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
