Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director
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A Motion to Authorize the Historic Preservation Commission to Apply for a $5,000 Grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to Assist in the Update of the "Guide to Oak Park's Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Historic District"
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Overview
Overview
The Guide to Oak Park's Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Historic District is out of print and in need of updating. The Development Customer Services Division in consultation with the Historic Preservation Commission had on its workplan to update the content of the guide and print new guidebooks. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has a grant program that the Village can apply for to increase the budget of the project.
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Staff Recommendation
Village staff recommends applying for the National Trust for Historic Preservation grant.
Fiscal Impact
The FY 2017 Budget contains $40,000 (account #1001 46202 101 55061 & 530667) for the updating and distribution of the guidebook. If successful, the $5000 grant from the National Trust will increase the project budget to $45,000 allowing for the production of additional guidebooks.
Background
The Historic Preservation Commission published a guide book to the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District in 2000, which was distributed by the University of Chicago Press, but it has been out of print since 2015. It is also considered to be out of date. The boundaries of the National Register historic district were expanded by over 400 additional buildings in 2009; the local boundaries were expanded to match in 2012.
The Historic Preservation Commission is looking to produce a second edition of its "Guide to Oak Park's Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Historic District" in 2017, the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's birth. The improved format of the new guide book wil...
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