The Dubuque Shot Tower is one of the few remaining structures in the United States constructed to mill lead shot, operating as a shot tower until 1859. The structure rested along the banks of the Mississippi River to take advantage of its location near the lead mining areas in nearby Illinois and Wisconsin. The tower…
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Dearborn Station
The Dearborn Street Station, designed by Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz in 1883, was completed in May of 1885. It's a distinguished example of the Romanesque Revival style and a Chicago Landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and represents the only remaining nineteenth-century railroad station in the city. The three-story edifice is distinguished by…
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PhraRacha Wang Derm Palace
PhraRacha Wang Derm (Wang Derm Palace) or Thon Buri Palace is the royal palace of King Taksin the Great. It is now located in the Royal Thai Navy, on ArunAmarin Road, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, at the mouth of Bangkok Yai Canal. Initially constructed by King Taksin in 1768, the…
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Wilmette Historical Museum
The Gross Point Village Hall, built in 1896, is one of the last surviving nineteenth century governmental buildings in the North Shore area of Metropolitan Chicago. The first floor housed the Village Clerk’s offices, police station, and a single-bay fire station. Four jail cells were located in the basement, and the second floor contained a…
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CAMBRIDGE MANOR
Cambridge Manor is a twenty-one story residential apartment building constructed of cast-in-place concrete, built in 1973. It is a large urban redevelopment project on the near south side of Chicago and was developed as housing for the Medical District and IIT. HPZS is currently working on this project, continuing work started in 2009 for the…
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Altgeld Hall
Altgeld Hall, the first building constructed at Northern Illinois University, was designed by Architect Charles E. Brusk and completed in 1898. Throughout its 100-year plus life it has served as a dormitory, classrooms, auditorium, library and offices. HPZS provided an in-depth examination of the structure followed by the development of a program to rectify building…
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