2024 Preservation Heritage Fund Grant Recipients
Summary
Created in 2004, the program targets projects focusing on engineering, architectural and feasibility studies, stabilization, legal services, survey and National Register Nominations and preservation ordinance support. Click here to see all previous Preservation Heritage Fund grant recipients.Theatre Y is located within the former Jackson Storage and Van Company Warehouse, constructed ca. The building will be adapted to house the Theatre as well as become a hub for mission-aligned organizations such as Bee Love Cafe, Open Books Pay What You Want Bookstore, North Lawndale Reads, The Firehouse Community Arts Center and Equiticity. The historic building was once home to a barber shop owned by David Strother, who became the first Black man to cast a ballot in Illinois following the passage of the 15th Amendment. Learn moreLiving Sanctuary of Faith Church of God In Christ Built in 1903, the Living Sanctuary of Faith Church of God In Christ is located within the Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School of Architecture Historic District, which is recognized as a local landmark district as well as listed in the National Register of Historic Places.