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FROM THE PRESIDENT THE 30 N. Michigan Avenue TO OUR MEMBERS Suite 2020 , IL 60602-3402 ARCH (312) 922-1742 Have you noticed something different about your newsletter? From a new name to EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE a more user-friendly design, turn the pages of this first issue of The Arch to reveal an www.Landmarks.org Alicia Mazur Berg Chairman in-depth view of the work that you make possible as a member. november 2014 / volume 1 / number 1 William W. Tippens Vice Chairman Bonnie McDonald President Lisa Fiorenza Treasurer What better symbol for the foundational and visionary Rhonda C. Thomas Secretary Mark G. Henning General Counsel work that we all do to enhance communities through Susan Baldwin Burian Jean A. Follett, Ph.D. historic preservation? Shelley Gorson AWARDS Graham Grady 2 Philip Hamp PEOPLE SAVING PLACES We at Landmarks hope that you’re delighted by the redesign of your member Paul B. O’Kelly newsletter as part of the ongoing refresh of our logo and image. More engaging images Colleen Reitan Anne-Marie St. Germaine are just one aspect of the new design. You’ll find in-depth articles on preservation Jack Tribbia topics, short takes on our programs, interesting and intriguing statistics and interviews Anne B. Voshel with leaders in our field – all packaged in a fresh and accessible format.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS In searching for a title for the new design, The Arch seemed the perfect fit. Louis STATEWIDE NEWS Andy Ahitow Sullivan’s masterwork Chicago Stock Exchange arch, which we were formed to save 4 THE STATE OF PRESERVATION Joseph M. Antunovich in 1971, has been our symbol and touch point for more than four decades. You’ll still Inga Carus Dale Chapman find the Sullivan arch in the top right corner of our new logo. In addition to its literal Edward Gerns meaning for Landmarks, the arch is one of the most historic forms of design and a Ari Glass beautifully simple piece of engineering that holds incredible weight. An arch is also Krista Gnatt the frame to view the image beyond. What better symbol for the foundational and PEOPLE Jacob Goldberg visionary work that we all do to enhance communities through historic preservation? MEET TERRY TATUM Jeffrey P. Goulette Sean P. McGowan 7 Our newsletter keeps you informed quarterly of the impact of your membership David Moes Jorge A. Moreno investment in Landmarks Illinois. We continue to see more people engage in our work Karen A. Prieur and that enables us to expand our reach across Illinois to help people save places. Michael Rachlis Thank you for providing Landmarks Illinois with a strong foundation of support from Sandra Rand which we can build our programs. EVENTS Charles T. Rivkin Janet Rotner PRESERVATION SNAPSHOTS I welcome your comments and feedback at [email protected] and all of us at Landmarks Robin Schabes 8 Illinois wish you a joyful holiday season. Martin Sinclair, Jr. Martin C. Tangora * John J. Tully *Life Member

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Bonnie McDonald Richard A. Miller President CONTRIBUTIONS 9 THANK YOU STAFF Bonnie McDonald President Frank Butterfield Director of Springfield Field Office Lisa DiChiera Director of Advocacy Leanne Gehrig Admin and Special Cover photo: 2014 Project of the Year, Richard H. Driehaus Preservation Foundation Projects Coordinator Awards, State Capitol, Springfield (credit: Tom Rossiter) Suzanne Germann Director of Grants and Easements Back cover photos: (left to right) Spoon River Bridge, Bernadotte (credit: Bonnie Marija D. Rich Director of Membership McDonald); East School, Pittsfield (credit: Frank Butterfield); Chicago Theater, and Communication Chicago (credit: Hedrich Blessing) Tiffanie Williams Events Manager landmarks.org 1 AWARDS PEOPLE SAVING PLACES 2014 RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS PRESERVATION AWARDS Nine outstanding preservation efforts from across the state were honored at a special ceremony on November 1 at the InterContinental Hotel, Chicago, by Landmarks Illinois. This year’s award winners range from a main street bank in Warren to the State Capitol. For the complete list of honorees, go to our website at www.Landmarks.org.

Walker’s commitment to preservation is Restored public spaces include the first, extracurricular, as well; he served on the Project of second, third, and fourth level circulation first board of directors of Landmarks the Year spaces, corridors and the Grand Stair. Illinois (then the Landmarks Preservation Non-original and later interventions and Council) in 1971, and has similarly remodeling work were removed and the ILLINOIS STATE CAPITOL dedicated himself to countless other configuration of the original architecture WEST WING Springfield preservation advocacy organizations over revealed. Of particular note is the The restoration of the West Wing of the his 40-year career. systematic restoration of the Grand Stair Illinois State Capitol represents the second which extends from the first through the phase of a comprehensive renovation Carolyn Johnson joined the staff of third floors, with original marble features Lifetime program for the state’s most significant Achievement the Landmarks Preservation Council in cleaned and replicated with ten types of governmental building. A National Historic 1976, and during her ten years with the marbles from quarries the world over. Landmark designed by Alfred Piquenard organization, she worked as a speaker, The mezzanine additions in this space between 1868 and 1888, the Capitol is one WALKER AND CAROLYN JOHNSON educator, and advocate for preservation were removed to restore Piquenard’s of the best examples of the Second Empire Joseph Antunovich Award for Leadership in statewide and national venues. She original, soaring stair hall configuration style in the Midwest. Unfortunately, within Walker and Carolyn Johnson have organized what is considered the country’s with rich, colorful, stenciled wall coverings. fifty years of its construction, the Capitol’s been stalwart advocates of historic first Preservation Caucus, as well as Period appropriate hearing rooms and sublime interiors had been compromised preservation and leaders in the field the first Illinois Statewide Preservation monumental offices for public officials by fires, incompatible modifications, for decades. Walker, an award-winning Conference. Following her departure were created. Throughout the West Wing, and insensitive attempts to increase the architect, is one of the most enduring from Landmarks, Carolyn took on various original millwork, doors, plaster, cornices, building’s capacity through the insertion of figures in Chicago’s preservation executive roles in local preservation and decorative treatments, and light fixtures mezzanine floors. community. He has contributed to or arts advocacy organizations, including the were either restored or carefully replicated; led feasibility studies for some of the Chicago Maritime Society and the Illinois at the same time, the 19th-century building The plan for the West Wing included the area’s most prominent sites, including State Historical Society. The Johnsons are was able to accommodate 21st-century life restoration of the key historic public spaces the Marquette Building, Glessner preservation pioneers, and their combined safety systems. throughout its four floors and basement to House, the , work has profoundly developed the field of (right and bottom) Grand Stair, Illinois State the Capitol’s period of significance (1868- Howard van Doren Shaw’s Ragdale, the historic preservation in Illinois and beyond. Capitol, Springfield (credit: Tom Rossiter) 1908). Simultaneous with the restoration Foellinger Auditorium at the University (top) Walker & Carolyn Johnson; (bottom was the complete upgrade of the building’s of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the left) Ragdale, Lake Forest; (bottom right) THE REMAINING AWARD WINNERS systems including energy efficient HVAC Wacker Drive reconstruction. In 1992, Foellinger Auditorium, University of Illinois CAN BE FOUND ON LANDMARKS.ORG. at Urban-Champaign (credits: Courtesy of systems, life safety and accessibility he founded Johnson-Lasky Architects, a Walker Johnson) upgrades and security improvements. pioneering restoration architecture firm.

Of particular note is the systematic restoration of the Grand Stair which extends from the first through the third floors, with original marble features cleaned and replicated with ten types of marbles from quarries the world over.

2 THE ARCH landmarks.org 3 STATEWIDE NEWS THE STATE OF PRESERVATION IN THE FIELD

Landmarks Illinois awarded a $2500 Preservation Heritage Fund Grant to the South Side Community MAYWOOD SOLDIERS’ WIDOWS HOME 224 N. 1st Ave., Maywood Art Center in Chicago for a condition and needs A reuse and site development studysuburban was completed by Landmarks Illinois for the assessment of the building. The Art Center opened Maywood Soldiers’ Widows Home, which was included on the 2012 statewide SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER in 1940 as part of the WPA Federal Art Project, endangered list. Vacant since 2003, LI’s consulting team – the firms of Vinci Hamp Chicago the first African American art center of its kind in Architects and Sullivan Goulette & Wilson – concluded that due to the building’s layout the United States. The building is currently in need and location an office or medical office conversion would offer an excellent reuse of repairs, including the roof, repointing, windows opportunity. The study also encourages the Village to market the historic building with and the basement. The condition of the building the adjacent land at 1st Ave. and Lake Streets as one redevelopment site that would is jeopardizing both the quality of work that the include new retail construction with renovation of the historic building. The study can Center is able to provide and the protection of its be seen on Landmarks Illinois’ website: www.Landmarks.org. historic art collection and archives. The Center 2012 STATEWIDE intends to create a focus group of experts in the (credit: David Shalliol) ENDANGERED LIST fields of architecture and construction who will produce a comprehensive study report and analysis of the current condition and needs of the building (credit: Landmarks Illinois) TRUMBULL SCHOOL 5200 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago Landmarks Illinois, in partnership with chicagothe Edgewater Historical Society, the In late 2013, site preparations began for the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce, Preservation Chicago and neighborhood demolition of the Judge Taylor House, Springfield. groups, have advocated that the closed Lyman Trumbull School (1909, Dwight The Lincoln-era home, which later served as a school Perkins, architect), an important Prairie-style building included in the Andersonville for African-American children, has been vacant Commercial Historic District, be fully reused as part of any redevelopment plan for the for over a decade and was included on Landmarks site. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is anticipated to release a Request for Proposals Illinois’ endangered list in 2004. Faced with this (RFP) for purchase and redevelopment of the historic building this fall. The partnering imminent threat, Landmarks Illinois worked with organizations have demonstrated that there is great interest in renovating and reusing a newly-formed coalition that included architects, landscape architects, contractors, and a local non- the building by many developers experienced in using historic tax credits and that reuse JUDGE TAYLOR HOUSE profit in order to delay the demolition order and should be the only option in CPS’ RFP. For more information on the community input Springfield develop a new vision for the property and a timeline process, visit the website of Alderman Patrick O’Connor at www.AldermanOConnor.com for repairs. The coalition succeeded in creating an (credit: Jim Peters) exterior rehabilitation plan, transferring ownership to the non-profit Springfield Project, and having the demolition order lifted by the City of Springfield. Recently, the asbestos siding was removed to reveal TEN MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES Statewide the historic wood clapboards, which will be retained After months of input from Landmarksstatewide Illinois committee and board members and and rehabilitated. stakeholders, the “Ten Most Endangered Historic Places” program, which celebrates (credit: Sue Massie) its 20th year in 2015, will be revised to make it more flexible and effective. The program will be renamed the “Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois,” dropping Join Illinois Main Street, the Illinois Historic the number “Ten” so that staff and board members can determine which properties Preservation Agency, Landmarks Illinois, and 2015 CONFERENCE strategically should be included on the annual list, without being bound by a restrictive the Illinois Association of Historic Preservation ON ILLINOIS MAIN Commissions for the 2015 Conference on Illinois number. This will also enable the organization to add a threatened building or site, STREET & HISTORIC Main Street and Historic Preservation in Carbondale if needed, to the list any time during the year after its initial announcement in April. PRESERVATION on June 23 through 25, 2015. This conference LI will still accept public nominations, with a deadline for the 2015 list of January Carbondale combines the annual Illinois Main Street conference 2014 STATEWIDE 12. The 2015 nomination form can be found on the Landmarks Illinois website at with the biennial statewide historic preservation ENDANGERED LIST www.Landmarks.org. conference and will feature a variety of preservation (credit: Frank Butterfield) and commercial-district-revitalization sessions, technical workshops, tours, networking receptions, and an awards banquet.

1960s view, Fuller Home Dome, Carbondale (credit: Courtesy of RBF Dome NFP)

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Architectural historian Terry Tatum retired in August as Director of 235 Research at the Chicago Department of Planning and Development’s Historic Preservation Division. In his twenty years with the City, Tatum PROJECT PROFILE prepared 53 landmark designation reports, resulting in approximately Roadmap to Growth PRESERVATION AWARDS 1000 buildings now protected, individually or within districts, under LANDMARKS ILLINOIS HAS Landmarks Illinois (LI) is excited to consultant will also evaluate if we have PRESENTED the Chicago Landmarks Ordinance. announce the incredible support of the internal capacity to maximize our The number includes our Richard H. the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation potential and will make recommendations Driehaus Foundation Preservation to enhance our fundraising capacity. in that area, as well. Landmarks Illinois What was the most challenging research you undertook in preparing a Awards (2014-1994) and previous In September of 2014, LI received a expresses our appreciation to the Richard awards program (1993-1991.) landmark designation report? grant from the foundation to fund our H. Driehaus Foundation for its support The Jewelers’ Row District was especially challenging because in addition to engagement of a consultant to prepare of this important project, which has the documenting the architecture, there was an additional layer of social, cultural and a comprehensive Plan for Development goal of growing Landmarks Illinois and economic history to research. The report included the types of businesses – jewelers, Capacity. The Plan will serve as a our partner organizations in the process. purveyors of luxury goods like silver, small proprietors and medical professionals – who roadmap for our organization to grow We anticipate the Plan for Development occupied the buildings over 100 years. It required scanning decades of central area the number of donors who care about Capacity will be completed by June, 2015. business directories. preservation and are willing to support Members of Society, Landmarks our work. The initiative goes beyond Illinois’ highest donor level (credit: Landmarks 12 What do you think is the most identifying prospective funders; the Illinois) underappreciated building type in Chicago? While Chicago prides itself on its skyscrapers, AWARD WINNERS PREVIOUSLY churches, schools and bungalows, the basic two-flat ON THE “MOST ENDANGERED” defines this city and helped build its middle-class. A OR “WATCH LIST” family which couldn’t afford a single-family house The Arcade Building in Riverside is a could purchase a two-flat and rent one apartment 2014 winner for restoration but was for income or share in the purchase with another in dire straits when listed to LI’s 2009 Most Endangered list. family member. The economics and social function of it allowed for countless families to build equity and achieve the American dream. Its scale fits perfectly within the streetscape of single-family EASEMENT homes and two-flats are integrated into nearly every neighborhood in the city. Property For Sale: River Forest Women’s Club (credit: John Cramer) This 1913 board-and-batten clubhouse, Original wood windows and portions of 15 designed by the Architect the siding, which were in extremely poor What historic building still makes you gasp William Drummond, went from Landmarks condition, were repaired or reconstructed with delight every time you pass it? Illinois’ Ten Most Endangered Historic to match. Interior finishes were restored The Krause Music Store is so unexpected, Places list to winning one of our Richard and the exterior siding was returned to WINNING PROJECTS IN surrounded by standard storefronts within a simple H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation its historic brown color. In addition to TOWNS WITH A POPULATION neighborhood commercial street that you can’t pass Awards for Project of the Year in 2008. their careful restoration work, the owners UNDER 5000 it and not stop and look. Sullivan’s elaborate terra Centered on a double residential lot and donated a preservation easement on the Elizabethtown, population 301, was the site of The Grand Rose Hotel a cotta ornament never ceases to amaze. (The Krause vulnerable to teardown redevelopment, property to protect the site in perpetuity. 2000 winning project. Music Store, built in 1922 and designed by Louis an interested buyer came forward with an Interested buyers should contact: Marion Sullivan and William Presto, is located at 4611 N. offer to restore the building and convert it Digre, RE/MAX In The Village, Realtors, at Lincoln Ave. It was designated a Chicago Landmark to a single family residence. The main floor 708-386-1400. in 1977). auditorium was retained and the lower (credit: Marion Digre of RE/MAX In The Village) level was converted into living space. (credit: Hedrich Blessing) 6 THE ARCH

CONTRIBUTIONS THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS JULY 1 – OCTOBER 4, 2014 Through membership dues, contributions, event sponsorship, and grants, Landmarks Illinois is able to preserve protect, and promote Illinois’ historic buildings and sites. The Board of Directors, volunteers, and staff sincerely thank all our supporters for their contributions. However, space allows us to only list the following:

$100-$499 John Adler Joseph Hanko Jamie Morris, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Laura Albertinetti Ed & Betty Harris Mark & Debbi Nussbaum, Architectural Consulting Daniel Baigelman, Full Circle Architects Jeffreen Hayes, Rebuild Foundation Engineers Nicholas Bassing, Project Management Advisors Jane & Don Hunt Matt & Erika Nygaard Roger Barak Ken Itle, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Penny & Bill Obenshain Patrick Boettcher Thomas M. Jeffris, II Heather Plaza-Manning Paul Boland, Henneman Engineering, Inc. Sona Kalousdian & Ira Lawrence Suzi Reinhold Ettore Christopher Botti, Botti Studio Arch Arts Michael Kaufman, AIA, Goettsch Partners Michiko Romm Ryan Bouck Meg Kindelin Elaine G. Rosen Skyline Social Bonnie Brennan Catie Knoebel, MTH Industries, Inc. Thomas J. Rossiter, Tom Rossiter Photography Bob Brobson Mark Kuberski Mark W. Schwiebert, Schwiebert Law, P.C. Over 200 guests and event sponsors enjoyed a delightful evening while Fran Casey, DePaul University Megan Langer John & Barbara Seaman supporting the preservation programs of Landmarks Illinois at the Susanna Craib-Cox Anthony Latino Martin V. Sinclair, Jr., Skadden Gary Steffy, Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc. Skyline Social on Saturday, October 20, held in the stunning Art Deco John Cramer & Nate Lielasus Ellison Laughton Christopher Cronin, Knickerbocker Roofing and Tom Lawler Norman Strasma lobby of the Chicago Board of Trade Building. The event was hosted by Paving Co, Inc Mati Maldre Sonia Surlej, Professional Service Industries, Inc. LI’s Skyline Council, a committee of young professionals who enhance William Denis, Decorators Supply Corp. Gary Marks, Marks Advisors, LLC Karen & Robert Tate Dan Dillabaugh, Dillabaugh, Inc. Timothy McCarthy Lisa Temkin the work of Landmarks Illinois with independent programming and Justin Elliot Andrea C. Terry & Edward I. Torrez clockwise from top left: Bonnie McDonald & Michael Johnson promotional initiatives throughout the year. We gratefully thank the Christopher J. Enck Rhonda Thomas Krista* and Joe Gnatt in front of the Chicago Board of Kirsten Freiberger Mellem Erika Fabisch Michael Mencarini Katie Troccoli, Washington Square Trade Building’s vault door. *LI Board Member Skyline Council, event sponsors and guests for their generous support of Leslie Fitzpatrick Eric Mersmann, Perkins & Will Josh Turcotte historic preservation in Illinois. Annie Frigo Barnaby Wauters (left to right) Lynda Dossey, Suzanna Craib-Cox, and Mary Kevin Miske, Building Blocks, Inc. Ed & Kim Gerns Floyd Mittleman Daniel Whittaker Brush in the vault Douglas Gilbert & Melissa Bogusch Sandra & David Williams To view photos of the Skyline Social and other recent events, including Mike Moceri, Lohan Anderson (left to right) Patrick Boettcher, Tristen Heimann, Gregory Keith Goad, Prudential Rubloff Kate Monachos Ernest Wong, Site Design Group, Ltd. Landmarks Illinois’ Real Estate & Building Industries Council 2014 Graham Grady Theodore W. Wrobleski Dowell on the lobby’s mezzanine Lindsay Mican Morgan Cocktail Reception Honoring the Gibbons & Steger Buildings – “Infinite” Michelle Ha (All photos credit: Bob Elmore) Apartments, go to Landmarks Illinois on Flickr. $500-$999 AltusWorks, Inc. Matt Ludington, UBS Financial Services Inc. Robin Schabes, IFF Peter M. Babian, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. Judi Male Jenna Snedden, Mark 1 Restoration Co. We gratefully thank the Skyline Council, event sponsors and guests for Thomas Cleary, Jones & Cleary Roofing/Sheet Metal Natalie Menke, RATIO Architects Robert Wislow, U.S. Equities, Inc. Co. Phil Renouf, Klein and Hoffman, Inc. Amy Woods, Thornton Tomasetti their generous support of historic preservation in Illinois. Randy Johnson, Brand Scaffold Thomas S. Rivkin, Central Building & Preservation L.P. Carol S. Wyant & Craig McGrath $1000-$4999 Andrew Ahitow Krista Gnatt, Bulley & Andrews Dennis Pietrowski, Ewing-Doherty Mechanical, Inc. Joseph M. Antunovich, Antunovich Associates Inc. Shelley Gorson & Alan Salpeter Karen A. Prieur & C. James Prieur Alicia & Brian Berg Jeffrey P. Goulette, Sullivan, Goulette & Wilson Michael Rachlis, Rachlis Durham Duff Adler & Peel Preservation Snapshots Susan Baldwin Burian, Baldwin Historic Properties Architects LLC Nicholas Carson Philip Hamp, Vinci-Hamp Architects, Inc. Sandra Rand HISTORIC CHICAGO THEATERS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 12: 15 P.M. TO 1:00 P.M. Inga Carus, Carus Corporation Thomas Hannula, Walker Restoration Consultants Colleen Reitan The Auditorium Building, Roosevelt University’s Murray-Green Library, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, 10th floor Dale T. Chapman, Ed.D Mark Henning, Winston & Strawn, LLP Janet Rotner & Philip Rotner Dan Dowd, MB Financial Bank John Marcheschi, WMA Consulting Engineers William W. Tippens, Related Midwest Lisa Fiorenza, Plante Moran Sean McGowan Jack & Susan Tribbia Chris Jones, longtime chief Chicago Tribune theater critic, will talk about the history of the Auditorium Jean A. Follett & Douglas M. Thompson David Moes, Navigant Consulting John J. Tully, Jr., Thomas M. Tully & Associates Jorge A. Moreno, CivCon Services, Inc. Anne B. Voshel, AVA Consultants Theatre as a performance venue in the context of Chicago’s great collection of historic theaters. Ed & Kim Gerns GlenStar Asset Management, LLC Paul B. O’Kelly Chris Jones (credit: Chicago Tribune) $5000-$9999 Brad Mathes, Linn-Mathes Construction Company David Haymes, AIA, Pappageorge Haymes Partners Neal A. Stein, North Capital Group, LLC For the 2014 season of lectures, Landmarks Illinois has partnered with the Auditorium Theater in honoring the theatre’s 125th anniversary. The year-long IN-KIND GIFTS partnership has featured lectures celebrating the Auditorium Building. Join us for Antunovich Associates Plante Moran Vinci-Hamp Architects, Inc. AVA Consultants Related Midwest Wiss, Janney, Elstners Associates, Inc. the last lecture of this exciting series. Berglund Construction Sullivan Goulette & Wilson Bulley & Andrews Ugly Dog Design

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Thanks to a grant from Landmarks Illinois’ Richard H. Driehaus Courthouse Initiative, the Henry County Courthouse in Cambridge has restored its clock, clock tower and exterior lighting which highlights the building’s architectural features at night. For more Courthouse projects, go to www.Landmarks.org.

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