Illinois Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program Is Up and Running

The Illinois Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program is up and running. The program provides a state income tax credit equal to 25% of a project’s qualified expenditures to owners of certified historic structures located within River Edge Redevelopment Zones (Aurora (pictured), East St. Louis, Elgin, Rockford ... FULL STORY

Endangered Theater Purchased
Charleston

The Will Rogers Theatre, included on Landmarks Illinois’ 2011 “Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” list, was purchased in November, 2011 by preservation-minded owners who plan to fully restore the building to its former grandeur. The purchasers, Katie and James Troccoli of Ottawa, Illinois and Tim Burke ... FULL STORY

Old Main, Barat College
Lake Forest

The Lake Forest City Council voted 7-1 on November 7, 2011, to remove the Old Main building on the former Barat College campus from the Lake Forest Historic District. For more information, read Landmarks Illinois’ letter to the Lake Forest City Council ... FULL STORY

President Jim Peters to leave Landmarks
Chicago

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. Peters joined Landmarks Illinois in 2001. “Working at Landmarks Illinois has been ... FULL STORY

Save Prentice Rally
Chicago

The effort to save this modernist gem (1974) of architect Bertrand Goldberg now has the attention of the nation. On June 15th, “old” Prentice Hospital was named one of the “11 Most Endangered Historic Places” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The announcement was made ... FULL STORY

Prentice Reuse Study Released
Chicago

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. The building’s owner, Northwestern University, recently had announced plans to raze the clover leafshaped structure in late 2011 ... FULL STORY

1907 Hospital Building Demolished
Michael Reese Campus

In April 2011, the City of Chicago’s Public Building Commission began demolition of the historic Michael Reese Hospital, designed by Schmidt, Garden & Martin in 1907. This Prairie School-style building was one of the city’s most significant early hospital designs. The Michael Reese Hospital Campus ... FULL STORY

McCormick Place Redux
Chicago

Landmarks Illinois has partnered with the Chicago Architectural Club and AIA Chicago to sponsor an “ideas” competition for the future reuse of McCormick Place East, built in 1971 and designed by C.F. Murphy and Assoc. Since 2009, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority has discussed the need to ... FULL STORY

Restoring County Treasures
Courthouse Grants Announced

Four counties will receive restoration grants totaling nearly $200,000 this year from Landmarks Illinois, as part of our statewide County Courthouse Initiative. This multi-year, $1 million program, which is funded by the Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust, was created in 2009 to help restore historic ... FULL STORY

Historic Farmhouse Saga Continues
Urbana-Champaign

On October 9th, 2010, the University of Illinois demolished later-built additions of the Mumford House, despite objections by the Chancellor’s Mumford House Advisory Committee, on which Landmarks Illinois serves, and despite that this demolition work had not been identified as a Phase I stabilization priority . ... FULL STORY

Lathrop Homes: RFQ Released
Chicago

On October 21, 2010, the Board of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) approved a five-partner development team called Lathrop Community Partners, which will be responsible for revitalizing the historic Lathrop Homes. The team is comprised of Related Midwest, Magellan Development Group,  ... FULL STORY

News Update
Cook County Hospital Rehab

In July 2010, the Cook County Office of Capital Planning and Policy released a Request for Qualifications for architectural and engineering services for the rehabilitation of Old Cook County Hospital, as well as neighboring Pasteur Park. The RFQ deadline is August 25th.  The nearly century-old building  ... FULL STORY