CHICAGO, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Landmarks Illinois has awarded $24,500 in grant funding to seven preservation tasks throughout the state via its Preservation Heritage Fund and Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund for Illinois grant packages. Grant-funded tasks are positioned within the Illinois communities of Chicago, Kansas, Kewanee, Millstadt and Purple Bud.

A Preservation Heritage Fund Grant from Landmarks Illinois will assist the Metropolis of Purple Bud, Illinois, stabilize the enduring clock tower on Metropolis Corridor.

Preservation Heritage Fund grant recipients

Landmarks Illinois’ Preservation Heritage Fund grants present financial help to vital constructions or websites in Illinois which can be beneath menace of demolition, in imminent deterioration, in want of stabilization, in want of structural or reuse analysis or should be evaluated for landmark eligibility.

A complete of $22,000 has been awarded to 6 Illinois preservation efforts on this newest spherical of grant funding. Go to our web site to study extra about every grant recipient.

Buddies of Sears Sunken Backyard, Chicago – $3,500 matching grant to assist stabilize the pergola on the North Lawndale backyard, a delegated Chicago Landmark, Nationwide Historic Landmark and included within the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations.

– matching grant to assist stabilize the pergola on the backyard, a delegated Chicago Landmark, Nationwide Historic Landmark and included within the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations. Larger St. Paul AME Church, Chicago – $4,000 matching grant for masonry repairs to one of the vital traditionally vital buildings within the Nationwide Register-listed Okay-City Historic District within the North Lawndale neighborhood.

– matching grant for masonry repairs to one of the vital traditionally vital buildings within the Nationwide Register-listed Okay-City Historic District within the neighborhood. Kansas Presbyterian Church , Kansas – $4,000 matching grant for masonry repairs on the 1909 church that serves as an anchor to the small East Central Illinois city.

, – matching grant for masonry repairs on the 1909 church that serves as an anchor to the small East Central Illinois city. Metropolis of Kewanee – $3,500 matching grant to make precedence repairs to the Woodland Palace in Francis Park, a Nationwide Register-listed web site first inbuilt 1889 by Fred Francis , an architect, engineer and artist.

– matching grant to make precedence repairs to the Woodland Palace in Francis Park, a Nationwide Register-listed web site first inbuilt 1889 by , an architect, engineer and artist. Millstadt Union Hearth Division, Millstadt – $3,500 matching grant for masonry repairs to the Outdated Millstadt Firehouse, inbuilt 1912 and positioned subsequent door to the present, in-use firehouse.

– matching grant for masonry repairs to the Outdated Millstadt Firehouse, inbuilt 1912 and positioned subsequent door to the present, in-use firehouse. Metropolis of Purple Bud – $3,500 matching grant to help the efforts to stabilize Metropolis Corridor’s historic clock tower.

Donnelley Preservation Fund grant recipients

The Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund for Illinois offers financial help to protect or shield vital constructions and websites in Illinois which can be beneath menace of demolition, in imminent deterioration, in want of stabilization, in want of structural or reuse analysis or should be evaluated for landmark eligibility. One venture was awarded a grant via this newest spherical of funding. Go to our web site to study extra concerning the grant recipient.

First Immanuel Lutheran Church, Chicago – $2,500 matching grant to help the congregation’s efforts to record the constructing — positioned within the Illinois Medical District and residential to the town’s second-oldest Lutheran parish — on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations.

Extra about Landmarks Illinois grants

Landmarks Illinois grants are given on an identical foundation, requiring the recipient to boost funds equal or better to the Landmarks Illinois grant quantity. Landmarks Illinois grant funding is used towards preserving historic and vital locations in communities all through the state. Usually, these small grants assist spark group engagement across the preservation of a spot and assist increase native fundraising efforts for the preservation venture.

Grant purposes for the following spherical of funding via the Preservation Heritage Fund and Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund for Illinois grant packages are due October 1. Go to our web site to study extra about our grant packages.

About Landmarks Illinois

We’re Individuals Saving Locations for Individuals. Landmarks Illinois is a membership-based, historic preservation nonprofit group serving the individuals of Illinois. We encourage and empower stakeholders to avoid wasting locations that matter to them by offering free steering, sensible and monetary assets and entry to strategic partnerships. For extra data, go to www.Landmarks.org.

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