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Will County Historical Society Headquarters

The Will County Historical Society Headquarters is a historic building in Lockport, Illinois, United States, originally known as the Illinois and Michigan Canal Office Building. It served as the headquarters of the Canal Commission of the Illinois and Michigan Canal from 1836 until 1871, when control of the canal was transferred to the state. History The Illinois and Michigan Canal was a canal that connected Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River via the Illinois and Chicago Rivers. It was first conceived in 1824, when a survey of five potential routes was assessed. Three years later, the United States Congress approved the project. In 1829, the Canal Commission was formed to raise money and oversee the project. The project was dormant until ground was broken on July 4, 1836. That year, the Canal Commission laid out the town of Lockport, Illinois with the intention of locating the canal headquarters there. Slowed by the Panic of 1837, the canal was finally completed in 1848. The headquarters building was built in 1845. The first ship on the canal was launched in Lockport. The Canal Commission operated the canal from this building until 1871, when canal operation was turned over to the state. The building was later purchased by the Will County Historical Society as a headquarters and museum. On May 17, 1972, the building was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. When the Lockport Historic District was created three years later, the building was listed as a contributing property. Architecture The former canal office building is generally Greek Revival in style, with a symmetrical facade, low hipped roof, rectangular transom, and recessed porch. The original building was one story and today corresponds to the northern portion. A two-story residence was added to the south end of the structure in the 1860s or 1870s. The residence reflects a more Victorian style with deeply molded eaves, heavy brackets, turned porch, and low-pitched roof. However, the two portions of the building share similar window patterns. References External links Official Will County Historical Society website
Wooster Lake

Wooster Lake is a lake in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is located near Illinois Route 134 and Wilson Road, predominantly in unincorporated Ingleside, northeast of the Village of Volo, northwest of the Village of Round Lake, and southeast of the Village of Fox Lake. Characteristics The Lakes Management Unit of the Lake County Health Department provided a 2003 Summary of Wooster Lake describing Wooster as a glacially-formed, non-public (private) lake encompassing approximately 98.9 acres (40.0 ha) with a shoreline of 2.03 miles (3.27 km). It is reported to have a 29.8 feet (9.1 m) maximum depth and a 16.3 feet (5.0 m) average depth, the 4th deepest (on average) of the inland, private lakes in Lake County, Illinois. It is part of the Fish Lake drainage of the Fox River watershed. The Fish Lake Drain flows from Fish Lake into Fischer Lake, then into Wooster. Water leaves Wooster by a small creek along the northern shoreline and flows into Duck Lake, eventually draining into the Fox River. Though the private lake has significant depth, in February 2005, Lakes Management - a division of the Lake County Health Department - provided a slide deck presentation highlighting by month the total phosphorus (TP) levels recorded as spilling into Wooster Lake. During significant rain events (such as in June 2004), 20.5 pounds (9.3 kilograms) of phosphorus per day were recorded as spilling in at just this one measured location. History As reported by the Lake County Historical Museum's Diana Dretske, Jacob L. Beilhart founded the communitarian group called the Spirit Fruit Society on the shores of Wooster Lake, after purchasing a 90-acre tract known as the Dahlziel Farm in 1905. About a dozen established members of the Spirit Fruit Society moved with Beilhart to Illinois, along with a few new members. Over the next two years the society built a spacious house and later a large barn entirely by hand. The 2½-story residence had 32 rooms, a full basement, and modern (for the time) conveniences. The dining room accommodated up to 100 people. The society continued to live peacefully in Ingleside for several years. They provided for themselves from what came to be known as the "Spirit Fruit Farm", opened the farm and temple to visitors, and produced a newsletter. Beilhart continued to speak to groups in Chicago promoting the ideals of the society. In November 1908, Beilhart became ill from acute appendicitis. Despite attention from a surgeon who performed an appendectomy, he developed peritonitis and died three days later. In keeping with the society's beliefs in simplicity, he was buried in a plain coffin in an unmarked grave overlooking Wooster Lake. None of the buildings remain, having been covered by a housing development, although Beilhart's grave remains in a brush-obscured corner of the tract. References The Local View - Gurnee, Illinois Village of Round Lake depository of meeting minutes and audio Bill HB3441 of the Illinois General 95th Assembly
Yakel House and Union Brewery

The Yakel House and Union Brewery are a historic house and brewery complex located at 1421-1431 Pearl St. in Alton, Illinois. Philip Yakel, a German immigrant, built the brewery soon after coming to America in 1836. The brewery was the first in Alton and one of the city's earliest successful industries. Yakel's son George, who eventually ran the brewery alongside his father, built the house in 1863; it was the family's second home at the site. The brick home features a vernacular design influenced by German architectural tradition. William Netzhammer, a brewer from St. Louis, purchased the brewery in 1882. The Netzhammer family ran the brewery until it closed in 1952;, notably, the brewery continued production during Prohibition by making near beer. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1982. References
Kankakee Community Resource Center

The Kankakee Community Resource Center is a multi-purpose center located in Kankakee, Illinois, United States It is located in a renovated National Guard Armory. The Center has a gymnasium and an auditorium. It offers many community programs, and it is home to the Kankakee County Soldiers formerly of the International Basketball League. The building was also the home of the Kankakee Gallagher Trojans, an attempt at a professional basketball team from the nearby Gallagher Business School trade school that focused on the business world that was hosted around there at the time, during the inaugural season of the National Basketball League, a precursor to the National Basketball Association. References External links Official site Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
Green Door Tavern

The Green Door Tavern is reputedly Chicago's oldest surviving drinking establishment. It opened in 1921, but the building dates from 1872. History The building, at 678 N. Orleans St. (700N, 300W), Chicago, Illinois, United States, was erected in 1872 by James McCole, just one year after the Great Chicago Fire. It has a wooden frame, a building technique outlawed in the Central Business District by an ordinance passed by Chicago City Council shortly afterwards. The original tenant was Lawrence P. Elk, who used the ground floor as a grocery store and lived upstairs. It was converted to a dining establishment, the Huron-Orleans Restaurant, run by Vito Giacomoni, in 1921. His sons Jack and Nello ran it as a speakeasy during the prohibition. In the 1930s, the bar acquired the nickname "The Green Door", and this was eventually adopted formally. George Parenti purchased the bar from the Giacomoni brothers in August 1985. The structure developed a lean from plumb in its early years, due to the construction techniques used at the time, and this is still noticeable. In January 2015, a small, speakeasy-like space opened in the basement known as "The Drifter." A rotating cocktail list is featured on tarot cards. References External links Official website
St. Sava Academy

St. Sava Academy is a Serbian-American private school located in the city of Chicago Illinois, United States. The school offers schooling for children in kindergarten to the 8th grade. The school is in cooperation with the Serbian Orthodox Church, and seeks to promote bilingual education and cultural growth to the city's Serbian community. Instruction is in Serbian and English. The school was established in 2001, originally being in a union with the Greek-American School "Socrates". There is another Serbian-American day school, the St. Sava Orthodox School, in Milwaukee. See also Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church St. Sava Orthodox School References External links School website
UIC College Prep High School

UIC College Prep High School, the LSV Campus of the Noble Street Charter School is a public four-year charter high school located in Chicago, Illinois. It is operated by the Noble Network of Charter Schools in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago. Background History UIC College Prep High School, the LSV Campus of the Noble Network of Charter Schools was founded in 2008. It is named for LSV Asset Management support of Noble's expansion. A close partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago lends its name to the school. Partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago UIC's partnership with UICCP is governed by a formal memorandum of understanding. The high school's day-to-day operations are the responsibility of UICCP and Noble Network staff. UIC's major responsibility is to coordinate support from UIC faculty and staff for UICCP's academic and co-curricular programs and to support student success initiatives for both current UICCP students and UICCP graduates who have matriculated to UIC. References External links Max Preps: UIC College Prep High School UIC Office Of High School Development: UIC College Prep High School TheCharterSCALE: UIC College Prep High School
Golder College Prep

Golder College Prep is a public four-year charter high school located in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of the Noble Network of Charter Schools. It is named after the Joan Golder family. The school opened in 2007, and serves grades nine through twelve. Golder College Prep is a level 1+ school based on CPS rankings. Student Population Golder College Prep serves 660 students, 90% of which are low income, 17.3% are students with learning disabilities, and 11.4% are English Language Learners. References External links Noble Network of Charter Schools TheCharterSCALE: Golder College Prep
Canal Shores Golf Course

Canal Shores Golf Course (formerly known as the Peter N. Jans Memorial Golf Course and the Evanston Wilmette Community Golf Course) is an 82-acre, 18-hole, par 60 golf course located in a suburban residential neighborhood on the east side of Evanston, Illinois, and Wilmette, Illinois. Founded in 1919 on the banks of the North Shore Channel of the Chicago River, the course is 3,904 yards in length, featuring a narrow and tree-lined fairway and two over-the-water holes. Eleven of the holes are located in Evanston, Illinois, and seven holes are in Wilmette, Illinois. History Peter N. Jans, a golf professional and Evanston civic leader, championed the reclamation of the undeveloped canal banks for a golf course in north Evanston. Todd Sloan, who also laid out the back nine of the Racine Country Club in Wisconsin, is credited as the architect of the present-day Canal Shores Golf Course, which has been renamed several times during the past century. The course was built on the site of the previous location of the Evanston Golf Club, which relocated due to the construction of the North Shore Channel drainage project. The course is built substantially on public property and is managed and funded by the Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association, a volunteer organization composed of golfers and neighbors in the City of Evanston and Village of Wilmette. In August 2014 Joel Murray hosted the Tour of Duty Golf Classic at Canal Shores, a benefit to assist first responders. North Shore Open Canal Shores Golf Course, together with Skokie Sports Park, has played host to the annual North Shore Open golf tournament since 2015. The event was founded by Evanston resident Orin Brown, and the winner receives a ceremonial picture taken while sitting in a tire. Dan Skowronski and Ty Hayes hold the record for the lowest score with a 133. The North Shore Channel plays a role on most of Canal Shores' 18-hole layout and the channel runs just east of Skokie Sports Park. *2023 and 2024 events were conducted in Des Plaines, Illinois, due to extenuating circumstances References
Rauner College Prep

Rauner College Prep is a public four-year charter high school located in the West Town in Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of the Noble Network of Charter Schools. Rauner College Prep is named in honor of donors Diana and Bruce Rauner. It opened in 2006 and serves students in grades nine through twelve. References External links Noble Network of Charter Schools TheCharterSCALE: Rauner College Prep
Citizens for Conservation

Citizens for Conservation (commonly called CFC) is a nonprofit organization, centered in Barrington, Illinois, established in 1971. CFC's motto is Saving Living Space for Living Things through protection, restoration and stewardship of land, conservation of natural resources and education. It is a member of Chicago Wilderness and the Land Trust Alliance. CFC specializes in habitat restoration, both on properties it owns and nearby forest preserves of Lake County Forest Preserve District and Forest Preserve District of Cook County. CFC relies almost entirely on volunteers, meeting at least once a week year-round. In addition, student interns are hired during the summer. CFC received the 2011 Conservation and Native Landscaping award from the U.S. EPA and Chicago Wilderness for its restoration work on the Flint Creek Savanna, their largest property and location of their headquarters. CFC properties As of early 2020, CFC owned 12 properties for a total of 476 acres. Much of this is agricultural land that was donated or purchased, and restored back to natural habitat, primarily oak savanna, tallgrass prairie, and wetlands. Removal of invasive species and re-seeding of native species from local seed sources is the main focus of habitat restoration. It has the largest holding of fee simple lands (direct ownership) of any non-profit in Lake County, Illinois. In August of 2022, CFC announced the purchase of the 246 acre Hill 'N Dale Farm, previously owned by the Duchossois family. This was funded in part by a large grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. By 2025, CFC owned 732 acres across 14 preserves. Education CFC offers periodic programs for children as part of the No Child Left Inside project, and works with the local school district to introduce 3rd and 4th graders to the prairie. It also provides occasional community education programs for adults. References
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall is a concert hall on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The hall was donated by hotel executive Albert Pick Jr. and his brother-in-law Charles Staiger, and named for Corinne Frada Pick, Pick's wife, and Albert Pick's sister Pauline Pick Staiger, Staiger's late wife. The building was constructed mostly from precast concrete and glass and seats. All 1003 seats have an unobstructed view of the stage. It also includes thirty plastic dish-shaped panels over the stage. There is also adjustable acoustical drapery which can be adjusted to meet the particular requirements of each performance. Architecture The building was designed by renowned Mid-Century modern architect Edward D. Dart of Loebl, Schlossman, Dart & Hackl. References Dart, Susan (1993). Edward Dart Architect. ISBN 1-879260-09-3. Edward D. Dart (1922-1975) Collection, 1841-1993 (bulk 1940-1993) Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
Auditorium Theatre

L'Auditorium Theatre è un teatro per musica e spettacoli situato nell'Auditorium Building al 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive a Chicago, negli Stati Uniti. Ispirato allo stile romanico richardsoniano dell'architetto Henry Hobson Richardson, l'edificio fu progettato da Dankmar Adler e Louis Sullivan e completato nel 1889. La Chicago Symphony Orchestra si esibì nel teatro fino al 1904 così come la Chicago Grand Opera Company e le sue continuatrici Chicago Opera Association e Chicago Civic Opera fino al suo trasferimento alla Civic Opera House nel 1929. Il teatro fu sede del Joffrey Ballet dal 1998 al 2020. Attualmente ospita diversi tipi di concerti, musical, spettacoli ed eventi. Dagli anni 1940 è di proprietà della Roosevelt University e dagli anni 1960 è stato ristrutturato e gestito da un'organizzazione indipendente senza scopo di lucro dedicata alle arti. Architettura Il teatro presentava molte innovazioni tecnologiche per l'epoca, tra cui la presenza di 3.500 lampadine a filamento di carbonio (viste pubblicamente per la prima volta nel 1879), un'acustica ineguagliabile, l'aria condizionata (che consumava 15 tonnellate di ghiaccio al giorno), 26 ascensori idraulici che potevano facilmente alzare e abbassare sezioni del palcoscenico e un ampio soppalco di trenta metri sopra il palcoscenico per gli elementi scenici volanti. La visione di Sullivan per il teatro era quella di creare uno spazio democratico, dove i migliori posti non erano riservati agli spettatori più ricchi, quindi i palchi furono trasferiti sui lati, con un ampio piano principale e generosi balconi che offrivano visibilità ottimale al pubblico normale. L'ornamentazione non rendeva omaggio a una figura nobile né imitava i palazzi barocchi, ma piuttosto presentava interpretazioni artistiche di elementi naturali come fiori e viti, e murali bucolici. L'Auditorium Theatre rappresenta anche una tecnica architettonica chiamata "compressione ed espansione". Ogni spettatore era costretto a entrare attraverso il piccolo e buio ingresso del teatro. L'ingresso era "compresso" da soffitti bassi in modo che quando gli spettatori lasciavano la sala d'aspetto per entrare nella sala del teatro, l'impatto di "espandersi" nell'imponente auditorium di sei piani, con i suoi grandi archi dorati e il soffitto scintillante, era ancora più forte. Note Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Auditorium Theatre Collegamenti esterni (EN) Sito ufficiale, su auditoriumtheatre.org. Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (canale), su YouTube.
John Deere Pavilion

The John Deere Pavilion is an attraction and museum located in Moline, Illinois. The Pavilion opened in 1997 as part of an urban renewal project on the site of the former John Deere Plow Works (first built in 1848). Today the area includes Vibrant Arena at the Mark, a Wyndham Hotel, and several restaurants. The Pavilion serves as the official visitor center for John Deere, whose world headquarters are located a few miles away (but is not open for public tours). Next door is the John Deere Store, the largest retail store for John Deere merchandise. Opened in 1997, the Pavilion has drawn over 150,000 visitors annually. It is one of the top attractions in the region and contributed directly to the development of other corporate visitor centers such as Coca-Cola and Caterpillar Inc. The pavilion is free to enter and full of activities for all ages. Antique equipment includes a model LA tractor, a 4010 cutaway tractor from 1960, a model D tractor, the All-Wheel Drive tractor from 1918, and a model 55 combine from 1949. There is new equipment inside and out front. There is also an interactive exhibit inside called "For Generations" that features how John Deere customers use equipment and technology around the world. Exhibits include interactives and both new and historical equipment to climb in and explore. See also Quad Cities Landmarks References External links Official website
Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science

The Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science is a research and educational facility located on the Urbana campus at the University of Illinois. The Siebel Center houses the Department of Computer Science of the Grainger College of Engineering. Designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the center has 225,000 sq ft (20,900 m2) of research, office, and laboratory space. The Siebel Center claims to be the first "Computing Habitat", featuring a fully interactive environment and intelligent building system. The facility is equipped with computer-controlled locks, proximity and location sensors, cameras to track room activity, and other sensory and control features. The building is dedicated to Thomas Siebel in recognition of his donation that funded a portion of the construction. The building received the Award for Outstanding Engineering Achievement from the Illinois Engineering Council in 2004, and the Honor Award from the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 2008. References External links Facility access map provided by the university
Buckingham Building

The Buckingham Building is a 27-story skyscraper located at 59-67 E. Van Buren St. in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The building, which opened in 1930, has historically served as a mixed-use retail and office building. Chicago architects Holabird and Root designed the building in the Art Deco style. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 2000. History Construction plans for the Buckingham Building began in 1929. The building replaced an 1886 structure called the Athenaeum Building, a semi-public educational institution. As a result, the new building was called the New Athenaeum during its initial planning, though by 1929 it was known as the Buckingham Building. The building's office space opened to tenants in May 1930; its leasing agents promoted the space using both its proximity to Michigan Avenue and multiple modes of transportation and its views of Lake Michigan and Grant Park. Significant early tenants of the building included the Vacuum Oil Company, the American Railroad Association, and the National Hardwood Lumber Association. The first floor of the building was used as retail space, housing shops and restaurants. The Vacuum Oil Company merged with the Standard Oil Company of New York in 1931 to become the Socony-Vacuum Company, and the consolidated firm rented increasingly more space in the building. By 1940, the firm renamed the building the Socony-Vacuum Building upon signing a ten-year lease to its office space. The building later became known by its street address. It still includes both retail and office space, though it is now only partially occupied. Architecture Chicago architects Holabird and Root, the successors to Chicago school pioneers Holabird and Roche, designed the Buckingham Building. The firm designed the building in the Art Deco style. The building has a concrete and steel frame, and its exterior is faced in brick, granite, and terra cotta. The front facade is composed of five bays divided by piers; the three central bays are faced with dark terra cotta to add vertical emphasis to the lighter piers. Floral-patterned spandrels separate each story's windows on the central bays. The first three floors are faced in black granite, and the storefronts are framed by dentillated aluminum. The twenty-second floor features decorative chocolate-colored terra cotta panels with a floral design, while the twenty-fifth floor has additional terra cotta decorations with a keystone motif. References