There are more than 350 places listed on the United States
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in
Chicago, Illinois
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, including 83
historic districts that may include numerous historic buildings, structures, objects and sites. This total is documented in the tables referenced below.
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yields 367 listings because it includes boundary adjustments to existing historic districts and only includes Chicago listings through March 2010. Tables of these listings may be found in the following articles:
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National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago
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The first sites in Chicago to be listed were four listed on October 15, 1966, when the National Register was created by the
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propert ...
: the
settlement house
The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in United Kingdom and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and s ...
Hull House
Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of the city, Hull House (named after the original house's first owner Cha ...
, the
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...
-designed
Frederick C. Robie House, the
Lorado Taft Midway Studios
The Lorado Taft Midway Studios are a historic artist studio complex at South Ingleside Avenue and East 60th Street, on the campus of the University of Chicago on the South Side of Chicago. The architecturally haphazard structure, originating as ...
, and the
site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) was the world's first artificial nuclear reactor. On 2 December 1942, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated in CP-1, during an experiment led by Enrico Fermi. The secret development of t ...
. The NPS first incorporated previously named National Historic Landmarks, including these four. In total, thirty-four of the sites in Chicago are further designated
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...
s of the United States and there are three National Historic Landmark Districts, indicated by the darker colors in the tables.
There are numerous early
skyscraper buildings designed by
Louis Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...
, and at least three sites relate to the city's role in nationwide retailing. Included also are numerous religious buildings, 15 hotels, and six theaters. Fully 55 are located in the downtown
Loop area, including the
Loop Retail Historic District itself.
Chicago is a historic and continuing world port city due to its location on the
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lak ...
, which has an outlet to the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
via the
St. Lawrence Seaway. There are two listed properties that are watercraft: the ,
and a U.S. aircraft rescue vehicle,
AVR 661
AVR ''661'' is an R-1 type United States Air Force "crash boat", a boat used in air-sea rescues.
It is 85 feet long and has two Packard Marine 4M-2500 engines of 1500 horsepower, instead of the normal three that PT boats usually were equipped wi ...
. Two National Historic Landmark ships were formerly located in Chicago, but have been relocated out of state.
To be listed on the National Register, sites must retain their historic integrity, they usually must be 50 years old at least, and their listing must be promoted – or at least not opposed – by the current owner. As a result of these criteria, many historically important sites in Chicago are not yet listed. Over 100 are also among the
City of Chicago-designated landmarks, which include numerous more structures that do not yet meet National Register criteria for historic integrity or for other reasons have not been listed.
[The 108 Chicago Landmarks, which are also Registered Historic Places, can be seen by inspection of ]List of Chicago Landmarks
Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, archit ...
, which includes a column for date of NRHP listing. All 292 Chicago Landmarks are listed at
this Chicago Landmarks Commission list
See also
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List of Chicago Landmarks
Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, archit ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois
This is a list of properties and districts in Illinois that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total. Of these, 85 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in all of the state's 102 counties.
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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 ...
References
External links
National Register Focus database National Park Service.
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