- Grandview Drive
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name = Grand View Drive
nrhp_type = hd
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location = Peoria and Peoria Heights,Peoria County, Illinois , USA
nearest_city =
locmapin=Illinois
lat_degrees= 40
lat_minutes = 44
lat_seconds = 10
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 89
long_minutes = 33
long_seconds = 18
long_direction = W
area = 181.52 acres
built = 1906-1925" [http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/PDFs/201044.pdf Grand View Drive] ," (PDF ), National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, HAARGIS Database. Retrieved14 April 2007 .]
architect =Oscar F. Dubius ,Frederic Klein
architecture =City Beautiful Movement
added =September 27 ,1996 [http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm National Register Information System Database] , National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved23 January ,2007 .]
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 96000399
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governing_body =Grandview Drive (sometimes spelled Grand View Drive) is a two and a half mile scenic road with adjacent park areas through Peoria and
Peoria Heights, Illinois . Major portions of the road give a view of theIllinois River and its valley as well as clear views of the some of the most prestigious and historic homes in the area. Houses along Grandview Drive are among the best known in the city; the residential area on the west of Grandview Drive, opposite the river, was added to theNational Register of Historic Places as anhistoric district in 1996. A large amount of land on the valley side of Grandview Drive is owned by the Peoria Park District and is undeveloped except for park benches. The district's legal name, "Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Peoria", is a reflection of Grandview Drive's original prominence in the Peoria park system.President
Theodore Roosevelt is said to have proclaimed it the "World's Most Beautiful Drive" during a 1910 visit.Fact|date=February 2007 Grandview Drive was the original location ofWMBD (AM) ; although the WMBD callsign was assigned in FCC sequence, the callsign is associated with Roosevelt's comment.Location
Grandview drive stretches from Prospect Road to
Illinois Route 29 , and is a winding road with several sight-seeing areas. Along the road is the Peoria Country Club, which includes a golf course and tennis courts. There is also a large park, known as Grandview Park.Historic district boundaries
The
National Register of Historic Places boundary for The Grand View Drive Historic District is "roughly bounded by Prospect Road in the north, the Illinois River bluffs, Adams Street in the south and the Grand View Drive W.right of way ". However, this description appears to be contradictory, as Grandview Drive runs between Prospect Road and Adams Street (Illinois Route 29 ), and the description appears to give no northern boundary.It is near the birthplace of the first gasoline-powered car in America, the
Duryea automobile, built in 1893 byCharles Duryea .Fact|date=February 2007Notes
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