Historic Preservation

Code Enforcement as a Tool to Prevent Demolition by Neglect

While often a last resort, enforcing a city’s building code is an effective tool for incentivizing an owner of a historic property to make it useful again.

Early Settlement Buildings of the Fox Valley

Are the early simple structures built in the Fox Valley significant?

2023: Blacksmith Shop/Mill Race Inn Saved from Demolition (again)

For the second time in five years, a demolition request for the former blacksmith shop/Mill Race Inn in Geneva was denied.