Links

Elgin, Illinois Links/Online Resources

• The Elgin Area Historical Society & Museum. If you have an old Elgin watch, they will research it for you for a modest fee. They also sponsor the annual Historic Elgin Cemetery Walk on the fourth Sunday in September.
• Courier News pictures indexed on-line
• Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce
• Elgin Enrichment Series, The "Elgin Enrichment Series," a not for profit Organization, was formed out of a desire to bring people of high profile in the world of entertainment, culture and education to the Elgin area in order to enrich all who attend.
• Postcards from the Past, a brief history of Elgin
• Kit homes info
• City of Elgin Home Page
• Historic Preservation - City of Elgin
• Design Guideline Manual - large pdf file - be patient
• Grant Programs - City of Elgin
• Elgin's Gail Borden Public Library
• Elgin Mental Health Center
• Elgin Public Museum
• Fox Valley Trolley Museum
• Downtown Neighborhood Association of Elgin
• History of Kane county
• There Used To Be - A look back at Elgin's Architectural Heritage - amazing, bittersweet book and web site (lots of great pictures)
• ABODE
• SWAN
• NENA
• Historic Americn Building Survey - HABS - in Elgin
• Elgin map from 1880
• Quilt History and Elgin

Links Outside of Elgin

• The Historic Pullman Foundation, Pullman, Illinois. Sponsors of the annual Pullman House Tour. The town of Pullman--on what is now Chicago's south side--was one of America's first planned model industrial communities, built during 1880 to 1884 by George M. Pullman to house the workers in his railway car factory.
• The Heritage Trust of Burlington, Iowa, sponsors an annual tour of homes and has several grant programs to encourage restoration of old homes.
• Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
• Landmarks Illinois Calendar of Events
• Chicago Architecture Foundation
• Index to Historic House Architecture
• Federal Historic Preservation Tax Credits
• Illinois Tax Freeze program
• Library of Congress - American Memory - pictures in Elgin
• Old House Journal Magazine on line
• National Trust For Historic Preservation
• National Park Service/Technical Preservation Services

Old House Links

• Improving Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings - National Park Service
• Farnsworth House
• Wood Crown Molding,Custom Base Moulding, custom crown mouldings, wood moldings, base moulding & more.
• The Old House Realty Network
• John Leeke's Historic Home Works
• Technical Preservation Services for Historic Buildings, from the National Park Service
• National Park Service Heritage Preservation Services
• Traditional Building Magazine
• Love My Old House Webring
• Victorian House Styles by David Taylor
• Gallery of Victorian Homes by David Taylor
  
• http://www.oldhousesociety.org/foundation/
• This Old House Magazine
• Mad River Woodworks -- supplier of old house porch parts etc.
• Preservation Trades, Inc.
• Preservation Directory
• Traditional-building magazine suppliers for old houses
• Period Home magazine -- suppliers for old houses
• Victorian Screen Door Plan booklet in .pdf format
• A case for Wooden storm windows from Period Homes magazine
• Source for vintage tiles
• American Bungalow Magazine
• Porch post suppliers
• Why House Paint Fails - Forest Products Lab in Madison, WI
• http://www.worthingtonmillwork.com
  Architectural Details and Fiberglass Columns. Worthington Millwork offers the finest quality architectural details, shipped ready for residential and commercial installation.
• Wood window suppliers