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Fourth Floor Frieze

The names of 35 distinguished Illinois authors are etched into the 4th floor frieze of the Illinois State Library Building.

  • Portait of James T. Farrell
    James T. Farrell
    Father and Son; Studs Lonnigan; The Death of Nora Ryan...
  • Portait of George Ade
    George Ade
    Ade's Fables; In pastures New; Pink Marsh...
  • Portait of Hamlin Garland
    Hamlin Garland
    A member of the third house; Boy life on the prairie; Cavanagh, forest ranger...
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Authors arranged by town of birth

Albany Albion Alma Altamont
Alton Anchor Anna Annapolis
Annawan Arcola Arlington Arlington Heights
Armington Ashland Athens Atlanta
Aurora Ava Barry Bartonville
Batavia Bath Beards Belgium
Belleville Belvidere Bement Benson
Benton Berkeley Berlin Berwyn
Bingham Bloomington Blue Island Blue Mound
Bluffs Bradford Bridgeport Brooklyn
Browns Buffalo Burlington Cairo
Calumet City Cambridge Camden Canton
Carbondale Carlinville Carmi Carol Stream
Carrollton Carterville Carthage Cary
Cedarville Centralia Champaign Charleston
Chatham Cherry Chester Chicago
Chicago Heights Chrisman Cicero Cisco
Clarendon Hills Clayton Cleveland Clifton
Clinton Collinsville Columbia Columbus
Concord Cuba Dakota Danville
Darien Darmstadt Dayton Decatur
Deer Creek Deerfield DeKalb Delavan
Des Plaines Detroit Donovan Downers Grove
Du Quoin Dwight Earlville East Alton
East Carondelet East Peoria East St. Louis Edinburg
Effingham El Paso Eldorado Elgin
Elizabeth Elmhurst Emden Erie
Evanston Evansville Evergreen Park Fairview
Fairview Heights Farmer City Farmington Fayetteville
Flanagan Flossmoor Frankfort Franklin
Freeport Galesburg Galva Geneseo
Geneva George German Gibson City
Girard Glasgow Glen Ellyn Golconda
Granite City Grayslake Greenville Hamburg
Hamilton Hammond Hampshire Hampton
Hanover Hardin Harris Harrisburg
Harrison Hartford Harvard Harvey
Havana Henderson Henry Herrin
Highland Highland Park Hillsboro Hinsdale
Hoffman Hoffman Estates Home Hoyleton
Hudson Humboldt Hume Hurst
Ina Irving Jacksonville Jerseyville
Johnston City Joliet Kane Kankakee
Kansas Kewanee Kingston La Grange
La Grange Park Lake Forest Lanark Lansing
LaSalle Lawrenceville Lebanon Lee
Lexington Liberty Libertyville Lima
Lincoln Litchfield Liverpool Lombard
Louisville Lovington Macomb Madison
Manchester Manhattan Manito Mansfield
Marengo Marietta Marion Mark
Marshall Maryville Mason Mason City
Matteson Mattoon Maywood McCook
Melrose Park Metropolis Millstadt Milton
Moline Momence Monmouth Montgomery
Monticello Morris Morton Morton Grove
Mount Carmel Mount Vernon Murphysboro Naperville
Nashville Neponset New Athens New Haven
Newark Niles Noble Nokomis
Normal Norris Norris City North Chicago
North Riverside Norwood O'Fallon Oak Brook
Oak Lawn Oak Park Oakland Oglesby
Ohio Olney Omaha Oregon
Oswego Ottawa Palatine Palos Heights
Palos Hills Palos Park Pana Paris
Park Forest Park Ridge Pawnee Paxton
Payson Pekin Peoria Peru
Petersburg Philo Phoenix Pittsburg
Pittsfield Plainfield Pocahontas Pontiac
Princeton Prospect Heights Quincy Raleigh
Rantoul Richmond Rio River Forest
Riverside Robbins Robinson Rochester
Rock Island Rockford Rome Royal
Rushville Russellville Salem Savanna
Schaumburg Shabbona Sheffield Shelbyville
Sheridan Sidney Silvis Skokie
Sparta Spring Grove Springfield St. Anne
St. Charles St. Joseph St. Peter Staunton
Sterling Stockton Strasburg Streator
Sublette Sycamore Tamms Tampico
Taylorville Tennessee Tilton Toledo
Topeka Toulon Trenton Troy
Tuscola Ullin Union University Park
Urbana Vandalia Venice Vernon
Vienna Villa Park Virden Virginia
Walnut Warren Warrensburg Washington
Waterloo Watseka Waukegan Wayne
West Chicago West Point West Salem West Union
Westchester Western Springs Wheaton Wheeling
White Heath Wilmette Wilmington Wilsonville
Winchester Winfield Winnetka Winslow
Witt Woodstock Worth Wyoming
Xenia Yale Zion

 

 

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