Editing Unity Temple (section)

=== Landmark designations ===
Unity Temple was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP) in April 1970;<ref>{{cite web |date=May 13, 1970 |title=2 Wright works put on roster |url=https://riverforest.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011970-12311972&e=unity%20temple&m=between&ord=e1&fn=forest_leaves_usa_illinois_oak_park_19700513_english_12&df=1&dt=10 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Oak Leaves |page=12 |via=River Forest Public Library }}</ref> such a designation allowed properties to receive federal funds for restoration.<ref name="Oak Leaves 1971c" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 23, 1972 |title=Mills house listed in national register |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-journal-mills-house-listed-in-natio/164839807/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=News Journal |pages=5 }}</ref> The building was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] on December 30, 1970,<ref>{{cite web |date=March 29, 2007 |title=NHLs Associated with Frank Lloyd Wright |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/nhls-associated-with-flw.htm |access-date=February 6, 2025 |publisher=U.S. National Park Service }}</ref> and was re-added to the NRHP at that time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 14, 1971 |title=Wright buildings named historical landmarks |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-wright-buildings-na/164834472/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=The Arizona Republic |pages=110 }}</ref> A plaque commemorating the National Historic Landmark designation was installed in June 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 7, 1971 |title=Unity Temple Dedicated as U.S. Landmark |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-unity-temple-dedicated-a/164834312/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |pages=30 }}</ref> Oak Park officials considered including Unity Temple as part of a municipal historic district in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneidman |first=David |date=September 19, 1971 |title=Meeting to Discuss Historical Status of Oak Park Portion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-meeting-to-discuss-histo/164840504/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=24 |via=newspapers.com |issn=1085-6706 }}</ref> When the district was created the next year, however, it excluded the temple.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schneidman |first=David |date=February 13, 1972 |title=Oak Park Approves Frank Lloyd Wright Landmark District |work=Chicago Tribune |page=W9 |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|170204582}} }}</ref>

The [[United States Department of the Interior]] nominated Unity Temple and nine other Wright–designed buildings to the World Heritage List in 2015;<ref>{{cite web |last=Hopey |first=Don |date=January 30, 2015 |title=Fallingwater one of 10 Wright structures nominated for World Heritage List |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2015/01/30/Frank-Lloyd-Wright-s-Fallingwater-Laurel-Highlands-nominated-inclusion-World-Heritage-List/stories/201501300216 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |issn=2692-6903 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Ten Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Nominated for UNESCO Distinction |url=https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/10-frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-nominated-for-unesco-distinction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128133816/https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/10-frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-nominated-for-unesco-distinction/ |archive-date=November 28, 2024 |access-date=November 28, 2024 |website=Metropolis |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Winston |first=Anna |date=February 3, 2015 |title=Frank Lloyd Wright buildings nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/03/frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-nominated-unesco-world-heritage-list-guggenheim-taliesin-fallingwater/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702132302/https://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/03/frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-nominated-unesco-world-heritage-list-guggenheim-taliesin-fallingwater/ |archive-date=July 2, 2024 |access-date=November 28, 2024 |website=Dezeen }}</ref> the buildings had previously been nominated in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 26, 2008 |title=World Attention Fallingwater is Commanding a Greater View |issn=2692-6903 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |pages=B.6 |id={{ProQuest|390486630}} }}</ref> UNESCO added eight properties, including Unity Temple, to the World Heritage List in July 2019 under the title "[[The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Axelrod |first=Josh |date=July 7, 2019 |title=UNESCO Adds 8 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings To Its List Of World Heritage Sites |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/07/739359081/unesco-adds-8-frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-to-its-list-of-world-heritage-sites |access-date=January 18, 2025 |publisher=NPR |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Tareen |first=Sophia |date=July 7, 2019 |title=Guggenheim Museum Added to UNESCO World Heritage List |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Guggenheim-Museum-Added-to-UNESCO-World-Heritage-List--512323791.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708030357/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Guggenheim-Museum-Added-to-UNESCO-World-Heritage-List--512323791.html |archive-date=July 8, 2019 |access-date=January 18, 2025 |publisher=WNBC }}</ref>