February 2019 Newsletter
If You Value Preservation In Chicago… Please Support Preservation Chicago !
Preservation Chicago is a small organization with a big impact. In a city the size of Chicago, every part of your support counts....
Petition: Save the Clarendon Park Field House
Please sign the Save Clarendon Park petitionThe Clarendon Park Community Center will either begin an extensive renovation or will be demolished and replaced. The...
Logan Square Preservation Launches Campaign to Restore Church’s Stained Glass
Logan Square Preservation has launched a fundraising campaign to raise funds to restore and backlight the original stained glass windows at an historic church...
THREATENED: Roman Catholic Churches of Chicago
Address: Throughout Chicago
Architects: Dillenberg & Zucher, John van Osdel, Patrick Keely, Burnham & Root, Gregory Vigeant, Henry Engelbert, William Brinkman, Henry Schlacks, Worthmann &...
THREATENED: James R. Thompson Center / State of Illinois Building
Address: 100 W. Randolph Street
Architects: C.F. Murphy, Murphy/Jahn, Helmut Jahn
Date: 1985
Style: Post-Modern
Neighborhood: LoopOVERVIEW
This is the third time the James R. Thompson Center/State of Illinois...
THREATENED: Second Church of Christ, Scientist
Address: 2700 N. Pine Grove Avenue
Architects: Solon S. Beman
Date: 1899-1901
Style: Classical Revival
Neighborhood: Lincoln ParkOVERVIEW
Second Church of Christ, Scientist is a fine example of Chicago...
THREATENED: Justice D. Harry Hammer / Lu & Jorja Palmer Mansion
Address: 3654-3656 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (originally called Grand Boulevard, then South Park Way)
Architects: William Wilson Clay, Wheelock & Clay
Date: 1885
Style:...
THREATENED: Crawford Power Station
Address: 35th and Pulaski
Architects: Graham, Anderson, Probst and White
Date: 1926
Style: Industrial Gothic
Neighborhood: Little Village / South LawndaleOVERVIEW
The Crawford Power Station is fast approaching 100...
THREATENED: Loretto Academy / Institute of the Blessed Virgin
Address: 1447 E. 65th Street, 65th and Blackstone Avenue,
Chicago (originally Jackson Park Terrace and Washington Avenue)
Architect: William P. Doerr
Date: 1905, with 1927 addition
Style: Flemish...
THREATENED: Seven Continents Building / Rotunda Building
Address: O’Hare Airport, originally between Terminals 1 and 2
Architect: Gertrude Lempp Kerbis with Naess & Murphy, and
C.F. Murphy Architects
Date: 1963 (drawings 1961)
Style: Jet Age
Neighborhood:...