Resources for History and Preservation
Historical Structures Database
The Galena Foundation initiated and supported the development of a database to store records, pictures, plans and documents of Galena's National Register Historic District. This invaluable tool is used for preservation, planning and outreach. The database is available online and is a collection of photographs, architectural descriptions and historical information of more than 1,450 structures within the historic district. Information is continually being added and corrected.
Galena Gazette Archive Digitization
December 20, 1834 edition of the North Western Gazette and Galena Advertiser
The Galena Foundation is providing matching funds to the Galena Public Library to digitize the historical collection of Galena newspapers, with blessings and permission of the Galena Gazette, owner of the papers.
Galena has had a local newspaper since the late 1920s, and the goal is to digitize the entire collection. The links below are provided for your convenience, and will be updated as more papers are posted online.
All papers are hosted by the University of Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection.
Preservation Resources
Courtesy of Mike Jackson
Upstairs Downtown urban revitalization program:
www.UpstairsDowntown.com
Landmarks Illinois, the preservation advocacy organization for Illinois:
www.Landmarks.org
http://www.landmarks.org/resources/financial-resources/
National Park Service: Technical Preservation Services
www.nps.gov/tps
Tax credits statistics for 2017
www.nps.gov/tps/tax-incentives/taxdocs/tax-incentives-2017annual.pdf
Main Street Commercial Buildings: Guide to using the federal tax credits
www.nps.gov/tps/tax-incentives/taxdocs/intro-main-street.pdf
Tax Incentives
www.nps.gov/tps/tax-incentives.htm
NPS Tax Incentives training
www.nps.gov/tps/tax-incentives/incentives/avoiding 1.htm
NPS Preservation Standards training
www.nps.gov/tps/education/rehabyes-no/index.htm
NPS Tax incentives application
www.nps.gov/tps/tax-incentives/application.htm
Illinois State Historic Preservation Office - SHPO
https://www2.illinois.gov/dnrhistoric/Pages/default.aspx
Illinois online map of historic resources
http://gis.hpa.state.ii.us/hargis/
State of Illinois - Tax Assessment freeze for homes
https://www2.illinois.gov/dnrhistoric/Preserve/Pages/taxfreeze.aspx