Riverside Water Tower
Historic district in Illinois, United States in Riverside, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1969, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Riverside Historic District, also known as Riverside Landscape Architecture District, encompasses what is arguably one of the first planned suburbs in the United States. The district encompasses the majority of the village of Riverside, Illinois, a suburb just west of Chicago. It was planned and designed by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted and features a number of architecturally distinguished buildings.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Bounded by 26th St., Harlem and Ogden Aves., the Des Plaines River, and Forbes Rd., Riverside, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | Sep 15, 1969 |
| Reference number | 69000055 |
| Type of place | historic district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Standing | Yes |
Visiting
| Address | Bounded by 26th St., Harlem and Ogden Aves., the Des Plaines River, and Forbes Rd., Riverside, IL |
| Coordinates | 41.82771, -87.81998 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 14 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 35 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 69000055. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.