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|   Riverside, Illinois master plan
in Olmsted Designed Parks Olmsted is credited, together with his partner Calvert Vaux, with creating one of the first modern American suburbs--Riverside, IL. posted by:  adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 11/14/2008 last visited: never |
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|  Tomek, F.F., House - Riverside, IL
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places F.F. Tomek House, also known as The Ship House or as the Ferdinand Frederick and Emily Tomek House, is an example of a prairie style house. Also see waymark WM2EN9. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/31/2008 last visited: never |
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in Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Buildings "Prototype" for the Robie House in the Frederick Olmstead-designed Village of Riverside. Follow the braided streets only a short side-trip off Route 66 on the way to the Coonley Estate residences. posted by:  KxRt66 location: Illinois date approved: 10/21/2007 last visited: 09/27/2008 |
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|  St. Mary School Peace Pole (Riverside, IL)
in Peace Poles Dedicated 9/11/2003, on the lawn in front of the school. I was alerted to this pole from an article in a local newspaper called The Doings. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 12/04/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW0.5 km |  Riverside (IL) Historic Water Tower
in Water Towers The Riverside Improvement Company sunk a well and built a 108-foot water tower designed by William LeBaron Jenney by 1870. Located at 10 Pine Avenue. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/01/2008 last visited: 05/18/2008 |
 view gallerySW0.5 km | Riverside Historic District - Riverside, IL in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Riverside Landscape Architectural District was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. That recognition is enhanced because of the Village's association with world-famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/08/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW0.5 km |  Riverside Historical Commission Museum - Riverside, IL
in History Museums The Riverside Historical Museum is located in Riverside's historic Water Tower Pump House and is managed and operated by the seven-member volunteer Riverside Historical Commission. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/07/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW0.5 km |  Town Hall - Riverside, IL
in City and Town Halls Riverside government offices are housed therein. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/09/2008 last visited: 01/22/2009 |
 view gallerySW0.5 km |  Longcommon Rd., Burling Rd. & Riverside Dr. - Riverside, IL
in Blue Star Memorial Highway Markers Located in a downtown park amongst the markers for a veteran's memorial. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/06/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW0.5 km |  Veterans Memorial - Riverside, IL
in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials Originally commemorating WW 1 & 2, markers for other conflicts were later added. Blue Star waymark WM3H3Q also on this site. In a park in central Riverside. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/08/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS0.5 km |  William T. Allen house - Riverside, IL
in Victorian Style Architecture Located on Riverside Road, it features Italianate design, with bracketed eaves, window crowns, and tall and narrow bracketed and pedimented windows that sometimes pierce the roof line and eaves with fine and detail work.
posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/27/2009 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW0.5 km |  Riverside Public Library - Riverside, IL
in Libraries The Riverside library is located on the banks of the Des Plaines
River. It has been serving the historic community of Riverside,
Illinois since 1931. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/06/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS0.6 km |  H. Wallace Caldwell Memorial Bridge - Riverside, IL
in Pedestrian Suspension Bridges Pedestrian bridge over the Des Plaines River, located behind the police & fire station. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/06/2008 last visited: 01/22/2009 |
 view gallerySW0.8 km |  Bourbon Spring plaque - Riverside, IL
in Illinois Historical Markers Bronze plaque atop a square stone foundation that resembles a well at what is known as the Bourbon Spring. It memorializes three separate 1830s events, involving General Scott, Jean Baptiste Beaubien, and Daniel Webster. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/28/2009 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW1 km |  Des Plaines River - Riverside, IL
in River Gauges Gauge RVRI2 is along the Des Plaines River in Riverside, IL. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date approved: 08/15/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryS1.1 km | Lyons, IL in City and Town Halls Village Hall for Lyons, IL, on Ogden Avenue in the western suburbs of Chicago. An addition to the original hall makes the complex the current "Municipal Center". posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/28/2008 last visited: 04/15/2009 |
 view galleryS1.1 km |  Lyons (IL) World War 1 Memorial, Artillery Display and Eternal Flame
in World War I Memorials and Monuments Public display located on Ogden Avenue. Two cannons, stone marker, eternal flame and flag pole. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/29/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS1.1 km |  Lyons (IL) World War 1 Memorial, Artillery Display and Eternal Flame
in Static Artillery Displays Public display located on Ogden Avenue. Two cannons, stone marker, eternal flame and flag pole. WW1 marker from Emil Scheive Post 699 American Legion.
posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/29/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS1.1 km |  Lyons (IL) World War 1 Memorial Eternal Flame
in Eternal Flames Public display located on Ogden Avenue. Two cannons, stone marker, eternal flame and flag pole. Marker from Emil Scheive Post 699 American Legion.
posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/29/2008 last visited: never |
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|  Plank Road Inn, Ogden Ave., Lyons, IL
in Plank Roads Plank Road Inn open for business posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 12/17/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Brookfield Zoo Mold-a-Rama - Dolphin
in Mold-a-Rama Machines Outside the Dolphin habitat. There are at least two others in this zoo. posted by:  Markwell location: Illinois date approved: 12/29/2006 last visited: 09/03/2014 |
 view galleryW1.3 km |  Olga the Walrus - Brookfield Zoo
in Animal Memorials Olga, an Atlantic walrus known to millions, was a highlight of zoo visits from 1962 to 1988. posted by: cldisme location: Illinois date approved: 09/22/2007 last visited: 04/04/2010 |
 view gallerySW1.4 km | Hofman Tower - Lyons, IL in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Eight stories tall, built of structural steel & concrete, it looks like a medieval castle. Built in 1908 by brewer Goerge Hofmann as the identifiable focal point of a picnic area, boat launch and beer garden on the Des Plaines River. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/03/2008 last visited: 04/05/2022 |
 view gallerySW1.4 km |  Hofman Tower & Dam - Lyons, IL
in Water Dams Built in 1908 by brewer George Hofmann as the identifiable focal point of a picnic area, boat launch and beer garden on the Des Plaines River. On US National Register of Historic Places - see waymark WM3G5W. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/06/2008 last visited: never |
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| Dunham, Arthur J., House - Berwyn, IL in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Two story residence built in 1906 in the Prairie Style and owned and lived in by the same family for over 100 years. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/21/2010 last visited: never |
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