Historic sites in Illinois
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946 historic sites are published in Illinois. The list below holds the 359 best-documented.
- Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable HomesiteNational Register
- Bald Knob Cross of Peace
- Comiskey Park Home Plate
- Kiddieland
- Ford Hangar
- Italo Balbo Monument
- Illinois World War II Veterans MemorialBuilt 2004-12-04
- Lincoln Home National Historic SiteNational Register
- Dunham Castle
- Drake Fountain
- Haymarket Martyrs' MonumentBuilt 1893-06-25 · National Register
- William McKinley Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and TrailsNational Register
- Stephen A. Douglas TombBuilt 1881 · National Register
- Campbell's Island State Memorial
- S.S. President
- Frederick C. Robie HouseBuilt 1909 · National Register
- Ida B. Wells Homes
- Site of Fort Dearborn
- Battle of Fort Dearborn
- Haymarket Police Memorial
- The PioneersNational Register
- Kids Off The Block Gun Violence Memorial
- Site of Robbins Airport
- Eighth Regiment ArmoryNational Register
- West Side Grounds
- U-505 SubmarineBuilt 1941 · National Register
- Governor's MansionBuilt 1856-01-10 · National Register
- Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument
- Memorial Day Massacre of 1937
- David Davis MansionNational Register
- Eli Schulman
- Old State CapitolBuilt 1837 · National Register
- Abraham Lincoln: The ManBuilt 1887 · 3.7 m
- Pillar of Fire
- Ulysses S. Grant Monument
- Grand Army Republic Memorial
- 1995 Fox River Grove Bus–Train Collision Memorial
- Buffalo Grove Ambush
- Site of the Sauganash Hotel/Wigwam
- Our Lady of the Angels School Fire Memorial
- Stillman's
- Weber Arch
- Illinois Vietnam Veterans MemorialBuilt 1988-05-07
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Chicago Pile 1 Plot M
- Stony Island Arts BankBuilt 1923 · National Register
- Illinois Korean War MemorialBuilt 1996-06-16
- Abraham Lincoln: The Head of StateBuilt 1926-05-31 · 2.7 m
- Robinson Family Burial Ground
- Fabyan WindmillNational Register
- Heald Square Monument
- Washington ParkBuilt 1901 · National Register
- The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Chicago
- Nicolaus Copernicus Monument
- Chicago Pile 1 Site A
- Governor Henry Horner Memorial
- Soldiers' Monument
- Showmen's Rest
- Central StationBuilt 1893
- Victory MonumentNational Register
- Batcolumn
- Elijah Iles HouseBuilt 1837 · National Register
- Flight 191 Memorial
- Elgin National Watch Company
- The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument
- Sprague's Super ServiceNational Register
- Union Stock Yards Fire Memorial
- Spirit of Music (Theodore Thomas Memorial)
- Map of Bronzeville
- Home Insurance Building Site
- Chicago Stadium
- Haymarket Memorial
- Eastland Disaster Memorial
- Dana Thomas HouseBuilt 1902 · National Register
- St. Luke's Hospital
- Illinois Centennial Monument
- Karel Havlíček Monument
- Hoxie Farm / Wampum Lake
- Dixie Highway
- Nuclear EnergyBuilt 1967-12-02 · National Register
- The Spirit of the American Doughboy
- Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument
- William L. Dawson
- Site of First Settler in Kendall County
- Smallest Village in U.S. with Armory
- Dr. Jose Rizal (1861–1896)Built 1993
- High Prairie Trail
- Time Capsule
- Oldest Standing Church in Kendall County
- Oldest Village in Kendall County
- Soldier's MonumentNational Register
- Site of Kendall County's First Store
- John C. Flanagan House MuseumBuilt 1837 · National Register
- Site of First County Seat and Courthouse
- Springfield Spanish-American War MemorialBuilt 1948-06-17
- Underground Railroad Site
- John Patton Log CabinNational Register
- Kendall County's First Mill
- First Major Industry in Kendall County
- Site of the Illinois Midland Railroad
- Illinois State Police Memorial Park
- Site of Frink and Walker Stagecoach Stop
- Original Kendall County Seat and Courthouse
- Veterans Memorial
- Chief Shauwanasee Memorial
- Fallen Officer Memorial
- Lincoln and Douglas in DebateBuilt 1992-08-27
- Eugene Field Memorial
- Bill Canavan
- Marquette MonumentBuilt 1930
- Franklin Street Bridge Monument
- Founders Memorial
- The Pillars
- American Civil War
- Allen Family Farmhouse
- Pluto Monument
- Wood River Massacre Memorial
- 1928
- Purple Heart MemorialBuilt 2016-08-07
- Theodore Roosevelt Fountain Marker
- First Cabin in SpringfieldBuilt 1927-12-03
- Allyson Grabowski Memorial Court
- The First Automobile Race in America
- Eternal Flame
- Site of First Public School House in WinnetkaBuilt 1859-10-1
- Milton F. Eggerding
- Globe Tavern Historical Marker
- Cannon MemorialBuilt 1935-10-13
- Champaign County Worker's MemorialBuilt 2002-09-02
- Roundout Train Robbery
- LGBTQ+ Veterans Memorial
- Alto Pass Area Veterans Memorial
- Camp Douglas
- Oswego Veterans Memorial Plaza
- Mother Jones Monument
- Amos Bennett: First African American Settler in Lake County
- Rockford Women's Suffarage Plaza
- Clarence W. Schilke
- Kathy Cliff
- Bearcat Statue
- Claussen Plaza
- Dunbar School
- Abraham Lincoln and Stephen DouglasBuilt 2002-09-14
- PFC Milton Lee Olive III
- Pierce Downer Cemetery
- Yader "Yak" CastanedaBuilt 2025-08-03
- Illinois' Northern Boundary
- Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians
- Abraham Lincoln Statue
- Lincoln Funeral Train MonumentBuilt 2010
- Vietnam Conflict
- Third Principal Meridian
- Iconic Rocks
- Franklin Street Bridge Monument
- Abraham Lincoln Plaque
- Hank Salemi Memorial
- Peoria Holocaust Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans MemorialBuilt 1986-10-25
- Clearing-Park Shops Memorial
- The Sower Alcove
- Kiwanis Club of Westchester
- Anne A. H. Hedberg
- Lewis and Clark in Illinois
- Tragedy To TriumphBuilt 2004-04
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Gold Star Memorial
- Mahatma GandhiBuilt 2004-10-02
- Mac and Diana Garret Memorial Tree
- Ganton Circle
- Class of 1900 Memorial Bench
- The Francis Stupey Log Cabin
- Burial Site of Josette Beaubien
- USS Chicago Anchor
- Terri Schroeder
- Seaman First Class James Humbert
- Holocaust Memorial
- The Plank Road
- Underground Railroad Memorial
- Fort Armstrong
- A. Richardson Memorial Stone
- Tom Kane
- 1908 Race Riot Archaeological SiteBuilt 2024-08-16
- Lake County Veterans Memorial, F-111
- Illinois World War I MemorialBuilt 2019-06-25
- Senior MemorialBuilt 1909
- Madison County Centenial Monument
- Salvadoran Martyrs Memorial
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Built 2004
- War Memorial Monument
- Lincoln Campaign Wagon
- Promontory Point Marker
- USS Illinois Bell
- Edwardsville National Bank Clock Tower
- AIDS Memorial LabyrinthBuilt 2019-09-21
- Fire and Police MemorialBuilt 1913
- 9-11 Monument
- Simon Kellerman JR.
- Bill Stone
- Soldiers and Sailors MonumentBuilt 1899-10-06
- Sister Benita Newhouse, O.P.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.Built 1989-01-16
- Wildwood Chicago Police & Fire Memorial
- A Child's Garden
- Gifford War Memorial
- William Crowder
- Robert Pershing Wadlow
- David Kennison
- Vietnam Veterans MemorialBuilt 1983
- Morris Buske
- Gulf War
- Dominican University
- The Norway Building
- Page Circle
- Dr. DeeDee Farmer
- Sara & Ron Damgaard
- Alex Kolovitz
- Mrs. Kalta
- A. C. Sanders Memorial Stone
- Matthew Thomas
- Piotr Przeslica
- Old Mueller Hall Monument
- Sistie’s Garden
- Carol Domroese
- Geneva Park District Solstice Monument
- Caroline Lucia Solberg O’Brien
- Oscar O. D'Angelo Park
- Gerry’s Tree
- Lt. Joseph T. McKeon, Jr
- Peter Skwerski
- Chandler Arch
- Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes
- Sauk Rock
- Rotary Club of Oak Park & River Forest
- 1919 Race Riot Plaque
- Norwood Park Water Fountain
- T. Trevor Harris
- Ironworkers Memorial
- Monument Honoring Fallen Police Officers and Firefighters of Kankakee CountyBuilt 2003
- Class of 1978 Reunion
- World War II
- CenotaphBuilt 1927
- Alex Lizcano Knittle
- Flag MemorialBuilt 1918
- Burr Ridge Veterans Memorial
- The Aviator
- Jean
- Sergeant Gregory J. Sintic
- Terrance W. Stone
- Bogard Point
- Gram
- Civil War MonumentBuilt 1917
- War of 1812
- Marion Tornado
- Pulaski WoodsBuilt 1930-07-13
- Mexican-American War
- Obama Kissing Rock
- Veterans Memorial
- Samuel Guthrie
- Paul Cornell
- Robert Carson
- Fort Crevecoeur DAR memorial rockBuilt 1902
- Garden Gate
- Tom Hardies & Otis
- Unknown Author Stone
- Bill’s Tree
- The Chase Rock
- Bob Butler
- Burr Oak tree
- Kay Holen & Edward Brendan Mac Manus
- Schaffner Garden
- Adé HBuilt 2021-11-02
- Carol Shields
- Joseph Kettlestrings
- American Revolutionary War
- Ice=Cream Dream
- Spanish-American War
- Gold Star Men of the World War
- Wildwood Veteran Memorial
- Hallene Gateway
- Elisabeth Clarkson Dunne
- Gail Anita Flagler
- The McCabes
- Nelson O. Howarth
- Geographic Center of Chicago
- Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline
- War of 1812 Monument
- Liberty Bell Monument
- Jesse Owens
- Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove EncampmentBuilt 1995
- Civil War Monument
- American Legion War Memorial
- Jacob A. Riis Memorial
- Everett Arthur Weidner
- 1834 Capt. Daniel WrightBuilt 1909
- Blue Star Memorial Highway
- Escudo Nacional de Mexico
- Original Lake Michigan Shoreline
- MSgt Gregory T. Kuhse
- Ella Labagh
- Vincentian Bicentennial MemorialBuilt 2016-09-27
- Potawatomi Trail of Death - McCoys Mill EncampmentBuilt 1995
- The Northern Boundary
- Helicopter
- Steven Malin, Jr. Memorial
- G.A.R. Mound - Army of the Republic Monument
- AspireBuilt 2023
- Julia Dent Grant
- Reggie Leslie
- Angel of HopeBuilt 2008-10-04
- Jason Nabille Abdallah
- Illinois Firefighter MemorialBuilt 1999-05-13
- Belleau Wood Memorial
- Labor Memorial PlazaBuilt 2020-10-07
- Türkân Ilkdemirci
- February 14th, 2008 Shooting Memorial
- 2016
- Mary Bartelme
- President Abraham Lincoln
- Dr. & Mrs. Mirshak
- Gerardo M
- Mondi Fosco III
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Korean Conflict
- McDonough County Honor Roll
- Karen R. Olson Memorial
- The Sesquicentennial Gates
- Pottawatomi Campground MemorialBuilt 1905
- Greektown Monument
- U.S. Navy A-7E Corsair
- Navy Memorial
- Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans MonumentBuilt 1961-09-10
- Stratford Farms Historic Marker
- Lilly
- Carlson Cottage
- Undergoroud Railroad Memorial
- Superman Statue
- Illinois Police Officers MemorialBuilt 1990-10-29
- Looking for Lincoln
- Carolyn Poplett
- Lombard Lamp
- James R. Thompson
- Sholom Gliksman
- Gwendolyn BrooksBuilt 2003-06-06
- The American's CreedBuilt 2010
- Chicago Fire Relic
- Veterans Memorial
- Private Florian S. Jacolik
- Cardinal Point Witness Corner
- Esmée Cromie de Bellalta
- Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder
- Henry StephensBuilt 2025-06-17
- Soldiers MonumentBuilt 1887
- First Comprehensive Highway Tree PlantingBuilt 1934
- World War I
- Flag Day Monument
- Ulysses S. Grant Boulder
- Bosarth MemorialBuilt 5/17/2005
- John Schaeffer