FRANK BUTTERFIELD HIRED AS SPRINGFIELD FIELD DIRECTOR

Landmarks Illinois, the state’s leading preservation organization, has selected Frank Butterfield to serve as Director of the new Springfield Field Office. Butterfield will lead the organization’s first regional office, expanding Landmarks Illinois’ statewide presence and supporting local efforts to protect heritage, enhance communities, and promote economic development.

2013 Media Releases For Ten Most Endangered Historic Places

Landmarks Illinois, the state’s leading voice for historic preservation, announces a list
of 10 sites in Illinois that are currently threatened.

Chicago Bascule Bridges  (4/30/2013 134KB)

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Community Mausoleums - Beecher  (4/30/2013 130KB)

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Community Mausoleums - Fernwood  (4/30/2013 130KB)

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Gage House  (4/30/2013 132KB)

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Lincoln Colored Home  (4/30/2013 133KB) 

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Madison Theater  (4/30/2013 131KB)

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Mineola Hotel (4/30/2013 133KB)

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Miner’s Institute (4/30/2013 132KB)

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

Selected as one of the “2013 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” in Illinois.

2012 Media Releases For Preservation Awards

Edgar County Courthouse, Paris (10/18/2012 110KB)

Selected as the 2012 Restoration Preservation Award winner.

Fletcher Farrar, Springfield  (10/18/2012 111KB)

Selected as the 2012 Joe Antunovich Award for Leadership Award winner.

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Hairpin Lofts, Chicago (10/18/2012 109KB)

Selected as the 2012 Stewardship Preservation Award winner.

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Selected as the 2012 Adaptive Use Preservation Award winner.

Selected as the 2012 Restoration (Project of the Year) Award Winner.

Selected as the 2012 Adaptive Use Preservation Award winner.

Prentice Women’s Hospital Reuse Study

Landmarks Illinois, in late April 2011, issued a report that shows how the nearly-vacant former Prentice Women’s Hospital building can be reused, rather than demolished.

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Driehaus Press Release (3/9/2009 47KB)

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Operation of Farnsworth House to Transfer to National Trust

Farnsworth House Management Transfer Statement from Jim Peters, President, Landmarks Illinois. On January 1, 2010, Landmarks Illinois will transfer management of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House to the property’s owner, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which had worked with Landmarks Illinois, Friends of the Farnsworth House, and others to acquire this internationally-known modernist icon nearly six years ago.

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Money Seeds Illinois County Courthouses Grant Initiative  (3/9/2009 140KB)

Philanthropist Richard H. Driehaus today announced a four-year, $1 million commitment to Landmarks Illinois, the state’s leading voice for historic preservation, to establish a grant program that assists communities throughout Illinois in restoring their historic county courthouses.

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LPCI Name Change Announcement (6/28/2007 8.5KB)

LPCI becomes Landmarks Illinois.

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