Categories: Gazette
Gazette Article by: Helen Weaver Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2012 Designed in 1912 by architects Chatten & Hammond for a telephone company heir, 457 Ash Street has been standing elegantly for an entire century. At the time of its construction, the home was an early example of the soon-to-be popular Colonial Revival style. The […]
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Winnetka Spirits Part 2: Blind Pigs, Roadhouses and Change Gazette Article by: Becky Hurley Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2012 In our last issue we explored the early history of drinking in Winnetka, from the 1869 Village Charter banning the sale of “spirituous liquors” to the spirited support for Prohibition from Winnetka organizations and residents. […]
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What to do with Boys? The Origins of the Winnetka Community House Gazette Article by: Nan Greenough Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2012 Boys—and what to do with them—were a major Winnetka issue in the early 1900s. The question had dogged the Village for years, with no good solution. Regularly, articles in The Messenger (the […]
