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Illinois

2,035 listed places across 102 counties, 92 of them National Historic Landmarks.

2,035
Listings
92
National Historic Landmarks
369
Historic districts
102
Counties with listings

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By county

Cook 624Lake 97Kane 87Sangamon 66Champaign 62Du Page 52Madison 47Fulton 43Winnebago 43Will 39McLean 37Peoria 36La Salle 34Ogle 29Rock Island 29St. Clair 29Adams 27Coles 23Jersey 21Jackson 20Jo Daviess 19Bureau 19Randolph 18De Kalb 18Stephenson 16Henry 16Tazewell 16Livingston 15Kankakee 15McHenry 14Vermilion 14Whiteside 14Pike 13Montgomery 13Mercer 12Greene 12Logan 12Morgan 11Warren 11Macon 11Kendall 11Hancock 10Lee 10White 10Edgar 9Marion 9Clark 9McDonough 8Alexander 8Macoupin 8Woodford 8Crawford 8Union 8Knox 7Calhoun 7Gallatin 7Iroquois 7Grundy 7Monroe 6Carroll 6Clay 6Boone 6Shelby 6Piatt 6Menard 6Ford 5Christian 5Williamson 5Hardin 5Henderson 4Mason 4Putnam 4Fayette 4Pulaski 4Richland 4Hamilton 4Johnson 4Saline 4Washington 3Effingham 3Cumberland 3Franklin 3Massac 3Douglas 3Perry 3Wayne 3Schuyler 2Cass 2Bond 2Marshall 2Jefferson 2De Witt 2Stark 2Clinton 2Lawrence 2Scott 2Brown 2Pope 2Wabash 1Moultrie 1Edwards 1Jasper 1

Built by decade

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Landmarks

Landmark · Forest Park
Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
National Historic LandmarkListed 1997
Landmark · Galesburg
Old Main, Knox College
National Historic LandmarkListed 1966
Landmark · Alton
Trumbull, Lyman, House
National Historic LandmarkListed 1975
Landmark · Galena
Grant, Ulysses S., House
National Historic LandmarkListed 1966

National Historic Landmarks

Robert S. Abbott HouseNHL1976
Adlai Stevenson HouseNHL2003
Adler PlanetariumNHL1987
Auditorium Building, Roosevelt UniversityNHL1970
Cahokia MoundsNHL1966
Carson, Pirie, Scott and CompanyNHL1970
James Charnley HouseNHL1970
Chicago Board of Trade BuildingNHL1978
Church of the Holy FamilyNHL1970
Clover LawnNHL1972
Colony Steeple BuildingNHL1970
Columbus ParkNHL2003
Arthur H. Compton HouseNHL1976
Avery Coonley HouseNHL1970
Crow Island SchoolNHL1989
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Susan Lawrence Dana HouseNHL1974
Charles Gates Dawes HouseNHL1976
Oscar Stanton De Priest HouseNHL1975
Deere, John, House and ShopNHL1966
Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, HomesiteNHL1976
Farm Creek SectionNHL1992
Farnsworth HouseNHL2004
First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction, Site ofNHL1966
Sam Ford and Ruth Van Sickle HouseNHL2023
Fort de ChartresNHL1966
Fort Sheridan Historic DistrictNHL1980
Henry Gerber HouseNHL2015
John J. Glessner HouseNHL1970
GoldenrodNHL1967
Ulysses S. Grant HouseNHL1966
Grosse Point Light StationNHL1976
Haymarket Martyrs' MonumentNHL1997
Hegeler–Carus MansionNHL1995
Isadore H. Heller HouseNHL1972
Arthur Heurtley HouseNHL2000
Hull HouseNHL1966
Illinois and Michigan CanalNHL1966
Nicholas Jarrot MansionNHL1974
Kennicott's GroveNHL1973
Kincaid SiteNHL1966
Leiter II BuildingNHL1976
Frank R. Lillie HouseNHL1976
Lincoln Home National Historic SiteNHL1971
Lincoln Park Lily PoolNHL2006
Lincoln TombNHL1966
Vachel Lindsay HouseNHL1971
Henry Demarest Lloyd HouseNHL1966
Owen Lovejoy HomesteadNHL1973
Market SquareNHL1969
Marquette BuildingNHL1973
Marshall Field Company StoreNHL1978
Mazon Creek Fossil BedsNHL1997
Pierre Menard HouseNHL1970
Robert A. Millikan HouseNHL1976
Modoc Rock ShelterNHL1966
Montgomery Ward Company ComplexNHL1978
Morrow Plots, University of IllinoisNHL1968
Nauvoo Historic DistrictNHL1966
New Philadelphia Town SiteNHL2005
Old Kaskaskia VillageNHL1966
Old Main, Knox CollegeNHL1966
Old State CapitolNHL1966
Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union StockyardsNHL1972
Orchestra HallNHL1978
Pleasant HomeNHL1972
Principia College Historic DistrictNHL1993
Reliance BuildingNHL1970
Riverside Water TowerNHL1969
Frederick C. Robie HouseNHL1966
Rock Island ArsenalNHL1969
Rookery BuildingNHL1970
Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory, The University of ChicagoNHL1967
S.R. Crown HallNHL2001
Sears, Roebuck and Company ComplexNHL1978
Second Presbyterian ChurchNHL1974
Shedd, John G., AquariumNHL1987
Soldier FieldNHL1984
South Dearborn Street–Printing House Row Historic DistrictNHL1976
Starved RockNHL1966
Taft, Lorado, Midway StudiosNHL1966
F.F. Tomek HouseNHL1999
Lyman Trumbull HouseNHL1975
U-505 (IX C U-Boat)NHL1989
Unity TempleNHL1970
University of Illinois ObservatoryNHL1989
USS Silversides (SS 236) National Historic LandmarkNHL1972
Ida B. Wells-Barnett HouseNHL1974
Frances Willard HouseNHL1966
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams HouseNHL1975
Wright, Frank Lloyd, House and StudioNHL1972
Wrigley FieldNHL2020
Wrigley FieldNHL1987

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  1. 1
    U-505 (IX C U-Boat)
    Structure · Chicago
    14,140
  2. 2
    First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction, Site of
    Site · Chicago
    12,938
  3. 3
    Field Museum of Natural History
    Building · Chicago
    8,407
  4. 4
    Baha'i Temple
    Building · Wilmette
    5,211
  5. 5
    Frederick C. Robie House
    Building · Chicago
    5,203

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