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SUSAN S. BENJAMIN is an architectural historian with a career that spans over 30 years in a broad variety of preservation activities. Ms. Benjamin practices as Benjamin Historic Certifications, LLC. Between 1992 and 2003 she was a founder and partner in Historic Certification Consultants.
National Register: Ms. Benjamin has researched and prepared many nominations for listing individual buildings and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places. She prepared the first multiple property listing in Illinois, for Highland Park, as well as one for Maywood. Other nominations have included boundary extensions to districts in Hyde Park-Kenwood, Lakeview, and Sheffield in Chicago, a thematic nomination of 50 apartment buildings in Evanston, and individual structures, including the Adlai Stevenson Farm in Libertyville, the Edward L. Ryerson Area Historic District in Deerfield, the Deerpath Inn, Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed House and the Edward H. Bennett Estate in Lake Forest, the A.G. Becker Estate in Highland Park, the Oak Lawn School, the Hotel Waukegan and Karcher Hotel in Waukegan, the Paul Schweikher House in Schaumburg, as well as the Mandel Brothers Warehouse, the Marshall Field Garden Apartments, the Fairbanks Morse Building, the Oliver Building, Quigley Preparatory Seminary, and the Midwest Athletic Club in Chicago.
Local Landmarks: She has written numerous local landmark nominations for homes designed in a variety of architectural styles. These include houses by early builders as well as by prominent architects including Howard Van Doren Shaw, Philip Maher, Samuel Marx, Mayo and Mayo, Bertrand Goldberg, James Nagle and many others. Following the designation, tax incentives were often acquired for the property owners.
