Anne T. Sullivan

Anne T. Sullivan, FAIA, FAPT. John H. Bryan Chair in Historic Preservation. Education: BA, 1985, BS, 1986, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MS, 1990, Columbia University. Concurrent Position: Program Director, M.S. Historic Preservation; Principal, Sullivan|Preservation; recent-past President, Association for Preservation Technology International. Publications: Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology International; Traditional Building Magazine; Twentieth Century Building Materials, Repairing Old and Historic Windows: A Manual for Architects and Homeowners. Awards: Francis J. Plym Fellow, and Plym Travelling Fellowship, University of Illinois; Nathan Clifford Ricker Award for excellence in teaching from the Illinois Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Anne T. Sullivan is an Associate Professor in the M.S. Historic preservation department where she was awarded the John H. Bryan endowed Chair of Historic Preservation upon achieving tenure at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  

Joining the SAIC as full-time faculty in 2010, Anne served as an instructor beginning in 1993 when the Historic Preservation program was founded. Anne developed and teaches courses in historic building materials, building pathology, building materials conservation, sustainable practices in preservation and preserving buildings of the recent past. She is a recipient of the post-graduate Plym Traveling Fellowship from the University of Illinois and the Nathan Clifford Ricker Award for excellence in teaching from the Illinois Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Anne is concurrently Principal of Sullivan | Preservation and has more than 25 years of experience in the field of historic preservation architecture. She is a registered architect in the state of Illinois. Anne's practice has focused on restoration with an emphasis on assessment of building conditions, material conservation and history of building materials. Her past projects include historic reports and restoration projects at the Glessner House Museum, Chicago; the Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Martin Mitchell Mansion in Naperville; the Governor Duncan House and Park in Jacksonville, IL; the Adlai Stevenson Home in Lake Forest, IL and the Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman Houses in Moline, IL.  

Ms. Sullivan holds a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from Columbia University with a concentration in building material conservation. Prior degrees include both a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois – Urbana. She has served as an appointed member of the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council, and as President for the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) from 2009-2011. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) and a Fellow of the Association for Preservation Technology International (FAPT).