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 petition The 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: Loop OVERVIEW 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 Park OVERVIEW 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 Lawndale OVERVIEW 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:...