Historic Preservation Commission

Meetings 7:30 PM Second Thursday of each month City Hall  1707 St. Johns Ave. Highland Park, IL 60035 For more information, please contact staff liaison Lori Kosmatka at 847.926.1858 or by email at lkosmatka@cityhpil.com  Local Historic Information Map of Local Historic Districts Historic Walking Tours Local and National Register Landmarks   Guide to Local Landmark Designation Process

Commission Meeting Resources Meeting Agendas & Minutes & packets Special Meeting Agenda 2019 Meeting Dates Historic Preservation Ordinance Certificate of Appropriateness Application Demolitions and Historic Preservation Review

Membership

Meghan Ann Salamasic, Chair - Term expires 2019 Jean Sogin, Vice Chair - Term expires 2020* Nancy Becker - Term expires 2019       Sherri Bernstein - Term expires 2020*   Kathleen Illes - Term expires 2019*        Rhoda Pierce - Term expires 2020 Joe Reinstein - Term expires 2021   Timothy Steves, Student Representative through June 2019 Lilli Arbetter, Student Representative through June 2020

Lori Kosmatka - Staff Liaison Mike Evans - Park District Liaison Anthony E. Blumberg - City Council Liaison

*May be re-appointed to an additional four-year term.

Commission Responsibilities
It is the responsibility of the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) to make recommendations to the City Council on matters concerning historic preservation. Since its inception, the Historic Preservation Commission has actively researched local properties that may be eligible for landmark designation by the City Council. The commission's other activities include the review of proposed exterior alterations to landmarks or to contributing features in historic districts, as well as promoting community awareness of historic preservation through public education programs such as tours and lectures and sponsorship of the annual Highland Park Preservation Awards. 

If you are a Highland Park resident and would like to have your home listed as a local landmark, please fill out the landmark nomination form. City staff will perform additional research and present the nomination to the Historic Preservation Commission. 

For more information, please contact Lori Kosmatka, staff liaison to the Historic Preservation Commission, at 847.926.1858 or by Lkosmatka@cityhpil.com.

Modern Architecture Questionnaire
The HPC and Planning Division staff have reached out to architects practicing and, or, living in Highland Park to ask for recommendations of the most significant homes built from the nineteen-sixties onward.  Architects may submit their choices to the online questionnaire linked here.