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.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=270 · Jul 27, 13:13
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.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=271 · Jul 27, 13:12
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.”
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=273 · Jul 27, 13:12
House of the Season Brought Up to Date: The Weaver Family
Gazette Article by: Nan Greenough
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2010
The Weaver family has lived at 660 Pine Street for over 50 years. Everett P. “Tuck” Weaver remembers being attracted to the house as a perfect size for raising seven children. The family moved to Winnetka from Northbrook in 1960…..
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=272 · Jul 7, 08:41
The Short, Heroic Life of Philip Comfort Starr
Gazette Article by: Duff Peterson
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2010
In December 1919 the real estate firm of McGuire & Orr announced the opening of the Winnetka Heights subdivision bounded by Westmoor (then called Fig Street), Locust, Pine and Rosewood. The subdivision’s two new streets were named after two young Winnetka men who had recently been killed in the First World War, Dinsmore Ely and Philip Comfort Starr.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=269 · Jun 2, 20:29
Trail Marker Trees — What’s Old is New
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2010
Have you ever thought about a Winnetka before navigation systems, MapQuest, street signs, paved roads, brick roads, dirt roads or any roads at all? When the area we call Winnetka had nothing but footpaths, how did the inhabitants know where to turn for medicinal plants, ceremonial sites or fresh water?
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=268 · Jun 2, 08:00
Contact 411: Rock Hudson
Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 2009
Question
I am writing from FLORIANFILM, a German film production company, producing a 90-minute documentary about Rock Hudson. As you certainly know, Winnetka is his place of birth and the town where he spent his childhood and youth.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=261 · Nov 30, 14:51
Record Year for Preservation Awards
Gazette Article by: Courtney Jennings
Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 2009
It was a very good year for preservation in Winnetka! On June 16, at the Village Council Meeting, the Winnetka Landmark Preservation Commission named eight Winnetka properties winners of Preservation Awards. The Preservation Awards Program honors construction or reconstruction projects in the Village that help to preserve the history and character of Winnetka.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=260 · Nov 30, 14:29
140 Sheridan Road
Gazette Article by: Laurie Petersen
Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 2009
Designed by Mayo and Mayo in 1925, the Felix Lowy House at 140 Sheridan Road is one of Winnetka’s most formal examples of the popular Tudor Revival style. The design takes its inspiration from grand Elizabethan manor houses and is symmetrical and imposing rather than rambling and picturesque.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=259 · Nov 30, 14:10
Winnetka Story - interview with John Newcombe
On a cold day in December 2007, writer and filmmaker John Newcombe knocked on the door of the Winnetka Historical Society at 411 Linden Street. His mission: to write, edit and produce a documentary on the history of Winnetka…
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=258 · Nov 30, 13:21