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Statewide Endangered
2009
Ten Most Endangered Historic Places
This year’s list of threatened sites
was announced on April 28th at a press conference at the State Capitol in
Springfield. The annual Ten Most Endangered Historic Places list is designed to
focus attention on sites throughout Illinois threatened by deterioration, lack
of maintenance, insufficient funds, or inappropriate development. Since the
program’s inception in 1995—40 sites have been saved, 34 have been demolished or
substantially altered, and 81 remain threatened to some degree. For a detailed
list of all 155 sites, visit
the “Ten Most”
Archives.
One of the most notable listings is the recent court challenge to Chicago’s
Landmarks Ordinance, which could impact preservation ordinances across the
country. Other listings are: the state’s oldest bank, an early stagecoach inn, a
1915 apothecary, a 109-year-old train station, the first commercial building in
the planned community of Riverside, Illinois’ largest Chautauqua auditorium, a
Bertrand Goldberg-designed hospital, an iconic structure in Aurora, a Chicago
lakefront medical campus, and a
distinctive grouping of barns.
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