Historic Preservation

The People’s National Bank says the prominent developer has not made a single payment on the multimillion-dollar loan.

Developers said the Armory would be a leading entertainment destination. Less than two years after opening in an unfinished state, the Amory has closed indefinitely while its leaders seek more funding.

The small district tucked directly north of the Gateway Arch National Park has quietly undergone a massive redevelopment in the past half-dozen years.

Archaeologist Erin Whitson describes how she has been researching – and coming to terms – with two facts around her home state and hometown: Missouri’s having the most miles of the Cherokee Trail of Tears and Steelville’s being on that path of forced removal.

Historian Patricia Cleary’s new book details the history of the more than two dozen mounds that once stood in St. Louis.

Belleville Historical Society is asking St. Clair County and the city of Belleville to halt a plan to demolish a vacant storefront on West Main Street that was built during the Civil War.

St. Louis preservationists are celebrating a plan by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation to purchase two historic Olive Street buildings that St. Louis University had planned to demolish.

Canning — once a necessity so families could have fruits and vegetables through the winter — has turned into a hobby. Here's how canning evolved from the home to factories and why people are returning to the practice.

The Washington Theater in Quincy was home to vaudeville acts and later a movie theater before it shuttered in the 1980s. Now, an effort is underway to restore the theater to its former glory.

With the country’s second-largest collection of unrepatriated remains, Illinois has lagged far behind the nation. A new law has the Osage Nation hopeful there will soon be progress.