CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (December 13, 2022) — Landmarks Illinois is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois. The annual Most Endangered list is our longest-running advocacy program that calls attention to historic and culturally-significant sites across the state that are threatened with deterioration, demolition, or inappropriate development.
MARION, ILLINOIS (April 27, 2022) — Landmarks Illinois has launched a new grant program focused on preserving historic places in Southern Illinois in partnership with Banterra Bank, the largest, locally-owned bank in the region.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (December 1, 2021) — Landmarks Illinois, a statewide historic preservation advocacy non-profit organization, is now accepting nominations for its 2022 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois. Nominations are due January 10, 2022.
CHICAGO, ILLLINOIS (November 11, 2021) — In honor of Veterans Day, Landmarks Illinois has published its new online database of historic World War I monuments and memorials in Illinois.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (October 24, 2019) — Landmarks Illinois has awarded $15,000 in grant-funding to preservation projects in five Illinois communities through its Preservation Heritage Fund Grant Program. Individual grants range from $2,500 to $5,000 each and will be used toward restoring historic places in the following Illinois communities: Atlanta, Princeton, Rochelle, Rushville, and Wilmington.
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (May 1, 2019) — Landmarks Illinois today announced its 2019 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois, naming 12 historically, architecturally, and culturally-significant sites throughout the state to its annual list of threatened properties. Bonnie McDonald, Landmarks Illinois President and CEO, led a press conference in Springfield to present the 2019 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois.
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