Preservation Alert!

Historic Mumford House Threatened

The oldest building on campus, the historic Mumford House, is threatened. The University of Illinois is seriously considering moving this historic building from its original site on the South Quad off campus to the corner of South Race and West Windsor streets in Urbana. This action will seriously impact the historic integrity of the building and its association with the founding of the University of Illinois. Continue reading »

Champaign County Historical Museum, 709 W. University Ave., C.
Professional architectural analysis of existing exterior structural problems. $2,000

Conservatory of Central Illinois, 312 West Green St., U.
Restoration of front foyer at Lindley House, 312 W. Green St., U. $600

Champaign County Historical Museum, 709 W. University Ave., C.
Restoration of gutters and eaves on Wilber Mansion, 709 W. University Ave., C. $1,000

Center for Women in Transition, 508 E. Church St., C.
Restoration of interior woodwork and doorways on Forbes House, 508 E. Church St., C. $1,000

Conservatory of Central Illinois, 312 W. Green St., U.
Restoration of rear entryway at Lindley House, 312 W. Green St., U. $350

Columbia-Vine-Maple Neighborhood Association, Champaign.
Installation of plaques marking historic neighborhood. $650 (returned, unused)

Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon St., U.
Phase I of stained-glass window restoration. $600

St. Patrick’s Parish, 708 W. Main St., U.
Phase I of microfilming historic parish records. $500

Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon St., U.
Phase II of stained-glass window restoration. $1,000

Baptist Student Foundation, Stratford House, 312 E. Daniel St., C.
Tuckpointing. $500

The Celebration Company at the Station Theater, 223 N. Broadway Ave., U.
Window repair, minor tuckpointing. $300

Bilingual Program, Urbana High School, 1002 S. Race St., U.
Supplies for C-U history bilingual project. $50

Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, 1011 Pacesetter St., Rantoul.
Help with moving B-47 plane. $2,000

The Celebration Company, Station Theater, 223 N. Broadway Ave., U.
New flooring for lower dressing room. $250 (rescinded, never used)

Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, 346 N. Neil St., C.
Replicate oak facade door. $1,000

St. Patrick’s Parish, 708 W. Main St., U.
Phase II of microfilming historic parish records. $300

Rantoul Historical Society, 1011 Pacesetter Dr., Rantoul.
Archival supplies for storage of artifacts. $1,000

Edison Middle School, 306 W. Green St., C.
Replace/replicate auditorium chandelier globe. $500-$1,000 (rescinded, not used)

Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, 346 N. Neil St., C.
National Register plaque and exhibit on black vaudevillians. $500

Sesquicentennial Neighborhood Association, C.
Purchase and install two signs in the Queen Smith Memorial Garden (entry and project sign). $985

Leal School, 312 West Oregon St., U.
Relocate decorative fountain from 1935 kindergarten room to hallway of new addition. $2000

Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 West Oregon St., U.
Retain services of structural engineer for condition report on the building and fireplace foundation. $510

Leal School, 312 West Oregon St., U.
Reproduce historic linoleum wall covering on walls of foyer and front hallway. $5000. (special grant allocated in August)