RESTORATION HAS BEGUN
RESTORATION HAS BEGUN
RESTORATION HAS BEGUN
This magnificent structure, which holds the shared memories of countless thousands, needs your help. Our goal is to bring back to life, your Tabernacle, our Tabernacle, this magnificent structure which has played such an important role for the citizens of northwest Illinois since 1915. But we can’t do it alone!
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This magnificent structure, which holds the shared memories of countless thousands, needs your help. Our goal is to bring back to life, your Tabernacle, our Tabernacle, this magnificent structure which has played such an important role for the citizens of northwest Illinois since 1915. But we can’t do it alone!
The Freeport Park District bought the Oakdale property in 1971 from the United Methodist Church and operated the grounds as a Nature preserve, renting out the Tabernacle and other facilities. After years of declining use and deferred maintenance since 2012, the Tabernacle was given a new lease on life.
new lease on life
RESTORATION HAS BEGUN
RESTORATION HAS BEGUN
In August of 2021 the Freeport Park District entered into a 20-year lease agreement with the volunteer group Save the Tabernacle, Inc. allowing the group to independently raise the funds and oversee the work needed to restore, revive, and operate this historically important architectural marvel.
preserving history
RESTORATION HAS BEGUN
preserving history
Save the Tabernacle, Inc. is the 501c3 which has taken on the challenge of bringing this one-of-a kind facility back to its rightful place in the history of the Freeport area.
Please Donate
However you choose to support Save the Tabernacle, Inc.’s effort, your generous forward thinking will help ensure that this unique and historically significant structure will again be able to welcome people from all walks of life into its magnificent interior as they build their own cherished memories of time spent in the Tabernacle at the Oakdale Nature Preserve.
Thank you!
