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Office of Construction & Facilities Management:
Historic Preservation

Historic Properties in Illinois

Facility

Building Number

Use

Date

Camp Butler N/C Main Gates 1949
Perimeter Walls 1949

2101

Lodge 1908

4101

Rostrum 1939
Chicago

0

Mural "The Morning Sky" 1986
Danville VAMC

0

Footbridge
 

Former Danville Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, established 1898. "Uncle Joe" Cannon of Illinois was Speaker of the House of Representatives when this Branch was established. All pre-1930 buildings which were part of the Home are significant.

11

Enhance Use Lease 1900

12

Enhanced Use Lease 1900

13

Enhanced Use Lease 1900

14

Administrative Offices 1900

19

Warehouse Supply 1900

22

Linen Service & Laundry 1900

25

Greenhouse 1901

26

Main Garage 1900

30

Service Building 1922

31

Director's Quarters 1899

32

Single Quarters 1900

33

Single Quarters 1899

34

Single Quarters 1901

35

Single Quarters 1901

37

Single Quarters 1901

38

Single Quarters 1901

39

Staff Quarters 1925

40

Staff Quarters 1880s

41

Staff Quarters 1925

48

Carnegie Library 1907

49

Chapel 1901

58

General Medical and Surgery 1934

60

Child Care Center 1935

61

Garage 1938

62

Garage 1938

64

Engineering Machine Shop 1938

66

Barn 1937

67

Implement Storage 1939

69

Linen Handling 1938

72

Maintenance 1940

74

Garage 1938

75

Garage 1938

77

Garage 1938

78

Garage 1938

79

Garage 1938

80

Garage 1938

81

Garage 1938

82

Garage 1938

83

Garage 1938

84

Recreation Pavilion 1937
Hines VAMC

0

Exterior sculpture – "Bootstrap Variation" (granite fan) 1983
 

Supply depot buildings remain from Checkerboard Air Service. From this field Capt. Charles Lindbergh initiated air mail delivery service between Chicago and St. Louis.

Old hospital named for Edward Hines, Jr. who died in WWI. His father donated 1 million dollars toward construction with condition hospital be named for his son.

2

Administration 1929

12

Blind Rehab. Center 1929

13

Blind Rehab. Center 1929

14

Nurses' Quarters 1932

16

Midwest Regional Audit Office 1929

17

Non-Housekeeping. Quarters 1929

18

VISN 12 - A 1929

20

Supply 1921

21

Supply 1921

23

Housekeeping Quarters 1929

24

Apartments Housekeeping. Quarters 1929

25

Duplex Housekeeping. Quarters 1929

26

Duplex Housekeeping. Quarters 1929

27

Housekeeping Quarters 1929

28

Duplex Housekeeping. Quarters 1929

29

Duplex Housekeeping. Quarters 1929

31

Personnel Garage 1932

32

Personnel Garage 1932

34

George Dilboy Mem. Statue 1942

35

Main Gate House 1929

50

Vacant 1944

51

Vacant 1944

53

Vacant 1944
Keokuk N/C Plaque, Gettysburg Address
Marion VAMC

1

Hospital 1940

2

Kitchen, Clinic (former Dining Hall)

8

Clinics (former Nurses' Quarters) 1940

13

Administration (former Director's Quarters) 1940

14

Boiler House 1940

15

Engineering (former Station Garage) 1940

16

Storage 1940

21

Flag Pole
Mound City N/C Perimeter Walls
Utility Building 1931
Seacoast Artillery 1871
Illinois State Monument 1874
Gates 1941
Flag Pole 1931
Plaques 9 ("Bivouac of the Dead") 1880

2101

Meigs Lodge 1880

4101

Rostrum 1880/1939
North Chicago VAMC

29

Dewey House (Quarters) 1914

Property was also known as "Dewey Veterans Administration Hospital".  Dewey House (Bldg. 29) Property formerly parts of Camps Lawrence and McIntyre which were parts of Great Lakes Naval Training station. Property was taken over in WWI from former owner who built Building 29 as his residence. Designed by David Adler, prominent society architect of the period. Charles Dewey, original owner, went on to serve as Assist. Secretary of Treasury where he reduced size of U.S. paper currency, as financial advisor to post WWI Poland, as Congressmen and other posts. The old "Green Bay Road" gate house was constructed on foundations of frontier coach house. Ruins of foundation have potential archeological significance.

Rock Island N/C Flag Poles (3) 1941
Monument at Rodman Grave 1921
Gate 1993
Historic Arch
Monument at King Grave
Union Artillery Monuments (1 large, 1 small)
Plaques along walkway (9) incl. Gettysburg 1880

0

Confederate Artillery Monuments (4 small) 1872
Rock Island Confederate Cemetery Fence & Posts