Assumption School

Chicago

This Beaux Arts-style structure, which was built in 1899 by St. Frances Cabrini to serve the Near North Side’s immigrant community, is being converted to residential condominiums. The structure had been threatened with demolition before it was designated … FULL STORY

C. S. Dole Mansion

Crystal Lake

The Lakeside Legacy Foundation turned this LPCI 2002 Chicagoland Watch List site into one of Landmark's 2003 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award winners. “This unprecedented effort by the Lakeside …  FULL STORY

Culver House

Decatur

As a result of the designation of the Culver House to LPCI’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Places in 2000, the Historic Decatur Foundation was awarded an Illinois First Grant which enabled them to … FULL STORY

Farnsworth House

Plano

The Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announce the Mies van der Rohe’s historic Farnsworth House has been saved. The group successfully outbid …  FULL STORY

Gillett Memorial Arch

Elkhart

The Gillett Memorial Arch, located on County Road 10, in the small town of Elkhart in Logan County, will remain in place despite the county’s attempts to have it demolished to accommodate a road widening project. The scenic bridge was included in LPCI’s 2005 Ten Most …  FULL STORY

Glasner House

Glencoe

The sale of this Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence to a preservation-minded owner was  completed in June. There were fears that the 1905 building, which had been listed for sale by its current owner, would be …  FULL STORY

Jacobs Block/Rock River Bank

Oregon

After more than a year of community protest, the Oregon City Council voted in February 2005 against a proposed Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) road widening project that would have demolished two prominent corner buildings … FULL STORY

Old City Hall

West Frankfort

The West Frankfort City Council voted to accept a bid of $10,429 from Dr. Ted VanAcker for the purchase of the Old City Hall on July 13, 2004.  This successfully ended the long grass roots effort to save the building …  FULL STORY

Pickford Theater Building

Chicago

One of the landmarks of African-American filmmaking, music, and theater will be saved—just months after landing on LPCI’s list of the Ten Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois for 2006 … FULL STORY

Scherer Flats

Chicago

This Victorian-era commercial structure, located at the prominent corner of State and Division in the Gold Coast National Register District, has been adaptively reused as a CVS Pharmacy. Originally scheduled to be demolished for a drugstore … FULL STORY

South Michigan Avenue Streetwall

Chicago

This famed, 11-block-long wall of buildings facing Grant Park is now a protected local landmark district. It originally was proposed for landmark protection in 1976 but—due to opposition from property owners—it did not receive landmark designation …  FULL STORY

South Water Street Market

Chicago

A private developer (Enterprise Inc.) is retrofitting these eight terra cotta buildings into approximately 850 new residential units. The complex, designed by architects Fugard & Knapp in 1925, was vacated in 2003 …  FULL STORY

St. Gelasius Catholic Church

Chicago

The Renaissance Revival-style church (built 1923; Henry Schlacks, architect) was closed in 2002 and the Archdiocese planned to demolish it. The City decided to pursue landmark designation …  FULL STORY

Zook Home and Studio

Hinsdale

Just two months after being targeted for demolition, a unique complex of structures designed by architect R. Harold Zook was saved and relocated by the Hinsdale Historical Society to a village park two miles south. The complex included an English Cotswold … FULL STORY