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The John Hossack House was built in 1854–55 by John Hossack, a Scottish born Ottawan. Hossack had worked on the Illinois-Michigan Canal in Chicago before arriving in Ottawa. Hossack was an abolitionist who hid as many as 13 fugitive slaves in his house as a stop on the Underground Railroad. In a famous 1860 case involving fugitive slave Jim ...
38-54 Elgin Street. Somerset. 1890. John James Browne. Crichton Lodge Official residence of Norwegian Ambassador. 160 Lisgar Road. Rideau-Rockcliffe. 1887. Thomas Clarke.
November 22, 2011. The Ottawa Commercial Historic District is a historic district in downtown Ottawa, Illinois. The district includes 195 buildings and structures, most of them commercial buildings, spread out over 26 city blocks. The oldest buildings in the district, located near the Illinois and Fox rivers, were built in the 1830s.
650 V DC ( c. 1910 –1958) The Illinois Terminal Railroad Company ( reporting mark ITC ), known as the Illinois Traction System until 1937, was a heavy duty interurban electric railroad with extensive passenger and freight business in central and southern Illinois from 1896 to 1956. When Depression era Illinois Traction was in financial ...
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Pages in category "Designated heritage properties in Ottawa" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
April 11, 1973. Washington Park Historic District, also known as Washington Square is a historic district in and around Washington Park in the city of Ottawa, Illinois, United States. Washington Park was the site of the first Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 and is surrounded by several historic structures. The park was platted in 1831 and the ...
Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad: CB&Q: 1852 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Paducah and Illinois Railroad: PI CB&Q/ IC/ L&N: 1910 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, and CSX Transportation: Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad: 1918 1921 Chicago, Palatine and ...