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	Statewide Endangered Archive 1995-2007 In the thirteen years of Landmarks Illinois’ “Ten Most Endangered” program, 132 properties have been listed. Some of these structures or sites have been saved; others, unfortunately, have been destroyed. Still other properties remain threatened or a rehabilitation effort is pending. The “scorecard” reads: 38-26-65-3 (i.e., 38 saved, 26 lost, 65 still threatened, 3 other). The following reports are based on recent interviews with local preservationists. For individual property information please click the "photo" text link. To cycle through several images continue clicking links — without closing the popup window.
	2007 Barat College’s Sacred Heart Chapel, Lake Forest – still threatened PHOTO Broadwell Tavern, Pleasant Plains – still threatened PHOTO Cedar Court, Park Ridge – still threatened PHOTO Duncan Manor, Towanda – still threatened PHOTO Germania Hall, Freeport – demolished PHOTO Lakeshore Athletic Club, Chicago – rehab pending PHOTO Lathrop Homes, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Longfellow Elementary School, Rock Island – still threatened PHOTO Robinson Auditorium -Gymnasium, Robinson – still threatened PHOTO Viking Ship, Geneva – still threatened PHOTO 2006 Campana Building, Batavia – still threatened PHOTO Greene County Almshouse, Carrollton – still threatened PHOTO Montgomery House, Glen Carbon – still threatened PHOTO Mumford House -- UIUC , Urbana – still threatened PHOTO Pickford Theater Building, Chicago – rehab pending PHOTO Religious Structures of Douglas Blvds, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO Rock Island Arsenal Reservoir & Bridge, Rock Island – partially demolished PHOTO Spring Street Historic Corridor, Galena – still threatened PHOTO Trail of Tears Encampment, Buncombe – still threatened PHOTO Westinghouse High School, Chicago – demolition pending PHOTO Pilgrim Baptist Church, Chicago – fire ruins stabilized PHOTO 2005 Gillett Memorial Arch, Elkhart – stabilized PHOTO Jewelers Row District, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Lincoln Hall, Urbana – still threatened PHOTO Old Lincoln School, Rock Island – still threatened PHOTO River Forest Women’s Club, River Forest – saved PHOTO Tuscan Lodge, Carbondale – still threatened PHOTO Universalist Unitarian Church, Peoria – demolished PHOTO Veterans Memorial Pool, Dixon – still threatened PHOTO Westgate Street, Oak Park – saved PHOTO Zook Home and Studio, Hinsdale – saved PHOTO Cook County Hospital, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO 2004 Eldred House, Eldred – still threatened PHOTO Fuller Home Dome, Carbondale – still threatened PHOTO Henneberry Farmstead, Oswego – partially demolished PHOTO Northeast Evanston Historic District , Evanston – still threatened PHOTO Palm Tavern, Chicago – demolished PHOTO Plainfield’s Early-Settlement Structures, Plainfield – still threatened PHOTO Promontory Point/Monroe Harbor, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO St. Leo Catholic Church, Chicago – largely demolished PHOTO Steel Plant Structures along the Calumet River, Chicago – partially demolished PHOTO Judge Taylor House, Springfield – still threatened PHOTO Cook County Hospital, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO 2003 Alton City Hall, Alton – saved PHOTO Cook County Hospital, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Emmert “Spring” House, Mount Carroll – still threatened PHOTO Des Plaines Methodist Camp Ground, Des Plaines – still threatened PHOTO Hayes-Healy Gymnasium, Chicago – demolished PHOTO Hibbard “Cuppola” House, Marengo – still threatened PHOTO Illinois Central Railroad Depot, Mattoon – still threatened PHOTO Kendall County Jail & Sheriff’s Residence, Yorkville – still threatened PHOTO Metropolitan Church & Rectories, Chicago – saved PHOTO Streator Township High School, Streator – demolished PHOTO Farnsworth House, Plano – saved PHOTO 2002 Big Rock Township Farms, Kane County – still threatened PHOTO Eagle Hotel, Wilmington – still threatened PHOTO Huntley House, Chicago – demolished PHOTO Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet – still threatened PHOTO Mallinckrodt Campus, Wilmette – saved PHOTO Michigan Blvd. Garden Apartments, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Middaugh Mansion, Clarendon Hills – demolished PHOTO Moses King Brick and Tile Works, Colchester – still threatened PHOTO Pinckneyville High School, Pinckneyville – renewed threat PHOTO Prairie Dell Church, Watseka – saved PHOTO Soldier Field, Chicago – addition constructed PHOTO 2001 Baum and Temple buildings, Danville – demolished PHOTO Burton-Peck-Couch buildings, Chicago – demolished; facades saved PHOTO C.B. & Q. Depot, Aurora – still threatened PHOTO Cook County Hospital, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Goodman Theater, Chicago – demolished PHOTO Main Brothers Co. Office, Karnak – still threatened PHOTO Manske-Niemann Farm, Litchfield – still threatened PHOTO Marine Ways, Mound City – still threatened PHOTO Uptown Theater, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Warm Air Research Residence, Urbana – rehab pending PHOTO Vanishing Urban Corners – still threatened PHOTO 2000 Central School, Lincoln – demolished PHOTO Congregational Church, Pittsfield – demolished PHOTO Culver House, Decatur – rehab pending PHOTO Denman Row Houses, Quincy – demolished PHOTO DuPage Theater, Lombard – demolished PHOTO Platt Luggage, Chicago – façade relocated PHOTO Spring Valley City Hall, Spring Valley – demolished PHOTO Unity Temple, Oak Park – rehab pending PHOTO Upland Kaskaskia Trace, southeast of St. Louis – still unrecognized PHOTO Waltmire Bridge, Tremont – still threatened PHOTO 1999 Cluster Round Barn, Morris – saved PHOTO Harwood-Solon House, Champaign – saved PHOTO Nelson Factory, Edwardsville – saved PHOTO Pepsin Syrup Factory, Monticello – demolished PHOTO Pullman Factory, Chicago – saved PHOTO Richards Farm View, Galena – still threatened PHOTO St. Boniface Church and School, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Sugar Loaf Mound Complex, Collinsville – saved Teeple Barn, Elgin – collapsed PHOTO Tree Studios Block, Chicago – saved PHOTO PHOTO 1998 Berwyn National Bank, Berwyn – rehab pending PHOTO East St. Louis Mound Group, East St. Louis – saved Henke-Buck Farmstead, Waterloo – still threatened PHOTO McPike Mansion, Alton – still threatened PHOTO Ohio River Business District, Cairo – still threatened PHOTO Schweikher House and Studio, Schaumburg – saved PHOTO Springdale Cemetery, Peoria – cemetery saved; gatehouse still threatened PHOTO Telegraph Properties, Alton – demolished PHOTO Wagner Farm, Glenview – saved PHOTO Village of Hinsdale, Hinsdale – still threatened PHOTO 1997 Ater-Jacques House, Urbana – demolished PHOTO Cahokia Archeological Site, Madison – still threatened PHOTO Ferguson Mansion, Springfield – demolished PHOTO Glasner House, Glencoe – saved PHOTO Hettler House, Chicago – temporarily saved PHOTO Loop Elevated Stations, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Marseilles Hydro Plant, Marseilles – saved PHOTO National Guard Armory, Rock Island – still threatened PHOTO Old Post Office, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Washington School, River Forest – demolished PHOTO 1996 Chatterton’s Block, Springfield – saved PHOTO CTA Green Line Stations, Chicago – saved PHOTO Borden Milk Building, Elgin – demolished Grand Village of Illinois, LaSalle County – saved Medinah Temple, Chicago – saved PHOTO Nachusa House, Dixon – saved PHOTO Oak Park Downtown, Oak Park – still threatened PHOTO Pending Landmarks, Chicago – 29 of 30 saved PHOTO Uptown Theater, Chicago – still threatened PHOTO Walden/Bluff’s Edge Bridge, Lake Forest – saved PHOTO 1995 Albany Mounds, Whiteside County – still threatened DeKalb Post Office, DeKalb – demolished PHOTO Eighth Regiment Armory, Chicago – saved PHOTO Enoch Building, Carrollton – demolished PHOTO Ft. Sheridan, Highland Park – saved PHOTO Grand Village of the Kickapoo, LeRoy – still threatened Michigan Avenue Streetwall, Chicago – saved PHOTO Musician’s Hall, Peoria – saved PHOTO North Shore Station, Skokie – saved PHOTO Pullman Market Hall, Chicago – stabilized PHOTO

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