Peoria in Illinois
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Spirit of Peoria

The Spirit of Peoria is a riverboat that normally runs in the Peoria, Illinois area on the Illinois River watershed. The boat participated in the 2004 Grand Excursion. The Spirit of Peoria is a true paddleboat, actually using its paddlewheel for propulsion, unlike some modern riverboats with purely cosmetic wheels. The boat was designed by architect Alan Bates, and built in 1988 at the Walker Boat Yard in Paducah, Kentucky, making it the first paddleboat vessel to ever be built there.

Located at 40.6889, -89.5867 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois (in case citations, C.D. Ill. ) serves the residents of forty-six counties from its four courthouses.

Located at 40.695, -89.5917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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O'Brien Field

O'Brien Field is a baseball field located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. It is the home of the Peoria Chiefs, the Class A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals; the Chiefs previously played at Meinen Field. The college baseball team of Bradley University also uses the field. The first game scheduled for the stadium was May 24, 2002, Chiefs vs. Kane County Cougars. O'Brien Auto Team has the naming rights to the facility.

Located at 40.6875, -89.5975 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Murray Baker Bridge

The Murray Baker Bridge is a landmark cantilever bridge that carries Interstate 74 over the Illinois River from downtown Peoria to East Peoria in central Illinois. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Murray Baker Bridge was built in 1958, and had an original length of 3,216 feet (980.2 m). The bridge carries Interstate 74 over the Illinois River at the end of Peoria Lake. The bridge itself is a single cantilever bridge, with two lanes in each direction.

Located at 40.6878, -89.5833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Area code 309

Area code 309 is a telephone area code serving the west-central portion of Illinois. Cities in this area code include Bloomington, Canton, East Moline, Galesburg, Macomb, Moline, Morton, Normal, Pekin, Peoria and Rock Island, in addition to many smaller communities within the western part of central Illinois. The area code was created in 1957 out of the northern portion of 217 and the western portion of 815.

Located at 40.6919, -89.5911 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Peoria Civic Center

Peoria Civic Center is a convention center located next to Peoria City Hall in downtown Peoria, Illinois, United States. It has an arena, a theater, an exhibit hall, and meeting rooms. It was built in 1982 and completed an expansion to expand its lobby and meeting facilities in 2008.

Located at 40.6925, -89.5942 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois)

Peoria High School is a public high school in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria High School was established in 1856 and is the oldest continually operating high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Peoria High is located at 1615 N. North Street and moved to this location in 1916. Peoria High School is commonly referred to as "Central" to distinguish it from Richwoods and Manual, and it is centrally located in Peoria.

Located at 40.7069, -89.5994 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cedar Street Bridge

The Cedar Street Bridge carries Illinois Route 8, Illinois Route 29, and Illinois Route 116 over the Illinois River. The bridge is a steel arch design that rises approximately 70 to 80 feet above the surface of the river. The name of the bridge comes from the original name of its street on the Peoria side of the river; the street itself is now called MacArthur Highway, while the bridge is still referred to as Cedar Street.

Located at 40.6778, -89.6005 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, located in Peoria, Illinois, United States, is a teaching hospital for the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and part of the OSF Healthcare System. The Center, which is the largest hospital in the Peoria metropolitan area and in central Illinois, is designated by the state of Illinois as the Level I adult and pediatric regional trauma center for a 26-county region in mid-Illinois.

Located at 40.7028, -89.5911 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute

Academy of Our Lady and Spalding Institute were Catholic high schools across the street from each other in downtown Peoria, Illinois. The Academy (AOL), a girls' school, traced its lineage back to 1863. The Spalding Institute (SI), the boys' school, was founded in 1899 by the Franciscan Brothers of Mountbellew, Ireland, at the invitation of John Lancaster Spalding, the first Bishop of Peoria.

Located at 40.6965, -89.5874 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Scottish Rite Cathedral (Peoria, Illinois)

The Scottish Rite Cathedral in Peoria, Illinois is a church-style building that houses the Scottish Rite Bodies of the Valley of Peoria. The building is at 400 NE Perry Avenue, at the corner with Spalding Avenue. The cathedral is listed as a contributing property to Peoria's North Side Historic District. The Scottish Rite Bodies of the Valley of Peoria was established in Yates City, Illinois on 25 February 1867, and moved to Peoria in 1869.

Located at 40.698, -89.5895 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Taft Homes

The Taft Homes are a public housing project located off the Illinois River in Peoria, Illinois. In total there are 200 apartments in Taft, housed in separate wood framed buildings. The Taft Homes are currently in the early stages of a redevelopment project that calls for the demolition of all current units, with the lots then transformed into mixed-income housing.

Located at 40.6954, -89.583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Residential buildings completed in 1952, Public housing in the United States, Buildings and structures in Peoria, Illinois