March 2024 Newsletter
Full House for Preservation Chicago’s 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Hybrid Presentation
The Preservation Chicago 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered presentation was presented to a hybrid audience, both live in-person audience and a simultaneous virtual audience...
THREATENED: The Century and Consumers Buildings, a 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
Century & Consumers BuildingsThe Century BuildingAddress: 202 S. State StreetArchitects: Holabird and RocheDate: 1915The Consumers BuildingAddress: 220 S. State StreetArchitects: Jenney, Mundie & JensenDate:...
THREATENED: Sheffield-Belden Group, a 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
Sheffield-Belden GroupNW corner of Sheffield and Belden)Courtyard BuildingAddress: 1000-1012 W. Belden/2300-2302 N. SheffieldArchitects: Maher & McGrawDate: 1926Style: Renaissance RevivalFour Freestanding TownhousesAddress: 2308, 2310, 2314...
THREATENED: Ogden-Keeler Industrial Buildings, a 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
Ogden-Keeler Industrial BuildingsWestern Felt Works
Address: 4115 W. Ogden
Year: 1916
Architect: R.C. Fletcher
Style: Prairie SchoolTurner Manufacturing Company
Address: 4147-4151 W. Ogden; 2309-2325 S. Keeler
Year: 1918 - 1921
Architect:...
THREATENED: Schulze Baking Company Building, a 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
Schulze Baking Company Building
Address: 40 East Garfield Boulevard
Architect: John Ahlschlager & Son
Date: 1915
Style: Sullivanesque
Neighborhood: Washington ParkSchulze Baking Company Building
Address: 40 East Garfield Boulevard
Architect: John...
THREATENED: Chicago Vocational School (CVS), a 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
Chicago Vocational School (aka Chicago Vocational Career Academy)Address: 2100 E. 87th Street
Architect: John C. Christensen
Date: 1938-1941
Style: Art Deco/Art Moderne
Neighborhood: Avalon ParkOverview
Chicago Vocational School (today,...
THREATENED: All of Mankind Mural / Stranger’s Home Missionary Baptist Church, a 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
All of Mankind Mural/Stranger’s Home Missionary Baptist ChurchMuralsAddress: 617 W. Evergreen StreetArtist: William WalkerYear: 1971-1974
Style: Black Arts MovementChurchAddress: 617 W. EvergreenArchitect/Artist: John Neal Tilton
Year: 1901Style:...
THREATENED: Swift-Morris Mansion, a 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
Swift-Morris MansionAddress: 4500 S. Michigan AvenueArchitect: James R. Willett & Alfred Pashley (attributed)Date: 1892; c.1917 (coach house)Style: Richardsonian Romanesque / Queen AnneNeighborhood: BronzevilleOverviewA landmark...
THREATENED: The Complicated Saga of the Century and Consumers Buildings (Chicago 7 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, 2024)
"Chicago’s State Street houses a number of America’s earliest and most historic skyscrapers. These skyscrapers, recognized as the 'Chicago School' of architecture, represent the...
WIN: Preliminary Landmark Recommendation Approved for Hyde Park Union Church
"A city commission on Thursday April 4, 2024 unanimously recommended landmark designation for a 118-year-old Hyde Park church."Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn...