Bohemian National Cemetery
Address: Bohemian National Cemetery, 5255 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60630 View Map Planned in 1877 by the Czech community, the Bohemian National Cemetery is a 122-acre garden located on Chicago's north side. The cemetery is the final resting place for over 114,000 people of various ethnic and religious backgrounds, and is still accepting burials. Its extraordinary statuary, fascinating buildings, shade trees and elaborate flower plantings make it a peaceful neighborhood park and outdoor museum. Learn more.

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall
Address: Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, 23 East Downer Place, Aurora, IL 60505 View Map Funded by "popular subscription" to honor Civil War Veterans, the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall (GAR) has continuously served this purpose since its completion in 1878. Now a widely recognized local landmark, the GAR was threatened with demolition in the early 1960s. Public outcry saved the building then, and the City of Aurora is committed to restoring the building as a local museum that will house many of the original artifacts used by the GAR. Learn more.

Great Lakes Naval Station, Building 42, Hostess House
Address: Hostess House, Building 42, Great Lakes Naval Station, Great Lakes, IL 60088 View Map The Hostess House, designed in 1942 by Gordon Bunshaft, is one of the New York architect's earliest works in the United States. The building played a historic role in the training of Naval recruits in World War II and served as a meeting place for tens of thousands of recruits, their families and guests. Once threatened with demolition by the Navy, the Partners in Preservation grant allowed Building 42 to be preserved as an important element of our country's Modern architectural heritage and Naval history. Learn more.

Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral
Address: Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, 1121 N. Leavitt Street, Chicago, IL 60622 View Map An architectural gem and Chicago landmark, Holy Trinity was designed by architect Louis Sullivan and constructed with funds from Czar Nicholas II to serve Chicago's Russian Orthodox community. It currently serves as a place of worship for 185 parish families of Orthodox and non-Orthodox Christians. A Partners in Preservation grant was awarded to help repair roofing problems and to restore damage to the exterior of the building. Roofing problems and deferred maintenance had damaged much of the decorative sheet metal ornamentation on the exterior of Holy Trinity and caused substantial water damage to the delicate painted and stenciled surfaces of the Cathedral's interior. Learn more.

Homan Square Power House
Address: Homan Square Power House, 931 South Homan Ave, Chicago, IL 60624 View Map The Power House was completed in 1905 as part of the Sears, Roebuck & Company world headquarters designed by the Chicago firm Nimmons & Fellows. Today, the Power House is part of the award-winning Homan Square redevelopment project and serves the community as the Charles H. Shaw Technology and Learning Center and the new Henry Ford Power House High School. Learn more.

Humboldt Park Stables and Receptory
Address: Humboldt Park Stables, 3015 West Division Street, Chicago, IL 60622 View Map Humboldt Park Stables and Receptory was built in 1896 and designed by architects Fromman & Jebsen. Jens Jensen, a renowned Chicago landscape architect, used the building as his office and headquarters for many years. The Chicago Park District and the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (IPRAC) have undertaken a major restoration of the building and grounds for a Puerto Rican cultural/arts center that will serve the residents of Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. Learn more.

Peabody Estate at Mayslake
Address: Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523 View Map In 1919, Benjamin Marshall constructed the Mayslake Peabody mansion for coal baron F. S. Peabody. Subsequent uses and modification, plus standard wear and tear, had obscured many of the elaborate and distinctive finishes. The Peabody Estate received a Partners in Preservation grant to repair and restore the original windows and doors. Learn more.

Robie House
Address: Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 View Map The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Robie House is considered an American architectural masterpiece and was the first National Historic Landmark in Chicago. A $4 million exterior renovation of the Robie House was completed in 2004 and restoration of the interior continues. The Partners in Preservation grant has been used to restore the art-glass windows, lighting, doors and finishes in the guest bedroom to their original state. Learn more.

South Side Community Art Center
Address: South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653 View Map The South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) is housed in the 1893 Seaverns mansion. With its gallery space, art labs and recently renovated second floor, the center provides services and resources for African American artists and members of the community. The center has a unique Bauhaus-style gallery space but insufficient storage areas for its more than 200-piece art collection. SSCAC originally planned to renovate the basement into a collections storage area, but slightly revised the project and used the Partners in Preservation grant to create an archival storage space on the third floor instead. Learn more.

Spring Grove Fish Hatchery
Address: Spring Grove Fish Hatchery, 2314 Hatchery Road, Spring Grove, IL 60081 View Map Closed for a time in 2004, Spring Grove Fish Hatchery was the state’s first fish hatchery, raising fry and supplying stock for the areas ponds, and has reopened under the ownership of the Village of Spring Grove. A Partners in Preservation grant was used to make repairs to the main house and to turn the property into a nature and educational center for the entire community. Learn more.

Unity Temple
Address: Unity Temple, 875 Lake St., Oak Park, IL 60301 View Map Unity Temple, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908, is considered one of Wright’s finest buildings, especially notable for its revolutionary use of reinforced concrete. Still in use by the original Unitarian Universalist Congregation for whom it was designed in 1908, Unity Temple is a place of worship and community meeting place. Open to the public seven days a week with weekend guided tours, it also hosts over 25,000 scholars, students, and visitors each year. Over the years, the elements have had detrimental effects on the concrete, and the Temple received a Partners in Preservation grant to help. Learn more.

Viking Ship
Address: Good Templar Park, 528 Eastside Drive, Geneva, Illinois 60134 View Map The Viking Ship stands in Geneva’s Good Templar Park as an example of the history of Norway and Chicago from the ninth and 19th centuries. Inspired by the 1880 discovery and excavation of the ancient Viking ship Gokstad, the replica was originally built in 1893 for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The stabilization of the ship, thanks to a Partners in Preservation grant, has allowed for its relocation to a more secure and permanent site, where the multi-phase conservation process can be viewed by the public. Learn more.

Von Steuben High School
Address: Von Steuben High School, 5039 North Kimball Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625 View Map Von Steuben High School was designed by architect Paul Gerhard in 1931. The brick facades are adorned with unique and elaborate terra cotta bas relief panels and are characterized by figures illustrating academics, athletics and students. The school received a Partners in Preservation grant to restore the panels to their original splendor. Learn more.