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1 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Changing Slavery — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
2 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Dred Scott Decision — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
3 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln's Friend Johnston — Looking for Lincoln
4 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lorado Taft (1860 - 1936) — Sculptor of the Debate Memorial
5 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Morality of Slavery — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
6 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Permanency of Slavery — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
7 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Racial Equality — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
8 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Spread of Slavery Into The Territories — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
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9 Illinois, Alexander County, Cairo — The Cairo Public Library
10 Illinois, Bond County, Greenville — Greenville — Finding a Place for Print
11 Illinois, Bureau County, Spring Valley — John Mitchell — 1870-1919
12 Illinois, Bureau County, Walnut — Don Marquis
13 Illinois, Cass County, Beardstown — Lincoln Photograph — Looking for Lincoln
14 Illinois, Champaign County, Champaign, Champaign City Township — Culture on the Prairie
15 Illinois, Champaign County, Champaign, Champaign City Township — Illinois Historical Collections
16 Illinois, Champaign County, Urbana — Lincoln & Photography — Looking for Lincoln
17 Illinois, Champaign County, Urbana, Cunningham Township — Beginnings of Computer Music
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18 Illinois, Champaign County, Urbana, Cunningham Township — Creation of Research Library
19 Illinois, Champaign County, Urbana, Cunningham Township — Nat H. Cohen Building — 136 West Main Street — Joseph W. Royer Arts and Architecture District —
20 Illinois, Champaign County, Urbana, Cunningham Township — String Project
21 Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — Harlan Hall Opera House — Historic Place Built in 1872
22 Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — James Jones 1921-77 — Friends of Libraries U.S.A. Literary Landmarks Register
23 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Ida B. Wells-Barnett — Chicago Tribute
24 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Pilgrim Baptist Church — Chicago Landmark —
25 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Richard Wright — Chicago Tribute
26 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Sunset Cafe — Chicago Landmark —
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27 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — The Boulevard System
28 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Finley Peter Dunne — Chicago Tribute —
29 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — The Boulevard System
30 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Irna Phillips — Chicago Tribute —
31 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — The Three Arts Club — Holabird and Roche, architects; 1914 — Chicago Landmark —
32 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church — Chicago Landmark —
33 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong — Chicago Tribute
34 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Nat "King" Cole — Chicago Tribute
35 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Richard Wright House — Chicago Landmark —
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36 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — The Forum (1897)
37 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — The Marx Brothers — Chicago Tribute
38 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Humboldt Park — L. Frank Baum — Writer (1856-1919) — Chicago Tribute —
39 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Humboldt Park — The Boulevard System
40 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Enrico and Laura Fermi
41 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville
42 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — McKinley Morganfield "Muddy Waters" — Chicago Tribute —
43 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — Kwanusila
44 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Alvin Ailey — The Legacy Walk
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45 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Audre Lorde — The Legacy Walk
46 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Billy Strayhorn — The Legacy Walk
47 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Cole Porter — The Legacy Walk
48 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Freddie Mercury — The Legacy Walk
49 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Frida Kahlo — The Legacy Walk —
50 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — James Baldwin — The Legacy Walk
51 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Jane Addams — The Legacy Walk
52 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Josephine Baker — The Legacy Walk
53 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Keith Haring — The Legacy Walk
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54 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Lorraine Hansberry — The Legacy Walk
55 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Oscar Wilde — The Legacy Walk
56 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Legacy Walk
57 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Reinaldo Arenas — The Legacy Walk
58 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Sylvester — The Legacy Walk
59 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — The Annoyance Theatre
60 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — The Harlem Renaissance — The Legacy Walk —
61 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Vito Russo — The Legacy Walk
62 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Walt Whitman — The Legacy Walk —
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63 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — “Rites of Spring” — Milton Horn (1906-1995) — Sculptor —
64 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Abraham Lincoln Monument — Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor; Stanford White, architect — 1887 —
65 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
66 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool — Alfred Caldwell, landscape architect — 1936-38 —
67 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
68 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Chicago is Community — Chicago es Comunidad
69 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Chicago is Community — Chicago es Comunidad
70 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Fountain Girl — George E. Wade, sculptor
71 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Lαszlσ Moholy-Nagy — Chicago Tribute —
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72 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Oz Park
73 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — The Boulevard System
74 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Logan Square — The Boulevard System
75 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Daley Center — C.F. Murphy Associates, architect, Pablo Picasso, sculptor; 1965, 1967 (Chicago Picasso) — Chicago Landmark —
76 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Fine Arts Building — Solon S. Beman, architect; 1885; converted to Fine Arts Building in 1898 — Chicago Landmark —
77 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Majestic Building and Theatre — Edmund R. Krause, architect; 1906 — Chicago Landmark —
78 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North — Arts of Life
79 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North — Bush Temple of Music — J.E.O. Pridmore, architect; 1901 — Chicago Landmark —
80 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North — Village Theatre — Alfred Woerner, architect; 1915-16 — Chicago Landmark —
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81 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — Chess Records Office and Studio — Chicago Landmark —
82 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — Chess Records Recording Studio
83 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — Olmec Head #8
84 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — Visionary — Jane Addams
85 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, North Lawndale — Benny Goodman — Chicago Tribute —
86 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ravenswood — Carl Sandburg — Writer and Poet (1878-1967) — Chicago Tribute —
87 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — Ruth Page — Chicago Tribute
88 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — Tree Studios — Chicago Landmark
89 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Rogers Park — Burr Tillstrom — Puppeteer (1917-1985) — Chicago Tribute —
90 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Side — Mahalia Jackson — Chicago Tribute —
91 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Side — Thomas A. Dorsey — Chicago Tribute —
92 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Auditorium Building — Adler and Sullivan, architects — 1889 —
93 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Auditorium Building — Erected: 1889; Architects: Adler & Sullivan
94 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Theater — Rapp and Rapp, architects; 1921 — Chicago Landmark —
95 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Civic Opera Building — Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architects; 1927-1929 — Chicago Landmark —
96 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Dearborn Street — Chicago Cultural Walk — Reported missing
97 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Freeform — Richard Hunt — September 10, 1993 —
98 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Harold Washington — 1924-1987 — Mayor Of The City Of Chicago —
99 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Harris and Selwyn Theaters — Chicago Landmark
100 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Oliver Building — Holabird and Roche, architects; 1907 — Chicago Landmark —

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