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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Farnsworth House
A one-room home designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: John Farson House
The most famous work of George Washington Maher.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Il: Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
Home of a Chicago's first settler, an African-American.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Sears, Roebuck, and Company
The headquarters of Sears, Roebuck, and Company for almost seven decades.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Eads Bridge
A combined road and railway bridge which was, when completed in 1874, the longest arch bridge in the world. Extends into St. Louis, Missouri.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Vachel Lindsay House
Home of poet Vachel Lindsay.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Ida B. Wells Barnett House
Former home of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Orchestra Hall
A symphony hall designed by Daniel Burnham.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Shedd Aquarium
Formerly the largest indoor aquarium in the world.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Rock Island Arsenal
An arsenal and site of a large Union prison camp.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Hull House
One of the first settlement houses in the U.S., founded by Jane Addams.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Unity Temple
A temple designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: John Deere Home and Shop
Site of the invention of the first steel plow by John Deere.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Second Presbyterian Church
This church is a masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts movement with an interior by Howard Van Doren Shaw.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Fort Sheridan Historic District
An area originally established as a United States Army Post. The campus was designed by Holabird & Roche.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Robert A. Millikan House
Home of Robert A. Millikan, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Daniel Hale Williams House
The former home of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, one of the first major African American surgeons.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: John J. Glessner House
A 19th century house designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Arthur Heurtley House
Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Kennicott Grove
The home of Robert Kennicott, an American naturalist.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Modoc Rock Shelter
An archaeological site, a rock overhang used as shelter during the Archaic period in North America.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Chicago Board of Trade Building
Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Root, housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
A mansion built in 1799 for a fur trader.