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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 Finley Peter Dunne
    Finley Peter Dunne
    Dissertations by mr. dooley; Observations by Mr. Dooley; Mr Dooley, wise and funny...
  • Portait of Robert Herrick
    Robert Herrick
    An anatomy of literature; Clark's Field; The web of life...
  • Portait of Ring Lardner
    Ring Lardner
    The Big Town; Ring around the bases; How to write short stories...
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Authors arranged by town of birth

Albany Albion Alma Alton
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 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 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
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
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 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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