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Illinois Mid-Century Modern Buildings (page 3)

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Fire Department
Granite City, IL		 Granite City Steel Building
Granite City, IL
This Fire Department was built in 1960. [map]

The Granite City Steel Building was designed by Sverdrup & Parcel and built in 1958. For more, see this website. [map]

Post Office
Granite City, IL
I believe this Post Office was built in the early 1960s. [map]

Party House
Jacksonville, IL
The Party House package liquor store has been here since at least 1971. [map]

Joliet:
Will County Courthouse

Resurrection Catholic Cemetery Mausoleum
Justice, IL
The Resurrection Catholic Cemetery Mausoleum was built in 1969. It has one of the largest stained glass installations in the world. There are 2,448 panels. For more, see this website. [map]

former Lincolnwood Hyatt House [gone]
Lincolnwood, IL
The former Lincolnwood Hyatt House was designed by Hausner & Macsai and built in 1960. The hotel changed names many times over the years before becoming the "Purple Hotel", a reference to the building's purple glazed brick. The hotel closed in 2007 and remained vacant until it was demolished in 2013. These photos are from 2012.

Giant City Observation Tower
Makanda, IL
The Giant City Observation Tower was built in 1970 in Giant City State Park. A spiral staircase leads to the observation deck. There is a spherical water tower above. [map]

Mount Vernon:
Archway RV Park

Advocate Medical Group
Mundelein, IL
The Advocate Medical Group building appears to be from the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

Golf Mill Office Tower
Niles, IL
The Golf Mill Office Tower was built in 1960. It is located at the Golf Mill Shopping Center. The name came from the intersection where it is located: at Golf Rd. and Milwaukee Ave. The tower is faced with panels meant to resemble the dimpled surface of a golf ball. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Northbrook:
Edens Theatre: 1, 2 [gone]

Oak Brook:
McDonald's Headquarters [gone]

Oak Lawn:
Masonic Temple

Oak Park:
Drift Oaks Building [gone]
Errol Kirsh House
Harlem Associates Office Building

Oblong:
commercial building with slipcover [gone]

Peoria:
Gateway Arch (Peoria)