HED is both honored and gratified to share that the Lathrop Homes has been awarded the ENR Midwest Best Project of 2020 Residential/Hospitality category and more recently the Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for Rehabilitation!

Landmarks Illinois is the state’s leading voice for historic preservation and is a key facilitator, promoter and educator on historic preservation, encompassing architecturally and historically significant sites, structures and districts in all the cities, towns and rural areas of Illinois. As stated on Landmark's website:

"A Nationally Registered Historic Place - the Julia C. Lathrop Homes project has produced 414 mixed-income residences for Chicago’s North Side and restored 16 of the original 32 buildings first constructed in 1938 under the Public Works Administration. The first phase of the project – completed in 2019 – is the result of a seven-year planning process led by Lathrop Community Partners (LCP) that included community engagement and thoughtful consideration for how one of the nation’s earliest public housing projects should be reused to serve residents. The rehabilitated campus is home to two- and three-story, walk-up rowhouses, property management and retail space, a boat house, woodshop and a future community room for residents. The property’s Great Lawn, which fronts the Chicago River, originally a Jens Jensen design, has also been restored as a green space for both the Lathrop residents and the surrounding community to enjoy."