock Shelter
Modoc Rock Shelter
Modoc Rock Shelter
 January 20, 1961
(#66000328) 		Modoc
38°03′46″N 90°03′49″W / 38.062778°N 90.063611°W / 38.062778; -90.063611 (Modoc Rock Shelter) 		Randolph An archaeological site, a rock overhang used as shelter during the Archaic period in North America.
52 Montgomery Ward Company Complex
Montgomery Ward Company Complex
Montgomery Ward Company Complex
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 June 2, 1978
(#78001125) 		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.
53 Morrow Plots, University of Illinois
Morrow Plots
Morrow Plots, University of Illinois
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 May 23, 1968
(#68000024) 		Urbana
40°06′17″N 88°13′34″W / 40.104643°N 88.226136°W / 40.104643; -88.226136 (Morrow Plots, University of Illinois) 		Champaign World's oldest experimental corn field, and oldest experimental field in Western Hemisphere.
54 Nauvoo Historic District
Joseph Smith House
Nauvoo Historic District
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 January 20, 1961
(#66000321) 		Nauvoo
40°32′53″N 91°22′55″W / 40.548°N 91.382°W / 40.548; -91.382 (Nauvoo Historic District) 		Hancock A historic district based around a 19th-century Mormon settlement; beginning of the Mormon Trail.
55 New Philadelphia Townsite
New Philadelphia Townsite
New Philadelphia Townsite
 January 16, 2009
(#05000869) 		Barry
39°41′45″N 90°57′35″W / 39.695833°N 90.959722°W / 39.695833; -90.959722 (New Philadelphia Townsite) 		Pike Site of first U.S. settlement founded by an African-American.
56 Old Kaskaskia Village
Old Kaskaskia Village
Old Kaskaskia Village
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 July 19, 1964
(#66000324) 		Ottawa
41°19′19″N 88°57′36″W / 41.32194°N 88.96000°W / 41.32194; -88.96000 (Old Kaskaskia Village) 		LaSalle The best-documented Native American village in the Illinois River Valley.
57 Old Main, Knox College
Old Main
Old Main, Knox College
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 July 4, 1961
(#66000323) 		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.
58 Old State Capitol
Old Illinois State Capitol
Old State Capitol
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 July 4, 1961
(#66000331) 		Springfield
39°47′57″N 89°38′53″W / 39.799238°N 89.648143°W / 39.799238; -89.648143 (Old State Capitol) 		Sangamon The fifth capitol building of Illinois. Site of Lincoln's House Divided Speech.
59 Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards
Union Stock Yard Gate
Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards
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 May 29, 1981
(#72000451) 		Chicago
41°49′00″N 87°38′54″W / 41.816627°N 87.648364°W / 41.816627; -87.648364 (Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards) 		Cook Entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards, designed by John Wellboorn Root.
60 Orchestra Hall
Symphony Center
Orchestra Hall
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 April 19, 1994
(#78001127) 		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 designed by Daniel Burnham.
61 Principia College Historic District
Principia College Historic District
Principia College Historic District
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 April 19, 1993
(#93001605) 		Elsah
38°56′56″N 90°20′51″W / 38.94890°N 90.34753°W / 38.94890; -90.34753 (Principia College Historic District) 		Jersey One of the last major works by Bernard Maybeck.
62 Pullman Historic District
Hotel Florence
Pullman Historic District
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 December 30, 1970
(#69000054) 		Chicago
41°41′50″N 87°36′34″W / 41.697222°N 87.609444°W / 41.697222; -87.609444 (Pullman Historic District) 		Cook Another historic district of the Pullman Company, including the Hotel Florence.
63 Reliance Building
Reliance Building
Reliance Building
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 January 7, 1976
(#70000237) 		Chicago
41°52′57″N 87°37′40″W / 41.882382°N 87.627844°W / 41.882382; -87.627844 (Reliance Building) 		Cook A building designed by Burnham & Root.
64 Riverside Historic District
Avery Coonley House
Riverside Historic District
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 August 29, 1970
(#69000055) 		Riverside
41°49′54″N 87°48′49″W / 41.8318°N 87.8135°W / 41.8318; -87.8135 (Riverside Historic District) 		Cook Planned community designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
65 Frederick C. Robie House
Frederick C. Robie House
Frederick C. Robie House
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 November 27, 1963
(#66000316) 		Chicago
41°47′25″N 87°35′46″W / 41.790332°N 87.596214°W / 41.790332; -87.596214 (Frederick C. Robie House) 		Cook A Prairie style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908.
66 Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 1
Rock Island Arsenal
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 June 7, 1988
(#69000057) 		Rock Island
41°31′01″N 90°32′31″W / 41.516944°N 90.541944°W / 41.516944; -90.541944 (Rock Island Arsenal) 		Rock Island An arsenal and site of a large Union prison camp.
67 Rookery Building
Rookery Light Court
Rookery Building
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 May 15, 1975
(#70000238) 		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.
68 Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory
George Herbert Jones Laboratory entrance
Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory
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 May 28, 1967
(#67000005) 		Chicago
41°47′24″N 87°36′04″W / 41.790074°N 87.601018°W / 41.790074; -87.601018 (Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory) 		Cook The laboratory that first isolated plutonium and determined its atomic mass.
69 Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears Merchandise Building Tower
Sears, Roebuck and Company
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 June 2, 1978
(#78001129) 		Chicago
41°52′07″N 87°42′38″W / 41.868541°N 87.710573°W / 41.868541; -87.710573 (Sears, Roebuck and Company) 		Cook The headquarters of Sears, Roebuck and Company for almost seven decades.
70 Second Presbyterian Church
Saint Cecelia in the church narthex
Second Presbyterian Church
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 March 11, 2013
(#74000754) 		Chicago
41°51′21″N 87°37′28″W / 41.8558°N 87.6244°W / 41.8558; -87.6244 (Second Presbyterian Church) 		Cook This church is a masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts movement with an interior by Howard Van Doren Shaw.
71 Shedd Aquarium
Shedd Aquarium
Shedd Aquarium
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 February 27, 1987
(#87000820) 		Chicago
41°52′02″N 87°37′09″W / 41.867182°N 87.619236°W / 41.867182; -87.619236 (Shedd Aquarium) 		Cook Formerly the largest indoor aquarium in the world.
72 Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
Site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
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 February 18, 1965
(#66000314) 		Chicago
41°47′26″N 87°36′04″W / 41.790494°N 87.601043°W / 41.790494; -87.601043 (Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction) 		Cook Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction.
73 South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row North Historic District
Donahue Building
South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row North Historic District
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 January 7, 1976
(#76000705) 		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 North Historic District) 		Cook Encompasses four architecturally significant skyscrapers.
74 S.R. Crown Hall
Crown Hall
S.R. Crown Hall
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 August 7, 2001
(#01001049) 		Chicago
41°50′01″N 87°37′38″W / 41.833611°N 87.627222°W / 41.833611; -87.627222 (S.R. Crown Hall) 		Cook Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed architecture school building at Illinois Institute of Technology
75 Starved Rock
Starved Rock
Starved Rock
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 October 9, 1960
(#66000325) 		Ottawa
41°19′17″N 88°59′25″W / 41.321389°N 88.990278°W / 41.321389; -88.990278 (Starved Rock) 		LaSalle A Sandstone butte overlooking the Illinois River, purportedly the site of a massacre of the Illinois Confederation.
76 Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm
Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm
Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm
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 April 22, 2014
(#03000918) 		Mettawa
42°13′44″N 87°55′50″W / 42.228811°N 87.930538°W / 42.228811; -87.930538 (Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm) 		Lake Home of several-time candidate for United States President Adlai E. Stevenson II.
77 Lorado Taft Midway Studios
Lorado Taft Midway Studio
Lorado Taft Midway Studios
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 December 21, 1965
(#66000317) 		Chicago
41°47′07″N 87°36′10″W / 41.785402°N 87.602750°W / 41.785402; -87.602750 (Lorado Taft Midway Studios) 		Cook Studios of sculptor Lorado Taft, designed by Pond & Pond.
78 F.F. Tomek House
F. F. Tomek House
F.F. Tomek House
 January 20, 1999
(#99000632) 		Riverside
41°49′56″N 87°49′02″W / 41.832153°N 87.8171°W / 41.832153; -87.8171 (F.F. Tomek House) 		Cook A Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Riverside Historic District
79 Lyman Trumbull House
Lyman Trumbull House
Lyman Trumbull House
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 May 15, 1975
(#75000667) 		Alton
38°53′51″N 90°10′35″W / 38.897389°N 90.176415°W / 38.897389; -90.176415 (Lyman Trumbull House) 		Madison House of US Senator Lyman Trumbull. He co-authored the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
80 U-505 (German Submarine)
U-505 (German Submarine)
U-505 (German Submarine)
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 June 29, 1989
(#89001231) 		Chicago
41°51′52″N 87°36′57″W / 41.864543°N 87.615713°W / 41.864543; -87.615713 (U-505 (German Submarine)) 		Cook German U-Boat at Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
81 Unity Temple
Unity Temple
Unity Temple
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 December 30, 1970
(#70000240) 		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 designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
82 University Of Illinois Observatory
University of Illinois Observatory
University Of Illinois Observatory
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 December 20, 1989
(#86003155) 		Urbana
40°06′15″N 88°13′33″W / 40.104081°N 88.225712°W / 40.104081; -88.225712 (University Of Illinois Observatory) 		Champaign Site of pioneering research into photoelectric photometry, and the development of the photoelectric cell.
83 The Wayside
Home of Henry Demarest Lloyd
The Wayside
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 November 13, 1966
(#66000320) 		Winnetka
42°06′51″N 87°43′57″W / 42.114222°N 87.732475°W / 42.114222; -87.732475 (The Wayside) 		Cook Home of Henry Demarest Lloyd.
84 Ida B. Wells-Barnett House
Ida B. Wells-Barnett House on June 1, 2007
Ida B. Wells-Barnett House
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 May 30, 1974
(#74000757) 		Chicago
41°49′40″N 87°37′03″W / 41.827794°N 87.617504°W / 41.827794; -87.617504 (Ida B. Wells-Barnett House) 		Cook Former home of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells.
85 Frances Willard House
Frances Willard House
Frances Willard House
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 June 23, 1965
(#66000318) 		Evanston
42°02′54″N 87°40′43″W / 42.048287°N 87.678481°W / 42.048287; -87.678481 (Frances Willard House) 		Cook Former home of temperance reformer Frances Willard, and longtime headquarters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
86 Daniel Hale Williams House
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams House
Daniel Hale Williams House
 May 15, 1975
(#75000655) 		Chicago
41°49′06″N 87°36′55″W / 41.818425°N 87.615284°W / 41.818425; -87.615284 (Daniel Hale Williams House) 		Cook The former home of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, one of the first major African American surgeons.
87 Frank Lloyd Wright Home And Studio
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, in Oak Park
Frank Lloyd Wright Home And Studio
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 January 7, 1976
(#72000456) 		Oak Park
41°53′36″N 87°48′01″W / 41.893387°N 87.800182°W / 41.893387; -87.800182 (Frank Lloyd Wright Home And Studio) 		Cook Former home and studio of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Former NHLs in Illinois

Landmark name Image Date designated Date withdrawn Locality County Comment
1 Soldier Field (Grant Park Stadium) February 2, 1987 February 17, 2006 Chicago Cook Was declared an NHL on February 27, 1987. The designation was withdrawn on February 17, 2006.
2 President (Steamboat) SS President December 20, 1989 July 13, 2011 St. Elmo (formerly) Fayette (formerly) A steamboat, out of service, broken down into pieces, and for sale.

See also

References

  1. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  2. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  • "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Illinois (84)" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-18. Retrieved 2007-11-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Note this lists 85 current NHLs as well as 1 withdrawn NHL, and hence the overall count of 84 is due to crediting one (Eads Bridge) to Missouri.
  • National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service
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