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DuPage County Historical Museum

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The DuPage County Historical Museum, formerly the Adams Memorial Library, is a building designed by Charles Sumner Frost in Wheaton, Illinois, United States. [1]

26 relations: Architect, Charles Sumner Frost, Chicago, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, Chicago Board of Trade, Dentil, Dewey Decimal Classification, Downers Grove, Illinois, DuPage County, Illinois, Eaves, Egg-and-dart, Gable, Henry Ives Cobb, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Illinois, John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts, Morgan Park, Chicago, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Panelling, Richardsonian Romanesque, Romanesque Revival architecture, United States, Voussoir, Wheaton, Illinois.

Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings.

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Charles Sumner Frost

Charles Sumner Frost (May 31, 1856 – December 11, 1931) was an American architect.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago and North Western Transportation Company

The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States.

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Chicago Board of Trade

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), established on April 3, 1848, is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

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Dentil

A dentil (from Lat. dens, a tooth) is a small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice.

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Dewey Decimal Classification

The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), or Dewey Decimal System, is a proprietary library classification system first published in the United States by Melvil Dewey in 1876.

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Downers Grove, Illinois

Downers Grove is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.

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DuPage County, Illinois

DuPage County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Eaves

The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building.

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Egg-and-dart

Egg-and-dart or egg-and-tongue is an ornamental device often carved in wood, stone, or plaster quarter-round ovolo mouldings, consisting of an egg-shaped object alternating with an element shaped like an arrow, anchor or dart.

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Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

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Henry Ives Cobb

Henry Ives Cobb (August 19, 1859 – March 27, 1931) was an architect from the United States.

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Hopkinton, Massachusetts

Hopkinton is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, less than west of Boston.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, minister and ambassador to foreign nations, and treaty negotiator, United States Senator, U.S. Representative (Congressman) from Massachusetts, and the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Morgan Park, Chicago

Morgan Park, located on the far south side of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, is one of the city's 77 official community areas.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Panelling

Panelling (or paneling in the U.S.) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components.

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Richardsonian Romanesque

Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886), whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston (1872–1877), designated a National Historic Landmark.

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Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Voussoir

A voussoir is a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone, which is used in building an arch or vault.

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Wheaton, Illinois

Wheaton is a suburban city in Milton and Winfield Townships and is the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPage_County_Historical_Museum

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