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Welcome to our Press page, an online resource for the media that provides easy access to information and images for Landmarks Illinois' important issues, programs, or special events. For your convenience the documents listed on this page are in PDF format. Additionally, when applicable, listed documents are linked to their appropriate web and or image library pages.

 

If you need information or an image not available on this site, please contact Landmarks
at (312) 922-1742. Note: the following documents and images are subject to change.

 

 

 

 

2011 Media Releases For Preservation Awards

 

2011 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards  (10/21/2011 174KB)

The 17th annual Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards will be presented on October 29th at the InterContinental Chicago. This year’s nine award winners range from the restoration of a mid-20th century home to the reconstruction of a courthouse clock tower.
Press Release PDF

 

Ancel House, Glencoe (10/21/2011 158KB)

Selected as the 2011 Restoration Preservation Award winner.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website  

 

Champaign County Courthouse, Urbana (10/21/2011 156KB)

Selected as the 2011 Reconstruction Preservation Award winner.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Classic Cinemas (10/21/2011 154KB)

Selected as the 2011 Stewardship Preservation Award winner.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Clayville Restoration Project, Pleasant Plains  (10/21/2011 1157KB) 

Selected as the 2011 Advocacy Preservation Award winner.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Jay and Mary Matson, Galesburg (10/21/2011 159KB)

Selected as the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Preservation Award winner.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Municipal Center River Wall and Plaza, St. Charles (10/21/2011 157KB)

Selected as the 2011 Restoration Preservation Award winner.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Parkside Apartments, Kewanee (10/21/2011 158KB)

Selected as the 2011 Adaptive Use Preservation Award winner.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Scully Building, Lincoln (10/21/2011 156KB)

Selected as the 2011 Rehabilitation Preservation Award winner.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Sullivan Center, Chicago (10/21/2011 157KB)

Selected as the 2011 Restoration (Project of the Year) Preservation Award winner.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 


 

President Jim Peters to leave Landmarks Illinois

 

President Jim Peters to leave Landmarks Illinois (8/18/2011 120KB)

Jim Peters will leave his post as president and executive director of Landmarks Illinois at the end of October, Board Chairman Shelley Gorson announced today. Peters is leaving to consult and teach in the field of historic preservation.

Press Release PDF  |  Website  

 


 

Prentice Women’s Hospital Reuse Study

 

Prentice Women’s Hospital Reuse Study (4/22/2011 143KB)

Landmarks Illinois, in late April 2011, issued a report that shows how the nearly-vacant former Prentice Women’s Hospital building can be reused, rather than demolished.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website  

 


 

2011 Media Releases For Ten Most Endangered Historic Places

 

2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places  (4/6/2011 145KB)

Landmarks Illinois, the state’s leading voice for historic preservation, announces a list of 10 sites in Illinois that are currently threatened.

Press Release PDF

 

Belleville Turner Hall (4/6/2011 124KB)

Selected as one of the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website  

 

Bolivia Road Bridge (4/6/2011 123KB)

Selected as one of the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Iannelli Home and Studio (4/6/2011 124KB)

Four sites selected for the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

New Regal Theater  (4/6/2011 123KB) 

Selected as one of the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Prentice Women’s Hospital (4/6/2011 123KB)

Selected as one of the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Sheriff’s Residence and Jail (4/6/2011 123KB)

Selected as one of the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Soper-Burr House (4/6/2011 123KB)

Selected as one of the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Streator Catholic Churches  (4/6/2011 123KB)

Selected as one of the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

West End Settlement House (4/6/2011 134KB)

Selected as one of the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 

Will Rogers Theatre (4/6/2011 134KB)

Selected as one of the “2011 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Press Release PDF  |  Image Sheet  |  Website

 


 

Richard H. Driehaus Courthouse Initiative Grants

 

Grants Awarded Press Release (6/9/2010 143KB)

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Driehaus Press Release (3/9/2009 47KB)

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Operation of Farnsworth House to Transfer to National Trust

 

Farnsworth House Management Transfer Statement (7/13/2009 168KB)

Farnsworth House Management Transfer Statement from Jim Peters, President, Landmarks Illinois. On January 1, 2010, Landmarks Illinois will transfer management of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House to the property’s owner, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which had worked with Landmarks Illinois, Friends of the Farnsworth House, and others to acquire this internationally-known modernist icon nearly six years ago.

Press Release PDF |  Website  

 


 

Richard H. Driehaus Commits $1 Million to Landmarks Illinois

 

Money Seeds Illinois County Courthouses Grant Initiative  (3/9/2009 140KB)

Philanthropist Richard H. Driehaus today announced a four-year, $1 million commitment to Landmarks Illinois, the state’s leading voice for historic preservation, to establish a grant program that assists communities throughout Illinois in restoring their historic county courthouses.

Press Release PDF

 


 

Name Change Announcement

 

LPCI Name Change Announcement (6/28/2007 8.5KB)

LPCI becomes Landmarks Illinois.

Press Release PDF 

 

 
         
         

 

 

 

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