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Preservation Resources

Preservation Links

 

There are a number of preservation resources online. The following list is a sampling of informative sites that we think that you may be interested in. Please note that all links open in a new browser window, to return to the LPCI site, close the new window.

 

 

 

Architecture

 

American Institute of Architects,
Chicago Chapter

www.aiachicago.org

Chicago Architecture Foundation
www.architecture.org

The Richard Nickel Committee & Archive
www.richardnickelcommittee.org

 

Barn Preservation

 

Barn Again!
www.barnagain.org

Barns of Hancock County
www.carthage-il.com/barns/

Barnstorming Union County
www.siu.edu/~ruraldev/agtour/pages/barns.htm

McDonough County Historic Barn Tour
www.makeitmacomb.com/historic_barn_tour/

McHenry County Historical Barn
Preservation Association

www.mchenrycountybarns.org

McHenry County Historical Society's Barn Registration Program
www.mchsonline.org/BRP.htm

McLean County Barn Keepers
web.extension.uiuc.edu/mclean/barn/index.html

 

Blogs

 

A Dose of Architecture
www.archidose.org

Lee Bey, the urban observer

www.leebey.com

Preservation Directory Blog

www.preservationdirectory.com

Repeat: Observations on Architecture

www.lynnbecker.com//repeat/

The Skyline: Blair Kamin

featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/

Time Tells: Preservation Histories
with Vince Michael

www.fnewsmagazine.com/vince_michael/

 

Government

 

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
www.achp.gov

Commission on Chicago Landmarks
www.ci.chi.il.us/landmarks/

Cook County Assessor's Office
www.cookcountyassessor.com

Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
www.state.il.us/hpa/

Illinois Historic Sites
www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/sites.htm/

Main Street
www.state.il.us/ltgov/mainstreet/

National Center for Preservation Technology
and Training

www.ncptt.nps.gov

National Park Service
www.cr.nps.gov

National Register of Historic Places
www.cr.nps.gov/nr

 

Historic Real Estate

 

Artspace
www.artspaceusa.org

Historic Homesteads
www.historichomesteads.com

Historic Properties
www.historicproperties.com

National Trust for Historic Preservation: Distressed Properties
www.nationaltrust.org

 

House Museums

 

Clarke House
www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/C/ClarkeHouse.html

Farnsworth House
www.farnsworthhouse.org

Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
(includes FLW Home & Studio and Robie House)
www.wrightplus.org

Glessner House Museum
www.glessnerhouse.org

Hegeler Carus Mansion
www.hegelercarus.org

Visit Historic Illinois
www.visithistoricillinois.com

 

Museums

 

Chicago History Museum
www.chicagohistory.org

Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design
www.gardnermuseumarchitecture.org

 

Organizations

 

Association for Preservation
Technology International

www.apti.org

Calumet Heritage Partnership
www.chicagosteel.org

Chicago-L
www.chicago-l.org

The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
www.savewright.org

Friends of the DuPage Theatre
www.dupagetheatre.net

Friends of the Uptown (Uptown Theatre, Chicag0)
www.uptowntheatre.com

The Historic Chicago Bungalow Initiative
www.chicagobungalow.org

Historic Roads
www.historicroads.org

Jens Jensen Legacy Project
www.jensjensen.org

The League of Historic American Theatres
www.lhat.org

Old House Society
www.oldhousesociety.org

Plan of Chicago Centennial Initiative
www.planofchicago2009.org

Society for American Archaeology
www.saa.org

Society of Architectural Historians
www.sah.org

Streeterville Organization of Active Residents
www.soarchicago.org

Theatre Historical Society of America
www.historictheatres.org

Unity Temple Restoration Foundation
www.unitytemple-utrf.org

Uptown Theatre and Center for the Arts
www.uptowntheatrechicago.com

Vernacular Architecture Forum
www.vernaculararchitectureforum.org

 

Photography

 

Brian M. Palm Photography
www.bmpalm.com

 

Planning & Community Development

 

American Planning Association
www.planning.org

Campaign for Sensible Growth
www.growingsensibly.org

Community First
www.communityfirstinc.org

Planning & Development Network
www.plantizen.com

The Promontory Point Community Task Force
www.savethepoint.org

Smart Growth America
www.smartgrowthamerica.org

Southeast Environmental Task Force
www.southeastenvironmental.org

Women in Planning & Development
www.wpdchicago.org

 

Preservation Education in Illinois

 

Architeacher
www.architeacher.org

Campbell Center
www.campbellcenter.org

Eastern Illinois University
www.eiu.edu

Northwestern University
www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
www.saic.edu

Southern Illinois University
www.siu.edu

University of Illinois
www.uic.edu/cuppa/upp

University of Illinois at Urbana
www.arch.uic.edu/programs

 

Preservation Lobby

 

Preservation Action
www.preservationaction.org

 

Preservation Organizations

(National, State, County, City)

 

Central Illinois Landmarks Foundation
www.cilfpeoria.org

Citizens for Glen Ellyn Preservation
www.glenellynpreservation.org

Gifford Park Association
www.gifford-park-assoc.org

Illinois Valley Cultural Heritage Association
www.eldredhouse.com

Logan Square Preservation
www.logansquarepreservation.org

Moline Preservation Society
www.molinepreservation.org

National Alliance of Preservation Commissions
www.sed.uga.edu/pso/programs/napc/napc.htm

National Trust for Historic Preservation
www.nationaltrust.org

Partners for Sacred Places
www.sacredplaces.org

Preservation Chicago
www.preservationchicago.org

Preservation and Conservation Association (PACA)
www.pacacc.org

 

Publications

 

Preservation Magazine
www.preservationonline.org

 

Recent Past

 

Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond
www.chicagobauhausbeyond.org

Documenting and Preservation Modern
Movement Architecture

www.docomomo-us.org

ModCom
www.modcom.org

Recent Past Initiative
www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/recentpast/index.htm

Recent Past Preservation Network
www.recentpast.org

 

Search Engines or Directories

 

Cultural Heritage Search Engine
www.culturalheritage.net

Preservation Directory
www.preservationdirectory.com

Preservation Trades Network
www.ptn.org

PreserveNet
www.preservenet.cornell.edu

Featured Sites

 

Hegeler Carus Mansion

 

Edward Hegeler commissioned W. W. Boyington, the architect of Chicago's famous Water Tower, to design the Mansion. Built in the Second Empire style, the Mansion is a grand presence in the Illinois Valley. The lavish 16,000-square-foot, seven-level home features a mansard roof; dormer windows; molded cornices; decorative brackets; and a tower crowned by a 30-foot cupola.

 

Hegeler Carus Mansion, LaSalle

 

The Mansion is a solid brick construction covered with a type of stucco that has been smoothed and tooled to resemble massive stone blocks. A horseshoe staircase leads guests to the main entrance of the home and to an elegant wrap-around porch that graces three sides of the residence, a full story above ground.

 

Restored Ceiling

 

Because zinc was readily available from the nearby Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Company, the metal is used throughout the Mansion. The flat roof, gutters, and downspouts are zinc, which does not rust. The Mansion sits on part of what was once a three-acre estate that featured extensive walking paths, a gazebo, a reflecting pond, flower gardens, a greenhouse, tennis courts, and a railroad trolley car.

 

Laundry Room

 

The Hegeler Carus Mansion and its collection are a direct link to that which made Illinois a world cultural center in the later 19th century. The treasures of the Hegeler Carus Mansion show it to be the most important survivor of German heritage of its time. This is a unique distinction not only for La Salle and Illinois, but also for the United States."

 

-Rolf Achilles,
Art Historian and Professor,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

 

For further information, visit the Hegeler Carus website.  [VISIT SITE]


Citizens for Glen Ellyn Preservation

 

We are a group of citizens who want to safeguard the distinctive character,
history and architectural integrity of the Glen Ellyn community through historic preservation, planning and sensible growth.

 

 

The members of Citizens for Glen Ellyn Preservation came together because
of their concern about the number of teardowns in the Village of Glen Ellyn,
the types of buildings targeted for teardowns and the size of the structures replacing those buildings. [
VISIT SITE]


Illinois Historic Sites

 

The Historic Sites Division of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency oversees a remarkable array of historically significant places.

 

 

They range from the earthen-mound remnants of a prehistoric Native American city at Cahokia Mounds to Springfield’s Dana-Thomas House, a twentieth-century masterpiece designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Several sites celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy, while others recognize the Illinois roots of such literary figures such as Carl Sandburg and Vachel Lindsay. [VISIT SITE]

 

IL Historic Sites PDF

 

Farnsworth House

 

The Farnsworth House, built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1951 and located near Plano, Illinois, is one of the most famous examples of modernist domestic architecture; considered unprecedented in its day.

 

 

Visit this masterpiece of steel-and-glass design on the banks of the Fox River. Mies’ temple-like pavilion both invites and challenges visitors – its unsurpassed views through transparent walls will cause you to consider anew how a man-made object best relates to nature. It’s not like any house you have ever been in!  [VISIT SITE]

 

 

 
   

 

     

 

 

 

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