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

Randolph County Illinois has 18 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Charter Oak Schoolhouse, Creole House, Fort de Chartres, French Colonial Historic District and Kolmer Site.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Archaic, Woodland, Nississippian, Woodland Tradition, Mississippian Tradition and Archaic Tradition dating back to 8999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Randolph County historic places including Pierre Menard and R.D. Durfee.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Randolph County places including William M. Holcomb, Joseph Champaigne, William P. Murphy and William F. & Bros. Brinkman. Prominent architectural styles found in Randolph Country are Federal, Greek Revival and Late Victorian.

Charter Oak Schoolhouse (added 1978 - - #78001181)

W of Schuline , Schuline

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Holcomb,William M.

Architectural Style:

Octagon Mode

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Creole House (added 1973 - - #73000717)

Also known as See Also:French Colonial Historic District

Market St. , Prairie du Rocher

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Fort de Chartres (added 1966 - - #66000329)

Also known as Fort de Chartres State Park

Terminus of IL 155, W of Prairie du Rocher, Fort Chartres , Prairie du Rocher

Pierre cb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

More Information:

archives document

French Colonial Historic District (added 1974 - - #74000772)

Also known as See Also:Kolmer Site;Creole House;Modoc Rock Shelter;Menard,

From Fort Chartres State Park to Kaskasia Island , Prairie du Rocher

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Historic - Aboriginal, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Michigamea, Kaskaskia, French

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification, Military Facility, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling, Underwater

More Information:

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Kolmer Site (added 1974 - - #74000773)

Also known as Michigamea Village;See Also:French Colonial Historic Distric

Address Restricted , Prairie du Rocher

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Michigamea, French

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Mary's River Covered Bridge (added 1974 - - #74000771)

About 4 mi. NE of Chester on IL 150 , Chester

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

archives document

Menard, Pierre, House (added 1970 - - #70000245)

Fort Kaskaskia State Park , Ellis Grove

Kbh3rd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Champaigne,Joseph

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial

Historic Person:

Menard,Pierre

Significant Year:

1802

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

archives document

Modoc Rock Shelter (added 1966 - - #66000328)

Also known as 11-R-5;11Ras501

Address Restricted , Modoc

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Archaic, Woodland, Nississippian

Period of Significance:

7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC, 1000-1499 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

Old Fire Station (added 2018 - - #100002571)

822 Swanwick, Chester

Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1935-1961 AD

Piney Creek Site (added 2001 - - #01000601)

Also known as 11R 26

Address Restricted , Campbell Hill

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Art, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland Tradition, Mississippian Tradition, Archaic Tradition

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Ceremonial Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Piney Creek South Site (added 2001 - - #01000602)

Also known as 11R 663

Address Restricted , Campbell Hill

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric, Art

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland Tradition

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Ceremonial Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Piney Creek West Site (added 2001 - - #01000600)

Also known as 11R 664

Address Restricted , Campbell Hill

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Art, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland Tradition

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Red Bud Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000865)

Irregular pattern along Main and Market Sts. , Red Bud

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Late Victorian, Federal

Historic Person:

Durfee,R.D.,et al.

Significant Year:

1848, 1859, 1840

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

More Information:

archives document

Shiloh College (added 2005 - - #05001251)

Also known as District #1 Schoolhouse-Randolph County

13043 Walnut St. , Shiloh Hill

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, School

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Social, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium, Civic, Museum

More Information:

archives document

Sparta Historic District (added 1982 - - #82002595)

Also known as Bricktown

S. St. Louis, W. 3rd and S. James Sts. , Sparta

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Murphy,William P.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

archives document

Tegtmeyer Site (added 2001 - - #01000599)

Also known as 11R 149

Address Restricted , Campbell Hill

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric, Art

Cultural Affiliation:

Mississippian Tradition

Period of Significance:

1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Weinrich, Christian F. (added 2018 - - #100002572)

217 Opdyke Street, Chester

Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1873-1873 AD

Weister, Frederick, House (added 2018 - - #100002573)

515 Chestnut Street, Chester

Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1859-1859 AD