Phyllis Wheatley Home Group
Chicago, Oct. 08, 2024 – Landmarks Illinois has awarded over $31,000 in grant funding to preservation efforts on the South Side of Chicago, helping people save significant places in their neighborhoods. The grants through the Timuel D. Black, Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago’s South Side will aid projects in the Bronzeville, Oakland and Pullman neighborhoods.
Learn more about the grant recipients below.
- Phyllis Wheatley Home Group, Bronzeville: $10,000 to help determine and pay for priority repairs needed at the Phyllis Wheatley Home at 5128 S. Michigan Ave. The home, built in 1896, is named after Phyllis Wheatley, who is recognized as the first enslaved Black woman to become a published poet in the United States. The house provided shelter and resources to young Black women moving north during the Great Migration.
- Historical Preservation Society of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party (HPS), Oakland: $3,000 for a historical marker at the site of the former Madden Park Homes housing development where the Black Panther Party served the community through its Free Breakfast for Children Program. The marker is part of a larger Black Panther Party Heritage Trail in Illinois that the HPS is creating to identify places associated with the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party.
- Revolution Workshop, Pullman: $10,000 for exterior restoration work on a historic rowhouse at 10730 S. Langley Ave., located within the boundaries of the Pullman National Historical Park. The nonprofit provides construction jobs training to people from under-resourced Chicago communities, and the rowhouse is one project where Revolution Workshop is providing hands-on training to program participants.
- Share Your Soles, Pullman: $8,375 for exterior repair work to the historic Pullman Stables building in Pullman National Historical Park. The nonprofit provides shoes and resources to children in need around the world. The historic stables building is home to its headquarters.
