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

Kankakee County Illinois has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Hickox, Warren, House, Kankakee State Hospital Historic District and Windrose Site, Bradley, B. Harley, House and Stable and Downtown Momence Historic District.

The famous person Lemuel Milk is associated with one of more of the Kankakee County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Kankakee County places including Frank Lloyd Wright, James R. Willet, H.W.S. Cleveland, David Perry, Durham, Thomas,, Tallmadge & Watson, Zachery Taylor Davis, Frank Lloyd Wright, W.F. Stilwell and Illinois Central Railroad. Prominent architectural styles found in Kankakee Country are Late Victorian, Prairie School and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Bradley, B. Harley, House and Stable (added 2009 - - #09000374)

Also known as Bird Lodge; Yesteryear; Glenlloyd

701 S. Harrison Ave. , Kankakee

Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Childs, Charles, Wright, Frank Lloyd

Architectural Style:

Prairie School

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Restaurant, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Chipman, Edward, Public Library (added 2017 - - #100000629)

126 North Locust Street, Momence

Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1912-1966 AD

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

More Information:

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

Also known as Perry Farm

459 N. Kennedy Dr. , Bourbonnais

Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

More Information:

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Hickox, Warren, House (added 1978 - - #78001158)

Also known as Hickox/Brown house

687 S. Harrison Ave. , Kankakee

Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wright,Frank Lloyd

Architectural Style:

Prairie School

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

archives document

Hunter--Hattenburg House (added 2008 - - #07001475)

825 S. Chicago Ave. , Kankakee

Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

archives document

Illinois Central Railroad Depot (added 2000 - - #00000409)

199 S. East Ave. , Kankakee

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related

More Information:

archives document

Kankakee County Courthouse (added 2007 - - #07000115)

Also known as Courthouse Square

450 E. Court St. , Kankakee

Ocuish, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Davis, Zachery Taylor, Stilwell, W.F.

Architectural Style:

Renaissance, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Monument/Marker

More Information:

archives document

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

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

Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

More Information:

archives document

Milk, Lemuel, Carriage House (added 1979 - - #79000849)

Also known as Lemuel Milk Barn;Stone Barn;Stone Barn Bakery

165 N. Indiana Ave. , Kankakee

Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Milk,Lemuel

Significant Year:

1865

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility

Current Function:

Unknown

More Information:

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Point School (added 1992 - - #92001539)

6976 N. Vincennes Trail , Grant Park

Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

archives document

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

Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

More Information:

archives document

Swannell, Charles E., House (added 1982 - - #82002551)

901 S. Chicago , Kankakee

Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Tallmadge & Watson

Architectural Style:

Prairie School

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

archives document

Windrose Site (added 2000 - - #00000412)

Also known as Rock Village, 11KA326

Address Restricted , Bourbonnais

Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Aboriginal, Native American, Social History

Cultural Affiliation:

Potawatomi

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park