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Thane (/ ˈ θ eɪ n /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) [1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, [2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
Cable House. Coordinates: 41.8939°N 87.6271°W. Cable House. The Cable House is a Richardsonian Romanesque -style house near Michigan Avenue at 25 E. Erie St. in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1886 by Cobb and Frost for socialite Ransom R. Cable. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1991.
September 5, 1975. The Field Museum of Natural History ( FMNH ), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. [ 4] The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational and scientific programs, [ 5][ 6] and its extensive scientific specimen and ...
Chicago History Museum. / 41.911996°N 87.631312°W / 41.911996; -87.631312. Chicago History Museum is the museum of the Chicago Historical Society (CHS). The CHS was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago 's history. The museum has been located in Lincoln Park since the 1930s at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of ...
A 19th century flag disrupts leadership at an Illinois museum and prompts a state investigation. JOHN O'CONNOR. May 26, 2024 at 12:45 AM. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln ...
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum is a museum located at 40 East Erie Street on the Near North Side in Chicago, Illinois, near the Magnificent Mile. The museum is housed within the historic Samuel M. Nickerson House, the 1883 residence of a wealthy Chicago banker. [ 2 ] Although the mansion has been restored, the Driehaus Museum does not re-create ...
17-14026. FIPS code. 17-14026. Website. cityofchicagoheights .org. Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,480 at the 2020 census. [ 2] It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Its nicknames include "The Crossroads of the Nation" and "The Heights".
The flag of the state of Illinois consists of the seal of Illinois on a white background, with the word "Illinois" underneath the seal. The present seal was adopted in 1869, the flag bearing the central elements of the seal was adopted in 1915, and the word Illinois was added to the flag in 1970. In a 2001 survey by the North American ...