Palette of Our Past: Artists in Winnetka

Visit our exhibit featuring Winnetka artists soon! It’s due to close in the fall……
Palette of Our Past: Artists in Winnetka features works by several Winnetka artists including Adam Emory Albright, Ivan Albright, Anita Willets Burnham, Carol-Lou Burnham, Charles Haag, Nancy Hahn, Herman Menzel, Herman Peterson, Fairfield Porter. Peruse their artwork and learn what motivated them as artists. Find out how each one has a connection to Winnetka.

Winnetka Story documentary now available

Winnetka native John Newcombe, a Los Angeles-based writer and filmmaker, has created a documentary highlighting the rich stories of the history of Winnetka and the North Shore.
The DVD is available for purchase at the Historical Society headquarters at 411 Linden St., and at select retail locations around Winnetka. The cost of the DVD is $19.95 plus tax. Call us at (847) 446-0001 for more information.

Click here to view the documentary website and to order online.

A Tiny Oasis on Hubbard Place

Gazette Article by: Duff Peterson
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2010

One of Winnetka’s least-known and most charming “pocket parks” is a small tract of native woodland on Hubbard Place just east of the Hubbard Woods train station, Dunbaugh Park. The park was dedicated to the memory of Franklin P. Dunbaugh (1930-1953), who grew up nearby at 993 Old Green Bay Road and was killed
in the Korean War.

660 Pine Street

Gazette Article by: Nan Greenough
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2010

One of the most distinctive houses in Winnetka stands at 660 Pine Street. It started out as a 1905 Arts and Crafts design by highly regarded architect W.C. Zimmerman (this is documented in the December 3, 1904 issue of The American Contractor magazine). Zimmerman also served as State Architect for Illinois, designing the Illinois Supreme Court Building and a number of buildings for Illinois universities, including on the flagship campus at Champaign-Urbana.

Winnetka Public Schools’ Art Treasures: “Bird Girl” and WPA Mural

Gazette Article by: Becky Hurley and Susan Whitcomb
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2010

Sometime in the 1950s, Lake Forest sculptor Sylvia Shaw Judson donated the original plaster model of one of her sculptures to Crow Island School. It sat in the corner of the art room watching children create masterpieces for more than 40 years. A bronze cast of the statue was featured on the cover of a retrospective of Judson’s work in 1967 and identified as “Bird Girl.”