finn hall preservation
in the news

2016:
  • June 15: Midweek, "Artful restoration: Creative fundraisers planned to help renovate former Finnish hall" by Katrina J. E. Milton
"Diane Rodgers believes in love at first sight. She first saw the Majakka Finnish Temperance Hall by accident, while taking a walk in the area in 2011, and immediately fell in love with the building. Rodgers said that after she first saw the old building, she wanted to know how she could restore the hall to its former glory."

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Reprinted in The Finnish American Reporter and an updated reprint in the Daily Chronicle July 4

2014:
  • May 27: Midweek, "Preservation work to begin at DeKalb women’s center"
"With the help of grants and donations, DeKalb Area Women’s Center is ready to begin its preservation efforts at its home in the former Finnish Hall."

(Read the full article here).

  • May 20: NIU Today, "Grants boost DeKalb Area Women’s Center landmark preservation"
"May is National Preservation Month, and with the help of grants and donations, DeKalb Area Women’s Center is ready to begin its own preservation efforts on the former Finnish Hall, now home to this non-profit organization." 

(Read the full article here.)

  • May : Landmarks Illinois, "Preservation News" Newsletter


2013:

  • April 2: Midweek, "Preserving Finn Town history"
"...The building turned out to be the old Majakka Hall, which was built in 1917 and has been the home of the DeKalb Area Women’s Center since 1993." 

(Read the full article here.)

  • March 4: NIU Today, "Sociology students, professor team for research to help building become local historic landmark"
"A research report compiled and presented by an NIU sociology professor and her student research team to the Landmark Commission of DeKalb and the DeKalb City Council has prompted the granting of historic landmark status to the former Finnish Majakka Hall."  

(Read the full article here.)