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.
Landmarks Illinois, the only statewide historic preservation
advocacy organization in Illinois, awards matching grants through
its Preservation Heritage Fund four times a year. The matching
grants require the recipient to raise funds equal or greater to the
Landmarks Illinois grant amount. Below are the recent five grant
recipients, which were approved by the Landmarks Illinois Board of
Directors in September. You can read more about each grant recipient
at our website.
· Atlanta Public Library District, Atlanta: $2,500 for gutter
repairs at the 1908 Atlanta Public Library Building, which stands as
a prominent anchor for the community and is the only octagonal
building in Illinois.
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· Bureau County Historical Society, Princeton: $2,500 for
repairs to the awning of the Matson Building, a Prairie Style
structure built in 1912 that the local historical society wishes to
reuse as a history learning center.
· Vince Carney Community Theatre, Rochelle: $2,500 for
exterior repairs to the Lincoln Elementary School – a former school
constructed in 1909 that the theater company plans to transform into
a community theater.
· Schuyler County Architecture Foundation, Rushville: $5,000
for Phase 1 repairs at the Ray House, a now vacant and deteriorated
historic home LI included on its 2019 Most Endangered Historic
Places in Illinois that is perhaps best known for hosting Abraham
Lincoln during his 1858 senatorial campaign.
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Society, Wilmington: $2,500 for tuckpointing on the historical
society’s museum building, which was built in 1879 and formerly
served as Wilmington’s City Hall and fire house.
More about the Preservation Heritage Fund Grant Program
The Landmarks Illinois Preservation Heritage Fund
Grant Program was created in 2004 and provides funding for historic
preservation projects focusing on engineering, architectural and
feasibility studies, stabilization, legal services, survey and
National Register nominations as well as preservation ordinance
support. Applications for Preservation Heritage Fund grants are
accepted four times a year in February, May, August and November.
The next deadline for grant applications is November 15, 2019.
About Landmarks Illinois
We are People Saving Places for People. Landmarks Illinois is a
membership-based nonprofit organization serving the people of
Illinois. We inspire and empower stakeholders to save places that
matter to them by providing free guidance, practical and financial
resources and access to strategic partnerships. For more
information, visit www.Landmarks.org.
[Kaitlyn McAvoy
Communications Manager, Landmarks Illinois]
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