Landmarks Illinois grants $30,000 in funding to help preservation projects in Central, Northern and Western Illinois and Chicagoland
June 27 2024 - 1:10PM
Landmarks Illinois has awarded $30,000 in grant funding to eight
preservation projects across the state through its Preservation
Heritage Fund and Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II
Preservation Fund for Illinois grant programs. Grant-funded
projects are located in the Illinois communities of Chicago, El
Paso, Jacksonville, Oak Park, Pittsfield and Richmond.
Preservation Heritage Fund grant
recipientsLandmarks Illinois’ Preservation Heritage Fund
grants provide monetary assistance to significant structures or
sites in Illinois that are under threat of demolition, in imminent
deterioration, in need of stabilization, in need of structural or
reuse evaluation or need to be evaluated for landmark
eligibility.
A total of $28,000 in matching grants has been awarded to seven
Illinois preservation efforts in this latest round of grant
funding. Visit our website to learn more about
each grant recipient.
- Theatre Y, Chicago: $5,000 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 building is in the process of landmark designation
through the City of Chicago.
- Project XV, El Paso: $4,000 for continued restoration
work at the historic Legacy Building, which Project XV Corp. is
repurposing to create Illinois’ first voting rights museum.
- Our Saviour Parish & Grade School, Jacksonville:
$2,500 to repair 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.
- Living Sanctuary of Faith Church of God in Christ, Oak
Park: $5,000 for masonry restoration of the historic church,
which was built in 1903, is a contributing structure in the Frank
Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture National Register and
Local Landmark Historic District.
- Oak Park & River Forest Day Nursery, Oak Park:
$3,500 for restoration of windows at the daycare center housed in a
100-year-old local landmarked building.
- Pike County Historical Society, Pittsfield: $5,000 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.
- W.A. McDonnell Foundation, Richmond: $3,000 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.
Donnelley Preservation Fund grant recipients The
Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund for
Illinois provides monetary assistance to preserve or protect
significant structures and sites in Illinois that are under threat
of demolition, in imminent deterioration, in need of stabilization,
in need of structural or reuse evaluation or need to be evaluated
for landmark eligibility.
One grant has been awarded to the Promontory Point
Conservancy in Chicago through this round of funding. A $2,000
matching grant will help the Promontory Point Conservancy hire a
historic treatments consultant to assist in its overall
preservation plans for the Chicago Landmark and National
Register-listed park in the city’s Hyde Park
neighborhood. Visit our website to learn more
about the grant recipient.
More about Landmarks Illinois grantsLandmarks Illinois
grants are given on a matching basis, requiring the recipient to
raise funds equal or greater to the Landmarks Illinois grant
amount. Landmarks Illinois grant funding is used toward preserving
historic and significant places in communities throughout the
state. Often, these small grants help spark community engagement
around the preservation of a place and help boost local fundraising
efforts for the preservation project.
Grant applications for the next round of funding through the
Preservation Heritage Fund and Barbara C.
and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund for Illinois
grant programs are due October 1.
Landmarks Illinois is also accepting applications for the
Landmarks Illinois Timuel D. Black, Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago’s
South Side. Applications for this grant program are due July 1 and
January 1. Visit our website to learn more about
our grant programs.
About Landmarks Illinois Landmarks Illinois is a
membership-based, historic preservation nonprofit organization
dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting the places people
across Illinois value. We advocate for the sustainable reuse of
historic resources, provide expertise and free resources on
preservation and work to ensure that historic places remain a vital
part of the state's communities. We are People Saving Places for
People. For more information, visit
www.Landmarks.org.
- Project XV Corp., a Preservation Heritage Fund Grant
Recipient
Kaitlyn McAvoy
Landmarks Illinois
312-995-9679
kmcavoy@landmarks.org