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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesSears, Roebuck and Company Complex - Chicago, IL

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Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex includes the Sears Merchandise Building Tower and the Sears, Roebuck and Company Administration Building.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 04/14/2009

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesGarfield Park - Chicago, IL

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Located in the East Garfield Park Community, Garfield Park totals 184.72 acres and features the Golden Dome field house and adjacent Garfield Park Conservatory, a popular destination for special events and the vast array of flower shows.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 06/22/2013

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesTri-Taylor Historic District - Chicago, IL

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19th century Queen Anne cottages and vintage row houses, now being gentrified. Roughly bounded on the N by Oakley, Harrison and Claremont Sts. and on the SE by Taylor and Oakley Sts, and just N of Ogden Avenue.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 09/01/2008

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesCermak, Anton, House - Chicago, IL

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A new addition to the National Register in 2011, the former Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak’s house that he inhabited for 10 years until his assassination in 1933.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 11/09/2011

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesCook County Hospital Administration Building - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nationally significant for its association with the history of medicine, public health and its importance to immigrants, minority populations and the poor.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 09/04/2008

last visited: 01/13/2009

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesHumboldt Park - Chicago, IL

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The park was named for Alexander Von Humboldt, a German naturalist and geographer. It is part of Chicago's Westside parks system which is linked together via Chicago's historic boulevards.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 06/23/2013

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesHoly Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral and Rectory - Chicago, IL

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Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral is the Cathedral Church of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the Midwest. It is one of only two churches designed by Louis Sullivan, one of the seminal architects of the 20th century.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 07/11/2009

last visited: 10/15/2016

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesSt. Ignatius College - Chicago, IL

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St. Ignatius College (now Prep) is a coeducational Jesuit secondary school founded in 1869 by Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J. The main building is one of the few buildings in Chicago that predates the Great Fire of 1871.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 09/09/2009

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesSouth Water Market - Chicago, IL

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When South Water Street was made over into Wacker Drive there was a wholesale exodus of the scores of commission houses to a new home - the South Water Market between Fourteenth Place and Fifteenth Street from Morgan Street to Racine.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 08/25/2009

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesColumbus Park - Chicago, IL

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Located 7 miles from downtown Chicago is beautiful Columbus Park, a landscape of wildflowers, waterfalls, stepping-stone paths, and a prairie river - all the masterpiece of landscape architect Jens Jensen.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 09/08/2009

last visited: 09/23/2009

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U.S. National Register of Historic Places7th District Police Station - Chicago, IL

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The 7th District Police Station, or Maxwell Street Station in Chicago, Illinois was built in 1888 in response to the need for increased police presence in "Bloody Maxwell", known colloquially as "the Wickedest Police District in the World."

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 09/09/2009

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesMaxwell Street Historic District - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The former Jewish open market and home of Chicago blues performers is now marked by upscale establishments and historical plaques and small sculptures.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 01/11/2014

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesSt. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church - Chicago, IL

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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Go Boilers!

location: Illinois

date approved: 09/08/2008

last visited: 05/08/2014

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesLou Mitchell's Restaurant - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Located near the start of Route 66 and frequented by many people on the start of their journey, earning it the nickname "the first stop on the Mother Road." See also waymark WM3C99 in Rt 66 category.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 04/02/2008

last visited: 03/08/2019

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesSchoenhofen Brewery Historic District - Chicago, IL

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Remnants of the pre-Prohibition era Schoenhofen Brewery, first erected at 18th and Canalport in 1862, are still impressive.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 04/11/2016

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesUnited States Post Office - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Also known as Old Chicago Main Post Office, it is a nine story, with 14 story corner towers, building designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, built in 1921 in classical revival / art deco style.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 06/01/2009

last visited: 05/08/2014

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesBrooks Building - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Brooks Building was built in 1910 and is an early example of Chicago School of architecture.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member cldisme

location: Illinois

date approved: 09/29/2007

last visited: 10/22/2009

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesFisher Building - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

An early skyscraper clad in Gothic-inspired terra-cotta.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member cldisme

location: Illinois

date approved: 09/29/2007

last visited: 10/08/2009

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesLogan Square Boulevards Historic District - Chicago, IL

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Historic Logan Square was created at the northernmost terminus of the West Parks Boulevard System in the 1870's.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 09/08/2009

last visited: 01/10/2012

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesSpiegel Office Building - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Spiegel Office Building is an individually listed building within Chicago's Central Manufacturing District historic district.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member libbykc

location: Illinois

date approved: 11/27/2020

last visited: never

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesChicago Board of Trade Building - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Since 1930 the Chicago Board of Trade has been housed in this 605 foot building by Holabird and Root. The building is designed in the art deco style and is the tallest art deco building in the world outside of New York.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Hikenutty

location: Illinois

date approved: 07/28/2007

last visited: 05/24/2023

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesOne North LaSalle Building - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Standing squarely in Chicago’s financial district helping to define that famous business corridor, this is a no-nonsense building designed to create profit for its owners, provide its tenants with functional space and impress the public at large.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 03/12/2010

last visited: 03/22/2013

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesDearborn Station - Chicago, IL

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This Romanesque Revival-style station symbolized the burgeoning railroad industry in America and Chicago's role as the hub of that industry. Also known as Polk Street Station.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 08/27/2008

last visited: 10/14/2015

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesManhattan Building - Chicago, IL

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The oldest surviving commercial office building (first skyscraper to attain 16 stories) by William LeBaron Jenney, the noted architect who brought the techniques of skyscraper skeletal construction to maturity, constructed from 1889 to 1891.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 10/09/2009

last visited: 06/22/2014

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesOld Colony Building - Chicago,IL

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A 17-story landmark building in the Chicago Loop community area, designed by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche in 1893-94, the building was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1978.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date approved: 10/09/2009

last visited: 06/22/2014

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