1st Presbyterian Church, St. Anne. This 1893 church will receive a $9,000 matching grant for repairs to its brick exterior. St. Anne is 10 miles southeast of Kankakee.

1st State Bank, Manlius. This Sullivanesque building was designed by Parker Noble Barry, Sullivan’s chief draftsman, in 1915 and is now occupied by the Manlius Historical Society. Its $5,000 matching grant will help repair masonry damage. Manlius is 15 miles northwest of Princeton.

The property was listed on LPCI’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Places in 2004. Visit the Chicago's Steel Heritage Project website for more information.

All Saints Church, Chicago. The Episcopal congregation that owns this 1883 Stick Style-structure will receive a $25,000 matching grant to assist in the restoration of several art glass windows, which were designed by the renowned firm of Healy & Millet. The church is a locally designated landmark.

Central Park Theater, Chicago. The House of Prayer, Church of God in Christ received a $5,500 grant to complete a National Register nomination and to conduct a condition assessment of its historic home, the Central Park Theater. Constructed in 1917, the building is the first movie house developed by the successful Balaban and Katz chain and Rapp & Rapp architects. The theater was listed on LPCI’s Chicagoland Watchlist in 2004.

Des Plaines Methodist Campground, Des Plaines. The Campground has received a $2,500 grant to conduct a structural assessment of five cottages. The campground was founded in 1860 and consists of 35 acres with 127 buildings. The five cottages are threatened with demolition due to their structural integrity and location in a flood plain. The entire campground, which is located 20 miles northwest of Chicago’s Loop, was listed as one of LPCI’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Places in 2003.

DuBois Building, Cobden. This 1892 commercial building, which features a cast iron storefront from the Mesker Brothers Iron Works of St. Louis, MO, will soon be the home of the Union County Museum. The $5,000 matching grant will help fund the installation of a heating and cooling plant. Cobden is located 15 miles south of Carbondale.

Fuller Dome Home, Carbondale. The RBF Fuller Dome, NFP received a $5,000 grant to help fund a historic structures study of the former residence of inventor R. Buckminster Fuller, which is one of the first geodesic domes to be used for human habitation. This deteriorated wood structure was listed on LPCI’s “Ten Most” list in 2004.

Holy Family Church, North Chicago. This congregation will use its $7,500 matching grant for foundation work and furnace repairs for its 91-year-old Late Gothic Revival style church. The church basement is used for a food pantry, whose operation has been jeopardized by the building’s current deterioration.

Kornthal Church, Jonesboro. This congregation has been awarded a $5,000 matching grant for exterior repairs to its 1860, uniquely Austrian-influence designed church. Jonesboro is 20 miles south of Carbondale.

Lockkeepers House, Brookport. The City of Brookport received a $5,000 grant to sponsor a design and planning workshop for the reuse of long-vacant buildings on the Lock and Dam No. 52 property along the Ohio River. The five lockkeeper houses are currently owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A similar project in nearby Golconda received a Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award from LPCI in 2003.

Old City Hall, Eldorado. A $2,500 matching grant will help fund roof repairs for this 81-year-old building, which is now occupied by Main Street Eldorado and a historical museum. Eldorado is 25 miles east of Marion.

Peotone Mill, Peotone. The Historical Society of Greater Peotone has received a $5,000 grant to conduct a structural assessment of the Peotone Mill (formerly the Rathje Mill). The mill, constructed in 1872 and in operation until the late 1880’s, was the primary source of feed for the local livestock industry. Its power source shifted from wind to steam before it closed.

Prairie Mills Windmill, Golden. Golden Historical Society received a $5,000 grant to help repair the tailpole and cap on the Prairie Mills Windmill, one of the few restored, working “smock”-style windmills in the U.S. The structure was built in 1872 by a German immigrant for the grinding of wheat flour. Golden is located 25 miles northeast of Quincy.

Railroad Water Tower, Centralia. The Centralia Foundation received a $2,500 grant for the restoration of its wooden railroad water tower, which is only one of two such surviving structures on the Illinois Central Railroad line, between Cairo and Chicago.  Built in 1900, the tower is closely tied to this southern Illinois town’s importance as a railroad center.

City of Roselle. The Roselle Historical Foundation will use its matching grant of $3,000-$5,500 to help support a survey of a potential local historic district. Although the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency also funds historic resources surveys, those monies are only available to Certified Local Governments. Roselle, a western suburb of Chicago, is not currently a CLG.

Scenic Oregon Foundation, Oregon. The foundation received a $1,250 grant to help prepare an independent assessment of the historic commercial buildings fronting on the Ogle County Courthouse Square. Illinois Department of Transportation plans for the expansion of a nearby intersection would result in the partial demolition of two historic buildings.

Teeple Barn, Elgin. AgTech used its $5,000 grant as a match to federal funding from the Save America’s Treasures program. The project will complete the stabilization of this unique structure, which was built in 1885. One of the few 16-sided “round” barns in the United States, it was placed on LPCI’s “Ten Most” list in 1999.

Unity Temple, Oak Park. Unity Temple Restoration Foundation received a $100,000 matching grant to undertake a master restoration plan for this Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece, which dates to 1905.  The LPCI grant will supplement a Getty Grant and funding from Save America’s Treasures. The project, which will be undertaken by architect Gunny Harboe of McClier, will also include plans for a state-of-the-art climate-control system that may utilize geo-thermal energy.

Zook House and Studio Move, Hinsdale. A $3,750 grant was awarded to the Hinsdale Historical Society for filming the relocation of the house and studio of architect Harold Zook. The move of the buildings to a local park was necessitated by a proposed residential teardown project. Hinsdale is a western suburb of Chicago.