Conney’s Pharmacy: A Winnetka Prescription for Over 70 Years
Gazette Article by: Teresa Hara
Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 2009
In the midst of the Great Depression, a pharmacist named Leo Conney found an opportunity to provide a better life for his family by purchasing an existing pharmacy in Winnetka. Leo and Celia Conney moved here in 1937…
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=257 · Nov 30, 12:13
The Hubbard Woods Ice Skating Studio
Gazette Article by: Shelley Galloway
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring/Summer 2006
The Hubbard Woods Studio was the brainchild of Bill Thomas, a transplanted Canadian, whom my father met at the Chicago Arena where Bill was an instructor with a large student following. When the arena closed, Bill decided to join with fellow Canadian, Steve Kormylo, and my father, to fill the need for a year-round, indoor skating surface.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=226 · Jan 18, 21:09
Winnetka’s “North Shore Line” Electric Inter-urban Service
Gazette Article by: James A. Sprowl
Appeared in the Gazette: Fall/Winter 2005
Fifty years ago, an inter-urban, electrified railroad known as the Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee Railroad (the “North Shore Line”) ran its last trains through Winnetka. The North Shore Line had begun regular service through Winnetka, traveling between Evanston and Waukegan, in 1899.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=219 · Jan 18, 20:18
"K" is for Kinney Store
Gazette Article by: Christine Fullerton
Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1997
The southwest corner of Oak and Linden Streets has changed a lot in 140 years. The one thing that has remained constant is the concentration of traffic there. One of the busiest intersections in the village today, it also was a hub of activity in the early 1850’s when the Kinney Store was built at the corner.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=179 · Dec 25, 10:27
Patterson Tavern
Gazette Article by: Laurie Starrett
Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1998
Entrepreneurial spirit is fueled by necessity, opportunity, desire, and determination. All of these played a part in the founding of Winnetka’s first business.
In 1836 Erastus and Zeruah (also referred to as Zernah) Patterson and their five children were traveling west from Vermont…
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=167 · Dec 24, 16:14
The Winnetka Bank
Gazette Article by: Jane Lord
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 1998
The village of Winnetka had no bank when M. K. Meyer acquired a safe for his general store in the late 1800s. After learning about the new safe, so many of Winnetka’s 1,000 residents prevailed upon Meyer to keep their important papers that he decided to establish a bank in a corner of the store.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=105 · Dec 15, 14:34
L & A Stationers
Gazette Article by: Geoff Fox
Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 2001
When asked to provide a history of L & A Stationers, I realized that we are one of the few 65-year old local businesses left in this community. The store was started in 1937 by two ambitious women named Dot Landry and Ruth Anselm (L & A). The building was once part of the North Shore Railroad…
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=98 · Dec 15, 13:56
Runnfeldt and Belmont
Gazette Article by: Jane Lord
Appeared in the Gazette: Summer 1996
It was 1933, the middle of the Great Depression, when Gene Belmont graduated from New Trier and began working full time for Braun Brothers Service Station at 475 Chestnut Street. The gas he pumped into customer’s Duesenbergs, Stutz Bearcats and Packards was 12 cents a gallon…
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=64 · Dec 6, 19:21
The Edward A. Anderson Company
Gazette Article by: Jane Lord
Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1996
Probably no one knows the homes in the village as well as the Edward A. Anderson Company. The Winnetka contractor has built and remodeled Winnetka residences for four generations.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=60 · Dec 6, 18:04