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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 Theodore Dreiser
    Theodore Dreiser
    And American Tragedy; Jennie Gerhardt; The Titan...
  • Portait of Eliza Farnham
    Eliza Farnham
    California, in-doors and out; My early days; Ideal attained...
  • Portait of Ben Hecht
    Ben Hecht
    A child of the century; Gargoyles; Miss lonelyhearts...
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Authors arranged by town of birth

Albany Albion Alma Altamont
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
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
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
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