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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency released the following list Monday of 2014 additions to the National Register of Historic Places:
—David Hall House, Lake Villa: Designed by Chicago architect Ralph Wesley Varney, the house is an inventive melding of early 20th century revival and Art Deco styles.
—Elgin Downtown Historic District: The area served as the community's first major business center, from early shops of the 19th century to department and chain stores of the 20th.
—William and Helen Coffeen House, Hinsdale: The house and coach house, designed in 1899, are outstanding works by master architect George W. Maher.
—Chrysler Village, Chicago: Chrysler Village exemplifies a fundamental but often unacknowledged moment in the history of housing: the partnership between private developers and the federal government to house war-industries workers during World War II.
—Oak Park Village Hall: The hall played a key role in the village's progress toward racial integration.
—Portage Park Bungalow Historic District: The area is particularly notable for its high percentage of intact brick bungalows and beautifully cohesive streetscapes.
—Jesse L. Strauss Estate, Glencoe: The house and historic garage/apartment were designed in 1921 and 1924 by David Adler, a country-house architect of that period.
—Polish National Alliance Headquarters, Chicago: The PNA Headquarters is a well-preserved example of an ethnic fraternal building and is important for the role it played in the social, cultural and political development of Chicago's Polish community.
—Heimberger House, Springfield: Built in 1915, the Heimberger House is a good example of an Arts and Crafts double-house.
—Glen Carbon School, Glen Carbon: The school was built in 1914, a time considered an educational renaissance for the area's immigrant populations.
—Marshall Site, Chillicothe vicinity: The site's petroglyphs represent a technique not found in any of the other Native American rock sites in Illinois.
—Jacksonville Historic District: The district was listed in 1978 as a collection of predominantly residential but also educational, religious, civic and commercial buildings. The National Register entry has been amended to provide additional documentation and include more areas that contributed to the district's architectural significance.
—Great Western Railroad Depot, Springfield: The depot, one story when it was built in 1852, became a tourist destination for its tie with Abraham Lincoln, who gave his farewell address here before leaving for Washington, D.C., in 1861.
—Morrison Main Street Historic District: The district represents the community's evolution from a grain-shipment stop along the Air Line Railroad (later the Chicago and North Western Railroad) in the 1850s to a vibrant local commercial and business center a century later.
—Lincoln Branch of Peoria Public Library, Peoria: The building was erected in 1910 with money from renowned industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie as part of his public library building program.
—Peoria Warehouse Historic District: The district is the city's largest and most intact concentration of industrial, warehouse and commercial buildings.
—Kickapoo Building, Peoria: The former Anheuser-Busch building from 1911 is an example of a "flat-iron" building, which are designed to occupy all available space created by angled street junctures.
—Broadview Hotel, East St. Louis: Completed in 1927, the seven-story Classical Revival hotel was built at a time when East St. Louis was making over the city's architecture and political culture following a devastating 1917 riot.
—Union Trust Bank Co. Building, East St. Louis: Completed between 1922 and 1926, the building is an example of early 20th century Classical Revival style bank design and is the last of its kind in East St. Louis.
—Downtown East St. Louis Historic District: The district is the last remaining contiguous group of cultural resources related to the 20th century economic growth of East St. Louis.
—West Belleville Historic District, Belleville: The district developed first as a picturesque village settled by German immigrants and then evolved into a bustling town made wealthy by the coal and brewery industries.
—Civilian Conservation Corps camp, near Lerna: Camp Shiloh was used during the Great Depression by government workers (many of them World War I veterans) building what is today the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site.
—Martin House, Fulton: The original Italianate home was built in the 1850s. The wrap-around porch, common on Queen Anne homes, was built near the turn of the century, and the dining room addition reflects features of the Arts and Crafts Style popular in the first decade of the 20th century.
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