National Register Listing

Washington Square Historic District

Washington Square, N. Dearborn St., from W. Walton St. to W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Local significance of the district:
Community Planning And Development; Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
About National Register Listings

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

The Illinois State Capitol building, located in Springfield, is home to the world's largest collection of stained glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The windows were installed in the Capitol between 1885 and 1917 and depict scenes from Illinois history.