During October, my wife Liz and I did lots of voting online during American Express' Partners in Preservation contest in which a million dollars was to be given to 25 Chicago-area sites.
Evidently, a lot of other folks voted "early and often" (you could vote once a day) and our hatchery ended up as the number 10 vote-getter after starting at #19.
The result was a $65,000 grant to fix the place up and turn it into a public park.
The nearby Peterson Farm in McHenry ended up #22 and got $5000. Two other sites I supported, the Viking Ship in Geneva and the GAR Hall in Aurora finished in the top ten and got around $50,000 each. The number one vote-getter was the Lu Duong Merchant Building in Chicago's Chinatown. They got $110,000.
I thank American Express for its participation and generosity. It seems a large number of people do not care much about their heritage and it is always hard to raise money for this sort of thing.
Again, Thank You American Express. I Just Might Have to Get a Card Now. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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