National Register of Historic Places - Illinois (IL), Kankakee County

Kankakee County Illinois (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Kankakee State Hospital Historic District, Downtown Momence Historic District, Durham--Perry Farmstead, Riverview Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Kankakee County places including H.W.S. Cleveland, James R. Willet, David Perry, Frank Lloyd Wright, Durham, Thomas and . Prominent architectural styles found in Kankakee Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Downtown Momence Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000449)

Roughly Washington St., from N. Locust to Pine and Dixie Hwy., from 2nd to River , Momence

BotMultichill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Post Office, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Professional, Specialty Store

Durham--Perry Farmstead (added 2006 - - #06000445)

Also known as Perry Farm

459 N. Kennedy Dr. , Bourbonnais

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Storage

Kankakee Downtown Historic District (added 2018 - - #100002150)

Roughly bounded by West Avenue, Oak, Indiana and Station Streets, Kankakee

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Early-Mid 19th Century, Late 19th Century, Other

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1864-1967 AD

Kankakee State Hospital Historic District (added 1995 - - #95000987)

Also known as Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane;Governor Samuel H.

100 E. Jeffery St. , Kankakee

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cleveland, H.W.S., Willet, James R.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, School

Current Function:

Education, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Hospital, School

Riverview Historic District (added 1986 - - #86001488)

Also known as See Also:Hickox House;Swannell House

Roughly bounded by River and Eagle Sts., Wildwood Ave., and the Kankakee River , Kankakee

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Wright,Frank Lloyd

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling