List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois

There are 88 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.

Illinois National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)

The National Historic Landmark Program is administered by the National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior. The National Park Service determines which properties meet NHL criteria and makes nomination recommendations after an owner notification process.[1] The Secretary of the Interior reviews nominations and, based on a set of predetermined criteria, makes a decision on NHL designation or a determination of eligibility for designation.[2] Both public and privately owned properties can be designated as NHLs. This designation provides indirect, partial protection of the historic integrity of the properties via tax incentives, grants, monitoring of threats, and other means.[1] Owners may object to the nomination of the property as a NHL. When this is the case the Secretary of the Interior can only designate a site as eligible for designation.[2]

Current NHLs in Illinois
# National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark District
* Delisted Landmark
  • Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Different colors, defined here, differentiate the National Historic Landmark Districts from other NHL buildings, structures, sites or objects.
[3] Landmark name Image Date designated[4] Location County Description
1 Robert S. Abbott House
Robert S. Abbott House
 December 8, 1976
(#76000686)		 Chicago
41°48′29″N 87°36′58″W		 Cook A home of Robert S. Abbott, founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper.
2 Adler Planetarium
Adler Planetarium
 February 27, 1987
(#87000819)		 Chicago
41°51′59″N 87°36′27″W		 Cook First and oldest planetarium in the western hemisphere.
3 Auditorium Building
Auditorium Building
 May 15, 1975
(#70000230)		 Chicago
41°52′33″N 87°37′28″W		 Cook Building designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.
4 Bishop Hill Colony
Bishop Hill Colony
 April 27, 1970
(#70000244)		 Bishop Hill
41°12′01″N 90°07′08″W		 Henry Historic district of Swedish dissident commune founded in 1846.
5 Cahokia Mounds
Cahokia Mounds
 July 19, 1964
(#66000899)		 Collinsville
38°39′14″N 90°03′52″W		 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 Store
 May 15, 1975
(#70000231)		 Chicago
41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W		 Cook Architect Louis Sullivan-designed building.
7 James Charnley House
James Charnley House
 August 5, 1998
(#70000232)		 Chicago
41°54′26″N 87°37′39″W		 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 Building
 June 2, 1978
(#78003181)		 Chicago
41°52′41″N 87°37′56″W		 Cook Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Root, housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930.
9 Church of the Holy Family
Church of the Holy Family
 April 15, 1970
(#70000851)		 Cahokia
38°34′13″N 90°11′18″W		 St. Clair A church dating from 1799.
10 Columbus Park
Columbus Park
 July 31, 2003
(#91000567)		 Chicago
41°52′26″N 87°46′11″W		 Cook Magnum opus of landscape architect Jens Jensen.
11 Arthur H. Compton House
Arthur H. Compton House
 May 11, 1976
(#76000687)		 Chicago
41°47′33″N 87°35′47″W		 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
 December 30, 1970
(#70000243)		 Riverside
41°49′07″N 87°49′43″W		 Cook Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home, in Riverside Historic District
13 Crow Island School
Crow Island School
 December 14, 1990
(#89001730)		 Winnetka
42°06′04″N 87°44′46″W		 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
Susan Lawrence Dana House
 January 7, 1976
(#74000774)		 Springfield
39°47′38″N 89°39′07″W		 Sangamon A Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
15 David Davis House
David Davis House
 May 15, 1975
(#72001479)		 Bloomington
40°28′54″N 88°58′50″W		 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
Charles G. Dawes House
 December 8, 1976
(#76000706)		 Evanston
42°02′33″N 87°40′23″W		 Cook Home of Charles Gates Dawes, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Vice President to Calvin Coolidge.
17 John Deere Home and Shop
John Deere Home and Shop
 July 19, 1964
(#66000327)		 Grand Detour
41°53′48″N 89°24′53″W		 Ogle Site of the invention of the first steel plow by John Deere.
18 Oscar Stanton DePriest House
Oscar Stanton DePriest House
 May 15, 1975
(#75000646)		 Chicago
41°48′35″N 87°37′05″W		 Cook Home of the first post-Reconstruction African-American US congressman.
19 Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
 May 11, 1976
(#76000690)		 Chicago
41°53′16″N 87°37′24″W		 Cook Home of a Chicago's first settler, an African-American.
20 Eads Bridge
Eads Bridge
 January 29, 1964
(#66000946)		 East St. Louis
38°37′39″N 90°11′08″W		 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
 December 9, 1997
(#91002039)		 East Peoria
40°40′32″N 89°29′23″W		 Tazewell Site of exposed geological strata.
22 Farnsworth House
Farnsworth House
 February 17, 2006
(#04000867)		 Plano
41°38′06″N 88°32′09″W		 Kendall A one-room home designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
23 John Farson House
John Farson House
 June 19, 1996
(#72000454)		 Oak Park
41°53′07″N 87°48′02″W		 Cook The most famous work of George Washington Maher.
24 Fort De Chartres
Fort De Chartres
 October 9, 1960
(#66000329)		 Prairie du Rocher
38°05′05″N 90°09′29″W		 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
 April 20, 1984
(#80001379)		 Fort Sheridan
42°12′45″N 87°48′38″W		 Lake An area originally established as a United States Army Post. The campus was designed by Holabird & Roche.
26 Henry Gerber House
Henry Gerber House
 July 21, 2015
(#15000584)		 Chicago
41°54′47″N 87°38′10″W		 Cook Gerber established the Society for Human Rights, the first American gay rights organization, here in the 1920s.
27 John J. Glessner House
John J. Glessner House
 January 7, 1976
(#70000233)		 Chicago
41°51′28″N 87°37′15″W		 Cook A 19th century house designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
28 Ulysses S. Grant Home
Ulysses S. Grant Home
 December 19, 1960
(#66000322)		 Galena
42°24′36″N 90°25′23″W		 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 Lighthouse
 January 20, 1999
(#76000707)		 Evanston
42°03′50″N 87°40′34″W		 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
 February 18, 1997
(#97000343)		 Forest Park
41°52′11″N 87°49′11″W		 Cook A monument in Waldheim Cemetery commemorating the Haymarket Riot.
31 Hegeler-Carus Mansion
Hegeler-Carus Mansion
 March 29, 2007
(#95000989)		 LaSalle
41°20′09″N 89°05′13″W		 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
Isidore H. Heller House
 August 18, 2004
(#72000450)		 Chicago
41°48′05″N 87°35′50″W		 Cook A Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
33 Arthur Heurtley House
Arthur Heurtley House
 February 16, 2000
(#00000258)		 Oak Park
41°53′34″N 87°47′59″W		 Cook Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.
34 Hull House
Hull House
 June 23, 1965
(#66000315)		 Chicago
41°52′17″N 87°38′50″W		 Cook One of the first settlement houses in the U.S., founded by Jane Addams.
35 Illinois and Michigan Canal Locks And Towpath
Illinois and Michigan Canal Locks And Towpath
 January 29, 1964
(#66000332)		 Joliet
41°34′11″N 88°04′11″W		 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
 August 7, 2001
(#74002197)		 Cahokia
38°34′12″N 90°11′14″W		 St. Clair A mansion built in 1799 for a fur trader.
37 Kennicott Grove
Kennicott Grove
 January 7, 1976
(#73000698)		 Glenview
42°05′13″N 87°52′12″W		 Cook The home of Robert Kennicott, an American naturalist.
38 Kincaid Site
Kincaid Site
 July 19, 1964
(#66000326)		 Brookport
37°04′50″N 88°29′30″W		 Massac and Pope Archaeological site of one of the largest prehistoric Mississippian culture settlements.
39 Leiter II Building
Leiter II Building
 January 7, 1976
(#76000695)		 Chicago
41°52′28″N 87°37′39″W		 Cook Longtime flagship store of Sears, Roebuck & Co., designed by William Le Baron Jenney.
40 Frank R. Lillie House
Frank R. Lillie House
 May 11, 1976
(#76000696)		 Chicago
41°47′22″N 87°35′35″W		 Cook Former home of embryologist Frank Rattray Lillie.
41 Abraham Lincoln Home
Abraham Lincoln Home
 December 19, 1960
(#71000076)		 Springfield
39°47′43″N 89°38′41″W		 Sangamon The only house ever owned by America's 16th president.
42 Lincoln Park Lily Pool
Lincoln Park Lily Pool
 February 17, 2006
(#06000235)		 Chicago
41°55′31″N 87°38′03″W		 Cook An example of Prairie School landscape architecture designed by Alfred Caldwell.
43 Lincoln Tomb
Lincoln Tomb
 December 19, 1960
(#66000330)		 Springfield
39°49′24″N 89°39′21″W		 Sangamon The tomb of America's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.
44 Vachel Lindsay House
Vachel Lindsay House
 November 11, 1971
(#71000297)		 Springfield
39°47′45″N 89°38′58″W		 Sangamon Home of poet Vachel Lindsay.
45 Owen Lovejoy House
Owen Lovejoy House
 February 18, 1997
(#73000690)		 Princeton
41°22′18″N 89°26′55″W		 Bureau Home of prominent abolitionist Owen Lovejoy.
46 Marquette Building
Marquette Building
 January 7, 1976
(#73000697)		 Chicago
41°52′49″N 87°37′46″W		 Cook Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Roche.
47 Marshall Field Company Store
Marshall Field Company Store
 June 2, 1978
(#78001123)		 Chicago
41°53′01″N 87°37′40″W		 Cook Designed by Daniel Burnham, it was the longtime flagship store of Marshall Field's.
48 Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
 September 25, 1997
(#97001272)		 Morris
41°19′16″N 88°20′46″W		 Grundy Lagerstätte of fossils, best known as one of the only sites where Tully Monsters were found.
49 Pierre Menard House
Pierre Menard House
 April 15, 1970
(#70000245)		 Ellis Grove
37°57′53″N 89°54′36″W		 Randolph House of fur trader Pierre Menard, the first lieutenant governor of Illinois.
50 Robert A. Millikan House
Robert A. Millikan House
 May 11, 1976
(#76000699)		 Chicago
41°47′35″N 87°35′47″W		 Cook Home of Robert A. Millikan, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
51 Modoc Rock Shelter
Modoc Rock Shelter
 January 20, 1961
(#66000328)		 Modoc
38°03′46″N 90°03′49″W		 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
 June 2, 1978
(#78001125)		 Chicago
41°53′47″N 87°38′36″W		 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, University of Illinois
 May 23, 1968
(#68000024)		 Urbana
40°06′17″N 88°13′34″W		 Champaign World's oldest experimental corn field, and oldest experimental field in Western Hemisphere.
54 Nauvoo Historic District
Nauvoo Historic District
 January 20, 1961
(#66000321)		 Nauvoo
40°32′53″N 91°22′55″W		 Hancock A historic district based around a 19th-century Mormon settlement; beginning of the Mormon Trail.
55 New Philadelphia Townsite
New Philadelphia Townsite
 January 16, 2009
(#05000869)		 Barry
39°41′45″N 90°57′35″W		 Pike Site of first U.S. settlement founded by an African-American.
56 Old Kaskaskia Village
Old Kaskaskia Village
 July 19, 1964
(#66000324)		 Ottawa
41°19′19″N 88°57′36″W		 LaSalle The best-documented Native American village in the Illinois River Valley.
57 Old Main, Knox College
Old Main, Knox College
 July 4, 1961
(#66000323)		 Galesburg
40°56′29″N 90°22′14″W		 Knox Best-preserved site of one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
58 Old State Capitol
Old State Capitol
 July 4, 1961
(#66000331)		 Springfield
39°47′57″N 89°38′53″W		 Sangamon The fifth capitol building of Illinois. Site of Lincoln's House Divided Speech.
59 Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards
Old Stone Gate, Chicago Union Stockyards
 May 29, 1981
(#72000451)		 Chicago
41°49′00″N 87°38′54″W		 Cook Entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards, designed by John Wellboorn Root.
60 Orchestra Hall
Orchestra Hall
 April 19, 1994
(#78001127)		 Chicago
41°52′45″N 87°37′28″W		 Cook A symphony hall designed by Daniel Burnham.
61 Principia College Historic District
Principia College Historic District
 April 19, 1993
(#93001605)		 Elsah
38°56′56″N 90°20′51″W		 Jersey One of the last major works by Bernard Maybeck.
62 Pullman Historic District
Pullman Historic District
 December 30, 1970
(#69000054)		 Chicago
41°41′50″N 87°36′34″W		 Cook Another historic district of the Pullman Company, including the Hotel Florence.
63 Reliance Building
Reliance Building
 January 7, 1976
(#70000237)		 Chicago
41°52′57″N 87°37′40″W		 Cook A building designed by Burnham & Root.
64 Riverside Historic District
Riverside Historic District
 August 29, 1970
(#69000055)		 Riverside
41°49′54″N 87°48′49″W		 Cook Planned community designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
65 Frederick C. Robie House
Frederick C. Robie House
 November 27, 1963
(#66000316)		 Chicago
41°47′25″N 87°35′46″W		 Cook A Prairie style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908.
66 Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island Arsenal
 June 7, 1988
(#69000057)		 Rock Island
41°31′01″N 90°32′31″W		 Rock Island An arsenal and site of a large Union prison camp.
67 Rookery Building
Rookery Building
 May 15, 1975
(#70000238)		 Chicago
41°52′45″N 87°37′56″W		 Cook An office building designed by Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root.
68 Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory
Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory
 May 28, 1967
(#67000005)		 Chicago
41°47′24″N 87°36′04″W		 Cook The laboratory that first isolated plutonium and determined its atomic mass.
69 Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears, Roebuck and Company
 June 2, 1978
(#78001129)		 Chicago
41°52′07″N 87°42′38″W		 Cook The headquarters of Sears, Roebuck and Company for almost seven decades.
70 Second Presbyterian Church
Second Presbyterian Church
 March 11, 2013
(#74000754)		 Chicago
41°51′21″N 87°37′28″W		 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
 February 27, 1987
(#87000820)		 Chicago
41°52′02″N 87°37′09″W		 Cook Formerly the largest indoor aquarium in the world.
72 Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
 February 18, 1965
(#66000314)		 Chicago
41°47′26″N 87°36′04″W		 Cook Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction.
73 South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row North Historic District
South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row North Historic District
 January 7, 1976
(#76000705)		 Chicago
41°52′36″N 87°37′41″W		 Cook Encompasses four architecturally significant skyscrapers.
74 S.R. Crown Hall
S.R. Crown Hall
 August 7, 2001
(#01001049)		 Chicago
41°50′01″N 87°37′38″W		 Cook Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed architecture school building at Illinois Institute of Technology
75 Starved Rock
Starved Rock
 October 9, 1960
(#66000325)		 Ottawa
41°19′17″N 88°59′25″W		 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
 April 22, 2014
(#03000918)		 Mettawa
42°13′44″N 87°55′50″W		 Lake Home of several-time candidate for United States President Adlai E. Stevenson II.
77 Lorado Taft Midway Studios
Lorado Taft Midway Studios
 December 21, 1965
(#66000317)		 Chicago
41°47′07″N 87°36′10″W		 Cook Studios of sculptor Lorado Taft, designed by Pond & Pond.
78 F.F. Tomek House
F.F. Tomek House
 January 20, 1999
(#99000632)		 Riverside
41°49′56″N 87°49′02″W		 Cook A Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Riverside Historic District
79 Lyman Trumbull House
Lyman Trumbull House
 May 15, 1975
(#75000667)		 Alton
38°53′51″N 90°10′35″W		 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)
 June 29, 1989
(#89001231)		 Chicago
41°51′52″N 87°36′57″W		 Cook German U-boat at Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
81 Unity Temple
Unity Temple
 December 30, 1970
(#70000240)		 Oak Park
41°53′19″N 87°47′48″W		 Cook A temple designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
82 University Of Illinois Observatory
University Of Illinois Observatory
 December 20, 1989
(#86003155)		 Urbana
40°06′15″N 88°13′33″W		 Champaign Site of pioneering research into photoelectric photometry, and the development of the photoelectric cell.
83 The Wayside
The Wayside
 November 13, 1966
(#66000320)		 Winnetka
42°06′51″N 87°43′57″W		 Cook Home of Henry Demarest Lloyd.
84 Ida B. Wells-Barnett House
Ida B. Wells-Barnett House
 May 30, 1974
(#74000757)		 Chicago
41°49′40″N 87°37′03″W		 Cook Former home of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells.
85 Frances Willard House
Frances Willard House
 June 23, 1965
(#66000318)		 Evanston
42°02′54″N 87°40′43″W		 Cook Former home of temperance reformer Frances Willard, and longtime headquarters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
86 Daniel Hale Williams House
Daniel Hale Williams House
 May 15, 1975
(#75000655)		 Chicago
41°49′06″N 87°36′55″W		 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
 January 7, 1976
(#72000456)		 Oak Park
41°53′36″N 87°48′01″W		 Cook Former home and studio of Frank Lloyd Wright.
88 Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field
 September 23, 2020[5][lower-alpha 1][7]
(#100005739)		 Chicago
41°56′50″N 87°39′23″W		 Cook Second-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball and only remaining Federal League ballpark, home of the Chicago Cubs.

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) 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

Notes
  1. Eligibility was granted in 1987[6]

References
  1. "National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers". National Historic Landmarks Program. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  2. "Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 65". US Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Wrigley Field Designated as a National Historic Landmark" (Press release). United States Department of the Interior. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20200530080906/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/wrigley-field.htm
  7. "Weekly list of actions, 11/27/20 to 12/04/20". National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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