Full Text of HR1047 93rd General Assembly
HR1047 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Ninety-third General Assembly of the State of | 3 |
| Illinois has begun taking an active role in improving the State | 4 |
| Capitol grounds by creating the position of Architect of the | 5 |
| Capitol, its Board, and its Capitol Historic Preservation | 6 |
| Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Former House Clerk Tony Leone has taken upon | 8 |
| himself, without any State or local funding, the renovation of | 9 |
| an historically significant Springfield landmark, the | 10 |
| residence of George Pasfield, located adjacent to the State | 11 |
| Capitol Visitor's Center and bordering the west boundary of the | 12 |
| Capitol Complex; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Leone's efforts have become a catalyst for | 14 |
| other developers and property owners to begin a mixed use | 15 |
| reinvestment in this once declining neighborhood, bringing a | 16 |
| part of the central city back to a bright future; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Leone has also taken it upon himself to | 18 |
| research the history of the Pasfields, a family of early | 19 |
| settlers of Springfield who brought with them the | 20 |
| entrepreneurial spirit that helped Abraham Lincoln spearhead | 21 |
| the effort in 1837 to have the Capitol of Illinois relocated to | 22 |
| Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS, Tony Leone is to be commended for his historical | 24 |
| research which reminds us that it was George Pasfield Jr., the | 25 |
| builder of the 1896 Pasfield House, who served as President of | 26 |
| the Capitol Grounds Purchase Association whose purpose was to | 27 |
| enlarge the State House grounds and to erect the Centennial | 28 |
| Memorial Building; Mr. Pasfield along with John W. Bunn donated | 29 |
| the largest share of the monies given by the people of | 30 |
| Springfield for this purpose; and
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| WHEREAS, Tony Leone is to be commended for performing the | 2 |
| research to allow the City of Springfield to designate the | 3 |
| entire 40 acre estate and residence once occupied by three | 4 |
| generations of the Pasfield family as the Pasfield House | 5 |
| Historic Area; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| the Pasfield House Historic Area be recognized as part of the | 9 |
| Springfield and the State Capitol's history, and that the 1896 | 10 |
| Pasfield House remain a tribute to the Pasfield family's | 11 |
| contributions to Springfield and the State of Illinois; and be | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That restructuring and renovation efforts such | 14 |
| as those undertaken at the Pasfield House and initiated by Tony | 15 |
| Leone be recognized for its beauty; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we commend Tony Leone, the proprietor of the | 17 |
| Pasfield House, and his architect, Bruce Ferry, for their | 18 |
| imaginative efforts to transform a deteriorated structure, | 19 |
| bringing a revitalization to the neighborhood directly west of | 20 |
| the Capitol Complex; and be it further | 21 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to Tony Leone as an expression of our esteem.
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