Landmarks Illinois Awards Grant Funding To 14 Preservation Projects

 Landmarks Illinois Awards Grant Funding To 14 Preservation Projects

CHICAGO PRNewswire -- Landmarks Illinois has awarded $35,000 to preservation projects in Illinois through its three grant programs.
 The grants, given to 14 preservation efforts in more than a dozen
 Illinois communities, were all awarded between August and November of this year through the Preservation Heritage Fund, the Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund for Illinois and the
Timuel D. Black Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago’s South Side.

The grants range between $1,000 and $4,000 each and are awarded
on a matching basis, requiring the recipient to raise funds equal or
 greater to the Landmarks Illinois grant amount. Landmarks Illinois grant funding is used toward preserving historic and significant places in communities throughout the state. Often, these small grants help
 spark community engagement around the preservation of a place
and help boost local fundraising efforts for the preservation project.
 Visit our website to learn more about our grant programs.

Preservation Heritage Fund Grant Recipients

A total of $30,000 has been awarded to 12 preservation
efforts through the Preservation Heritage Fund Grant Program.
The grant program provides funding to organizations
in Illinois leading historic preservation projects at significant
structures that are under threat of demolition, require stabilization
and/or reuse or structural evaluation or those that need
to be evaluated for landmark eligibility. Grant applications are
accepted four times a year, and the next application deadline
is January 15, 2022. Visit our website to learn more about each
Preservation Heritage Fund grant recipient.

Cairo Historical Preservation Project, Cairo: $2,500 to
make immediate repairs to the roof of Cairo’s Ward Chapel
AME Church, built in 1874 and once part of the Underground
Railroad.

White County Historical Society, Carmi: $2,500 for roof
repairs to the Matsel Cabin, a two-story log cabin built in the
1880’s that today operates as a museum teaching about local
pioneer life.

Harmony International Development Inc., Chicago: $2,500
for roof replacement on a carriage house at 1432 S. Harding
Ave. in the city’s North Lawndale neighborhood, which will
be used by the nonprofit to house ex-offenders reentering the
workforce and provide social work services and a computer
library.

PullmanArts, Chicago: $1,000 to seal the concrete flooring
in the Block House Gallery, a community run art gallery
where PullmanArts offers classes and highlights the work of
resident artists living in the Pullman Artspace Lofts, an artsbased
affordable housing development in Chicago’s Pullman
neighborhood.

Stone Temple Baptist Church, Chicago: $4,000 to make
repairs to the floors and walls damaged by water infiltration at
the nearly 100-year-old church in Chicago’s North Lawndale
neighborhood.

Save the Tabernacle Inc, Freeport: $2,500 for restoration
work at the Oakdale Tabernacle in Freeport, a unique historic
community gathering space once threatened with demolition
and listed on Landmarks Illinois’ 2018 Most Endangered
Historic Places in Illinois.

Our Saviour Parish & Grade School, Jacksonville: $2,500
for electrical repairs to the church’s rectory, a two-story,
Queen Anne-style brick home built in 1895-96.

Ethnic Heritage Museum, Rockford: $2,500 to repair the
foundation of the Graham-Ginestra House, a historic home
built in 1857 that celebrates the cultural history of Rockford’s
early beginnings and is part of the city’s historical campus
known as Heritage Museum Park.

W.A. McConnell Foundation, Richmond: $2,500 to fund a
structural engineering assessment of the Olde #90 building,
the oldest surviving building in Richmond built by pioneer
Charles Cotting in 1844.

Trout Valley Preservation and Restoration Society, Trout
Valley: $2,500 for restoration work on a silo at the Trout Valley
barn, a historic dairy and horse barn used by the society to
host meetings and community gatherings.

Washington Historical Society, Washington: $2,500 for
electrical repairs and ADA compliant restrooms at 128 Washington
Square, a 124-year old building owned by the historical
society.

Zion United Church of Christ, Waterloo: $2,500 for steeple
repairs at the historic church built in 1884 by German immigrants
that sits along the Kaskaskia Trail, one of the oldest
trade routes in Illinois.

Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund
for Illinois Grant Recipients

Landmarks Illinois’ Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II
Preservation Fund for Illinois provides monetary assistance to
planning activities and education efforts focused on preservation.
Applications for Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley
II Preservation Fund grants are accepted twice a year, and the
next application deadline is April 15, 2022. Visit our website
to learn more about the recent grant recipient.

Nineteenth Century Charitable Association, Oak Park:
$2,500 for architectural fees associated with column restoration
at the Nineteenth Century Club building, a two-and-ahalf-
story, Neo-Classical-style, brown brick structure built in
1928 and used regularly by the association.

Timuel D. Black, Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago’s South Side
Grant Recipients

The Landmarks Illinois Timuel D. Black, Jr. Grant Fund
for Chicago’s South Side provides small planning and capital
grants to support organizations and people working to preserve
the history, culture and architecture of Chicago’s South
Side, where the late Mr. Black, acclaimed civil rights leader,
spent the majority of his life living and promoting African
American history. Grant applications are accepted four times
a year, and the next application deadline is January 15, 2022.
Visit our website to learn more the latest grant recipient.

Saint Basil Visitation Church, Englewood: $2,500 to aid
in the restoration of 80 original stained glass windows at the
Gothic-style church that has been at the heart of the historical
richness and cultural diversity of Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood
since it was built in 1899.

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