Landmarks Illinois

Landmarks Illinois is proud to launch "The Relevancy Guidebook," a manual aimed at making historic preservation more effective, inclusive and just. Written by Landmarks Illinois President and CEO Bonnie McDonald from extensive research, including 130 interviews with people deeply involved in preservation and the built environment, it identifies preservation's challenges and actionable ways to increase its relevance in a changing world. Preservation can help solve society's pressing needs, with the potential to create affordable housing, fight climate change, promote justice and equity, generate new jobs, and more. Historic places give context to events that have shaped our history. Destroying them can untether communities; saving them can provide knowledge, repair, and hope. "The Relevancy Guidebook" is designed to help make it possible for anyone to protect the places that matter to them and their community. Download it for free at https://lnkd.in/es5Df32c. Our thanks to the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation and National Trust for Historic Preservation for their support. #HistoricPreservation #Preservation #LandmarksIllinois

Our Saviour Parish & Grade School in Jacksonville was awarded $2,500 through Landmarks Illinois’ Preservation Heritage Fund for repairs to the porch on the church’s rectory, which has been deemed structurally unsafe. The Queen Anne-style residence was constructed in 1896 and houses the church’s priests. Read more about our grant recipients here: https://ow.ly/Mxex50SCJJa

Register today for the July 25 webinar, Monuments & Justice: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument hosted by the National Trust's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. The work to permanently protect, preserve, manage, and interpret Chicago’s Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ and Mississippi’s Graball Landing and Tallahatchie Courthouse as part of the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument has profound meaning. Each heritage asset tells stories of racial violence, human worth, dignity, fairness under the law, grief, tragedy, and women-led activism. In a conversation led by renowned poet, scholar, and President of the Mellon Foundation, Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, we will explore the architecture of monument-making, the need for ethnic and cultural representation, and the role of historic preservation in fostering healing from racial trauma. This webinar is part of the Action Fund's Conversation Series, which will rebroadcast critical dialogues from our Cultural Preservation Leadership Summit held at the Ford Foundation's Center for Social Justice in New York City. Forum Webinars are currently free and open to the public. Register today: https://ow.ly/RQbi50SiLM0

Theatre Y in Chicago was awarded $5,000 through Landmarks Illinois’ Preservation Heritage Fund for architectural services for the restoration of the Jackson Storage and Van Company Warehouse, a former storage building located in the South Lawndale community. The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has recently approved a final landmark recommendation for the building! Read more here: https://ow.ly/6RkI50SAvp7

Join ACHP Chair Sara C. Bronin at 5 p.m. CT Tuesday, July 23 at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law School of Law for a discussion of federal preservation law and policy, including new ACHP initiatives on housing and climate change, and specific government actions involving Chicago's historic resources. The meeting is open to the public and will take place in Lincoln Hall, Room LM104, 357 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gmsBN2aq Note: this meeting was rescheduled from May. Preservation Chicago Preservation Futures Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago Architecture Center The Resurrection Project

The R. Buckminster Fuller Dome Home Museum proudly announced its first annual Bucky’s Birthday Block Party. Join this free event on Saturday, July 13th from 5 to 9 pm! Landmarks Illinois has a nearly 20-year history with the Fuller Dome Home. The 1960s geodesic dome home was included on the Most Endangered list in 2004, received a Landmarks Illinois Preservation Heritage Fund Grant in 2012 and 2023, and was the recipient of a 2015 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Dreihaus Foundation Preservation Award.

Register today for the July 16 Forum Webinar: Insuring Historic Properties in an Increasingly Challenging Marketplace–What You Need to Know. During this webinar you’ll hear from key leaders at the National Trust, National Trust Insurance Services, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, and Jillpine, a developer focused on the rehabilitation of historic properties. Challenges associated with insuring both commercial and residential historic properties have become increasingly more difficult—with fewer and fewer companies willing to insure historic properties and soaring premiums, historic property owners are often at a disadvantage. Learn about what you need to know about the state of the insurance industry today, what is driving up costs, and what you may be able to do about it. Register today for this webinar: https://ow.ly/iWeZ50SiKqw Forum Webinars are currently free and open to the public. National Trust Forum members are eligible to receive a free consultation from National Trust Insurance Services, should they be in attendance.

W.A. McConnell Foundation in Richmond was awarded $3,000 through the Landmarks Illinois’ Preservation Heritage Fund for for stabilizing the stone foundation of the village’s oldest surviving building, known as “Old #90,” which the W.A. McDonnell Foundation plans to use as a local historical museum and office space. Learn more https://ow.ly/GNaE50SxjFf

Project XV in El Paso was awarded $4,000 through the Landmarks Illinois’ Preservation Heritage Fund for continued restoration work at the historic Legacy Building, which Project XV Corp. is repurposing to create Illinois’ first voting rights museum. Learn more about the grant: https://ow.ly/FmMx50St9sT

Pike County Historical Society in Pittsfield was awarded $5,000 through Landmarks Illinois’ Preservation Heritage Fund for a new roof on the Shastid House. One of the oldest houses in Pittsfield (constructed in 1838) that Abraham Lincoln visited and is today a part of the federally designated Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area. Learn more about the grant: https://ow.ly/Pahp50St9u7