Read about our 2014 Richard H. Driehaus Preservation Award Recipients below. You can see all years of award recipients here.
The Neo Classical bank building was built in 1913 and is an anchor to Main Street in Warren. Located at 135 E. Main St., the original bank lobby was characterized by a barrel vault ceiling with 60 art glass windows.
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Built under the supervision of William LeBaron Jenney in 1871, Riverside’s Arcade Building located at 1 Riverside Road is a mixed-use retail, residential and office building. It was a pioneering structure at the time of its construction: it was one of the first “shopping arcades” in the country.
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In May of 2009, the Charleston Historic Preservation Commission (CHPC) learned that the US Postal Service intended to close the local post office, a 1917 Colonial Revival-style building. The CHPC created a public campaign to save the building.
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The Fortnightly of Chicago purchased the Bryan Lathrop House, located at 120 E. Bellevue Place, in 1922, and has since made it a priority to preserve and maintain the property as its operating clubhouse. The House is one of only two buildings identified in the Chicago Historic Resources Survey as having been designed by the nationally significant firm of McKim, Mead, and White, and is one of the city’s finest examples of the Georgian Revival style.
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The West Wing of the State Capitol, located at 300 State House, is the second phase of a comprehensive renovation program for the most significant governmental building in the state.
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In May 2012 a fire destroyed about 40% of the roof on the 1929 Indian Boundary Park Field House, located at 2500 W. Lunt Ave. The building, designed by Charles Hatzfield, was a mix of Tudor and Arts Crafts with Native American themed ornamentation.
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Walker and Carolyn Johnson have been stalwart supporters and advocates of historic preservation for decades. Walker, an award-winning architect, is one of the most recognizable and enduring figures in Chicago’s preservation community. He has contributed to or completed feasibility studies for some of the area’s most prominent historic buildings.
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The 1927 Pere Marquette at 501 Main St. was once regarded as one of the most upscale hotels in the state of Illinois. When the Peoria Civic Center underwent a $55 million expansion a decade ago, however, it became clear that the already-struggling hotel could no longer serve its clientele in its current state.
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One of Chicago’s architectural icons, the Wrigley Building was completed between 1921-24. The Wm. Wrigley, Jr Company sold the building at 400 N. Michigan Ave. in 2011 to BDT Capital Partners, which sought to retain the building’s name and restore its historic integrity while positioning it to serve a new mix of 21st century office and retail tenants.
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