Posted on March 5th, 2012 2:54 pm Please join fellow preservationists at the annual preservation conference in Decorah, April 27-28! Informative sessions will include window rehabilitation, masonry repair, how to use historic photographs for research, historic tax credits, burial mounds, tours and much, much more. In addition, there will be a special opportunity on Friday […]
Posted by PM on March 2nd, 2012 4:38 pm Hy-Vee announced that it will provide $1.6 million for the rehabilitation of the Charitone Hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. To find out more, go to: www.desmoinesregister.com
But new city requirement could eliminate need for parking spaces for PCI clinic Posted by PM on February 29th, 2012 8:55 am Tim Samuelson, expert on the work of Louis Sullivan, commented on the proposed demolition of a Cedar Rapids church on which Sullivan served as consulting architect. To find out more, go to: thegazette.com
Posted by PM on February 28th, 2012 12:48 pm To find out more, go to: www.achp.gov
Posted by PM on February 26th, 2012 11:37 am A group in Bettendorf announces they plan to rehabilitate the Forest Grove School built c. 1873. To find out more, go to: qctimes.com
Posted by PM on February 24th, 2012 4:17 pm A $1.3 million rehabilitation of the Wieting Theatre in Toledo is complete. To find out more, go to: www.desmoinesregister.com
Featuring Dubuque’s Roshek Building Posted by PM on February 23rd, 2012 11:47 am The National Park Service has recently released two informative reports on the Federal Tax Incentives for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Dubuque’s Roshek Building is featured on the cover! These reports can be accessed at: https://www.nps.gov/tps/tax-incentives.html To find out more, go to: www.nps.gov
The deadline is May 15 Posted by PM on February 21st, 2012 2:58 pm The State Historical Society of Iowa will be accepting applications for the Historical Resource Development Program (HRDP) again this year. There will be grants given in three categories: Documentary Collections, Historic Preservation, and Museums. Additionally, there will be small grants (up […]
Heritage Trust members get peak at Capitol Theater. Posted by PM on February 13th, 2012 12:12 pm After 35 years of dormancy, the Capitol Theater and its annex is set to raise its curtain by May. But first it needs the curtain, as well as a few seats. Speaking at the Heritage Trust’s annual meeting […]
City wants to save old Time Check firehouse, too Posted by PM on February 6th, 2012 5:41 pm Some history here is on target to be saved. Nine months ago, City Hall made it clear it wasn’t going to let the wrecking ball get a little, century-old, neighborhood fire station at Fifth Street and E […]