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Illinois - Kankakee County - Historic Districts
Kankakee County Illinois (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Kankakee State Hospital Historic District, Downtown Momence Historic District, Durham--Perry Farmstead, Riverview Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Kankakee County places including H.W.S. Cleveland, James R. Willet, David Perry, Frank Lloyd Wright, Durham, Thomas and . Prominent architectural styles found in Kankakee Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian and Bungalow/Craftsman.

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
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
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
Boscophotos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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
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