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Statewide Endangered

2008 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places

 

This year’s list of threatened sites, which was announced at an April 2nd press conference at the State Capitol in Springfield, represents a cross section of Illinois’ historic resources. Five of the listings date to the 1800s. They include a site along the Underground Railroad, a parochial school constructed by Civil War veterans, early examples of American skyscrapers, the historic epicenter of Chicago’s German-American community, and a library commissioned by a relative of presidents John and John Quincy Adams.

The other half of the list dates from the 20th century and includes: an early metal truss bridge, Chicago’s first riverfront plaza, a Dutch windmill in Central Illinois, a Mid-Century modern building designed for the Navy, a 60’s arena and a “friendly confine”. 

 

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Adams Memorial Library

 

 

Wheaton (DuPage County)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assembly Hall

 

 

Urbana-Champaign
(Champaign County)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burlingame House

 

 

Eden (Randolph County)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily News Building

 

 

Chicago (Cook County)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germania Club
and Theatre

The Mill
Lincoln

Wrigley Field

Chicago (Cook County)

 

“A Special 11th Designation" 

 

 

 

 

Chicago (Cook County)

 

(Logan County)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gunners’ Mates School

Spoon River Bridge

 

 

North Chicago
(Lake County)

 

Bernadotte
(Fulton County)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Avenue Streetwall

Ursuline
Academy

 

 

 

Chicago
(Cook County)

 

Springfield
(Sangamon County)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

The purpose of the “Ten Most” list is to focus attention on sites threatened by deterioration, lack of maintenance, insufficient funds, or inappropriate development. Since the program’s inception in 1995 132 properties have been identified on the endangered list, calling attention to statewide resources in need of preservation.

 
     
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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