Welcome back Pedaling Preservation, October edition. This post, we decided to branch out to the west side of the Fox, a first for us at PP (not in real life, just in terms of the […]
Stewart Hall
Welcome to PP’s July edition post! We hope you and yours had a great 4th of July holiday. Let us dive right in this month, shall we? INTRO: In this post we are researching Stewart Hall. […]
St. John’s Lutheran Church
So much has happened since our last post. Surely I could go into great detail, but I think I will be coy and mysterious. You can’t see it, but I just winked. More regular posts to begin […]
Pedaling Preservation Presentation
Good tidings Pedaling Preservation fans! On January 30th, we were given the wonderful opportunity to present at the Elgin Literary Festival. We cannot begin to tell you how rewarding and humbling that experience was being able […]
Elgin Masonic Temple
Welcome back intrepid readers to our first post of 2016. We are happy to see you (virtually) and happy to be back blogging. A special thanks to all who came out on January 30 for our presentation […]
Klinger Saloon – 107 E. Highland Ave
In 1885 Elgin voted in a new Mayor by a stark landslide. Henry B. Willis beat his opponent Frank B. Parkins by taking in 71.8% of the vote, securing 1,370 to Parkins’ 537. It marked […]
Nerd Word of the Week v.2
Welcome back to the second edition of Nerd Word of the Week! This week the word we’re going to discuss is: Integrity. In the world of historic preservation integrity holds a little bit different of a […]
