By Holly Marihugh, April 3, 2020 In 1921, Winnetka pushed forward a progressive engine of change in comprehensive village planning. Edward H. Bennett of Chicago led a team to chart a direction for the village on issues from railroads to lakefront development, traffic patterns to utilities, playgrounds to public buildings, and much more. Bennett had […]
Appeared in the Gazette, Spring/Summer 2020 by Ann Thompson Meagan McChesney is the newest Winnetka Historical Society (WHS) staff member who recently began her role as Curator. The Curator’s job is an important one for the organization because the main focus of WHS is the care of the artifacts amassed over an almost 90-year history. […]
Appeared in the Gazette, Spring/Summer 2020 by Rachel Ramirez “Come and Get Well,” calls a 1918 advertisement for the North Shore Health Resort from the Chicago Daily Tribune. The ad, under the “Health Resorts” section of the classifieds, lauds the facility’s “Scientific care combined with ideal surroundings,” “beautiful grounds,” and a “bathing beach.” Established in […]
Winnetka Fire Department patch and fire engine instruction booklet for a 1919 fire engine. This engine was purchased when George Houren became the first professional fire chief of Winnetka. The Hubbard Woods (Lakeside) fire department in 1900, situated at the Southwest corner of Green Bay Road (Linden) and Scott Ave. “Lakeside Hose Company” is written […]
Appeared in the Gazette, Spring/Summer 2020 To help share stories this year, we are thrilled to bring Mike Leonard to the Community House stage. Due to coronavirus precautions about large meetings, we had to postpone this event, but will announce a new date soon. Mike is an Emmy Award winning television journalist, New York Times […]
Appeared in the Gazette, Spring/Summer 2020 by Holly Marihugh Piloting a Thunderbird Huey helicopter over the Mekong Delta in Vietnam took Phil Hoza a long way from the North Shore. But through a twist of fate, sudden fire from Viet Cong forces changed the outcome of Hoza’s life and eventually returned him safely to his […]
Appeared in The Gazette, Spring/Summer 2020 by Helen Weaver For 15 years from the early 1940s until the late 1950s, Winnetka was the home base of Gillette (Gil) Elvgren, a highly successful commercial artist, best known for his paintings of scantily clad women published in advertising calendars for the Brown & Bigelow Company. Elvgren, his […]
Appeared in The Winnetka Current Daily, February 24, 2020 By Holly Marihugh, Contributing Columnist Mike Leonard will be featured as the guest speaker at Winnetka Historical Society’s Spring Event from 6-8:30 p.m. April 6 at Community House Winnetka. Even though he created stories all over the U.S. and in many places dotting the globe, former […]
This article originally appeared in the December 24, 2019 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back in the Day: Abandoned art in college classroom tied to Winnetka publisher By Holly Marihugh Tucked away on a top shelf of a storage cabinet in a Barat College art classroom sat the cache of art. Workers hired to clear […]
This article originally appeared in the December 26, 2018 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back in the Day: Historic preservation — Why do we care? By Holly Marihugh Mount Vernon, George and Martha Washington’s home in northern Virginia, stood dilapidated in 1853. “South Carolina socialite, Louise Dalton Bird Cunningham, saw Mt. Vernon as she rode […]
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