Read about our 2012 Richard H. Driehaus Preservation Award Recipients below. You can see all years of award recipients here.
The Monroe Building was designed by Holabird & Roche in 1912 for Shepard Brooks as part of a portfolio that included the Monadnock, Rookery, Marquette and Brooks buildings. A 1959 remodeling covered or removed most of the original design elements.
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A nomination was submitted for the restoration of the Garland House in the Enos Park neighborhood in Springfield. Review of the nomination revealed a larger narrative than a single building: the leadership demonstrated by Bud Farrar in effecting sustained positive change in the Enos Park neighborhood.
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The Romanesque Revival courthouse designed by Henry Eliot of Chicago, was constructed between 1891 and 1893. Extensive structural deterioration of the tower, dome and statute (which was leaning) raised the specter of demolition.
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Primarily vacant for 20 years, the 1929 Hairpin Lofts had extensively deteriorated. Situated in the Logan Square neighborhood, the building and the surrounding area were languishing. One of four buildings that anchors the six-corner intersection, it is a significant component of the streetscape.
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Designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and constructed in 1908 for Hugh McBirney, the house has an unusually linear design that is reinforced and enhanced by the formal gardens designed by Shaw and Rose Standish Nichols.
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These two buildings are contributing structures to the 2005 Mies Van der Rohe academic campus National Register listing. The Engineering Research Building (ERB) was built in 1944, designed by Mies Van der Rohe. The Chemical Research Building (CRB) was completed in 1959, designed by Schmidt, Garden, and Erickson.
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This project entailed a thorough and accurate five-year restoration of a 1930 Texaco Gas station conducted by a businessman and local community leader for use as his office. Extensive research yielded information on missing elements. Environmental contamination issues were addressed with help from the City of Decatur.
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This abandoned depot, built in 1897, was moved off its original site to a lumberyard in 1967, where it was subsequently abandoned again in 1979. The Village of Ullin obtained ownership and returned it to its original site. Listed on the National Register in 1999, the depot became the focus of a long-term restoration effort by the local community.
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Originally constructed in 1949 to serve the processing plant for the Brooks Tomato Products Company, the water tower is 70 feet tall atop a 100’ tall support structure. Brooks ceased operations in 1963 and tower went out of use.
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