Read about our 2006 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award Recipients below. You can see all years of award recipients here.
The restoration of this mid-20th century architectural icon, according to the awards jury, was “of the highest quality.” Crown Hall has been home to the Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture since its completion in 1956.
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The awards jury found this Fox Valley community to have one of the “most diverse” preservation programs in Illinois. Its landmarks ordinance dates to the mid-1980s and its early successes included the adaptive use of an 1855-66 stone railroad roundhouse that had been slated for demolition.
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Sixty miles south of Chicago, along the Kankakee River, stands one of the only surviving horse stables designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Over the years, as a result of multiple owners and a later restaurant conversion, the original stable interior was completely altered and the attached open-air breezeway was enclosed.
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Most campaigns to save a significant property are led by a grassroots group of citizen preservationists. In contrast, the effort to save this three and a half-acre historic farmstead from development was spearheaded by the Village of Montgomery and its president, Marilyn Michelini.
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An expert in the field of architectural history-with a specialty in Prairie Style design-Kalec’s respect for the work of great architects is evident in his own restoration projects and his efforts to educate future preservationists.
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This impressive Classical Revival-style school was designed in 1917 by Arthur Hussander for the West Englewood neighborhood. Established as a technical school, Lindblom was a longstanding rival of Lane Technical High School in prestige and popularity.
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This early-20th century apartment building in east central Illinois was designed in a Dutch Revival Style using red brick, roof dormers and stepped gables. By the time the property was listed on the National Register in 1988, however, it had suffered from deferred maintenance and was plagued by criminal activity.
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This three-story Italianate commercial structure, which was built in 1865-72 by brick manufacturer Hiram Richardson, has long anchored the corner of State and Wyman, just west of the Rock River. During its tenure as the home of Wortham’s Department Store, the building’s façade was radically modernized.
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This tan brick apartment building, which was built in two stages between 1903 and 1913, is a good example of Renaissance Revival architecture. Local architects Leonard Drack and Cyrus Daniel McLane designed the building for Elmo Sala, a Rock Island physician.
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