Citizens for Glen Ellyn Preservation

05/09/2026

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The National Park Service has released a new on-demand training series and updated guidance to help people apply the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, a key framework used to guide historic preservation projects across the country.

Many examples are drawn from the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program, though the training is broadly applicable across the field.

The series offers additional clarity on how the Standards are interpreted in practice, including considerations such as economic and technical feasibility. These resources provide preservation professionals and project teams with useful context and examples to help navigate rehabilitation projects in a range of settings.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/Vfac50YTCfw

05/04/2026

Original wood windows are a valuable architectural detail of your home, and should be preserved in order to maintain its architectural integrity. The placement, size, materials, and profile of your windows were designed by the architect or builder as a contributing element to the total design of your home. Windows are as important to defining the style of your home as are the other architectural elements, such as the roofline, footprint and mass.

The members of Citizens for Glen Ellyn Preservation, a citizen's group in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, are working to control teardowns so that they can save historic, vintage, or architecturally important homes and buildings. They also want to preserve the green space in and around Glen Ellyn th...

05/02/2026

Unfortunately this year we will not be placing the yard signs, but look forward to bringing them back for next yaar.

Each May for preservation month, Citizens For Glen Ellyn Preservation recognizes our local history! We place blue 'Preserving Glen Ellyn' signs at architecturally significant homes identified in our village resource surveys.

We do have some great news to tide you over until next year. The Village of Glen Ellyn has launched an Incentive program for Historic Homeowners. Read more about the program below.

Please share this post, and help spread the word.

- Citizens For Glen Ellyn Preservation.

May 1, 2026

Dear Historic Homeowner,

May is National Historic Preservation Month.

This is the month when Citizens for Glen Ellyn Preservation and the Historic Preservation Commission of Glen Ellyn have partnered to have volunteers place the blue Preserving Glen Ellyn signs in the yards of architecturally significantly homes like yours to celebrate our community’s historic architecture.

We are re-organizing our efforts this year, so will not be distributing the signs. However, we look forward to picking right back up next year to keep this wonderful tradition going! If you have any questions about the blue sign program, please contact Penn French at [email protected] or 312-925-4013.

Exciting News For Owners of Historic Homes In Glen Ellyn

We wanted to take this opportunity to share that starting the first of this year, the Village of Glen Ellyn launched a pilot program to assist with the preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of historically significant homes.

Developed by the Village’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC), this program offers up to $10,000 in matching grants and permit fee waivers to encourage the restoration & remodel of eligible historically significant properties.

To be eligible for these economic incentives, you must be listed on HPC Incentive Program’s Qualified Property List, meeting one or more of the following qualifications:

• Village Landmark (green plaque)

• Glen Ellyn Historical Society Plaque (white plaque)

• Significant/Potentially Significant Home per Resource Surveys: https://www.glenellyn.org/295/Architectural-Resource-Surveys

• National Register of Historic Places Designation

• Deemed historically, architecturally, or culturally significant upon review of the Historic Preservation Commission

For more information and to apply, please go to this page on the Village website:

https://www.glenellyn.org/875/Incentive-Program-Preservation-Grant

If you have any questions about this new economic incentive program for historic homes please contact Jordan Frahm, Associate Planner, Village of Glen Ellyn, at [email protected] or 630-547-5371.

Preserving the historic character of Glen Ellyn is an important goal set forth in the Village’s Comprehensive Plan, and the new matching grant program encourages and further supports that goal.

Jordan Frahm

Associate Planner/HPC Staff Liaison

Village of Glen Ellyn

Penn French

Chair, Historic Preservation Commission

Village of Glen Ellyn

535 DUANE STREET | GLEN ELLYN, IL 60137 | www.glenellyn.org

08/25/2025

The first Village Hall buildings are for sale. Hopefully they will be preserved once they are sold.

500-510 Pennsylvania Ave, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137. This Office property is available for sale. Office building for sale in CBD Glen Ellyn. Works for a vari

06/04/2025

This Years Historic Preservation Commission “Historic Preservation Award Winners”

04/29/2025

Toto, the Preserving Glen Ellyn yard sign helper. These signs will soon be in yards of homes around Glen Ellyn for the month of May. May is Preservation month.

04/23/2025

April 2025

Historically Significant Glen Ellyn Homes

May is Preservation Month. This year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's theme is "Power of Place" for its 75th Anniversary. This national campaign encourages people to celebrate the places that are meaningful to their communities.

The Historic Preservation Commission is partnering with Citizens for Glen Ellyn Preservation to place signs in front of 300 homes identified as being historically significant based on age, architectural merit, and integrity. The signs help focus attention on our Village’s historical and architectural gems, which form our unique architectural character and attract new residents and visitors to Glen Ellyn.

Click here to learn about the process for identifying these homes and about Historic Preservation in Glen Ellyn.

https://www.glenellyn.org/298/Historic-Preservation-within-the-Village

Citizens for Glen Ellyn Preservation

https://glenellynpreservation.org/index.html

03/05/2025

Please support our Civic Betterment slate for Village President, Village Trustee, Village Clerk, and Library Trustee. Early voting March 17th at the Civic Center. You can meet our candidates at a "Meet & Greet" at Ellyn’s Tap from 7 - 9 P.M. Thursday March 13th.

02/22/2025

Please attend this important meeting tomorrow.

Imagine an Indigenous Peoples cultural and environmental center in a Glen Ellyn forest preserve where there was a Potawatomie Village. Imagine what can we learn from this.

10/13/2024

Glen Ellyn friends: The Civic Betterment Nominating Committee has announced its candidates for Glen Ellyn Village President, Village Trustee, Village Clerk, and Library Trustee. Candidate videos and statements can be viewed at civicbetterment.com

VILLAGE PRESIDENT (Vote for One)
Gary Fasules
Mark Senak

VILLAGE BOARD TRUSTEE (Vote for Three)
Ian Dawson
Sonia Desai
Norris Eber
Anne Gould
Kelley Kalinich

LIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEE (Vote for Four)
Chris Crawford
Kay Fillingham
Beth Murin
Andrew Savikas

VILLAGE CLERK (Vote for One)
Caren Cosby

All candidates will be present at the Town Meeting on Saturday, November 2nd, with candidate speeches beginning at 10am. Come to the meeting, meet the candidates, and then cast your vote. Candidates chosen at the Town Meeting will appear on the municipal election ballot in April. Voting will take place from 8-2 and will be suspended from 10-11 during the meeting itself. Early voting will be available at the Library Monday - Wednesday, October 28-30 from 3-7 pm.

We hope you'll participate in this important process. As we all know, local elections matter. Please take the time to make your voice heard.

Questions about Civic Betterment? Visit civicbetterment.com for information about the Committee--its history, process, and membership.

Civic Betterment: "Neighbors Nominating Neighbors"
Serving Glen Ellyn Since 1931